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Datlabs losses Ingrams' Camphor Cream licence
18 Apr 2013 at 09:10hrs | Views
TIGER Brand of South Africa has cancelled an arrangement under which Datlabs (Private) Limited Zimbabwe's pharmaceuticals and personal care products manufacturer and Bulawayo firm had manufactured the popular Ingrams' Camphor Cream for about 50 years.
Datlabs says it has moved to tap into a $10 million market with the launch of an alternative product after losing the right to manufacture Ingrams' Camphor Cream .
Datlabs Chief Executive Officer, Todd Moyo, said once they learnt of the decision by Tiger Brands, which owns the Camphor Cream brand, his company immediately set to work to find a great camphor cream product of superior pedigree.
The company has started manufacturing CamphaCare and hopes it will keep its factory running and hopefully save jobs that would have been lost by the termination of the Tiger Brands license agreement.
Datlabs factory produces half a million jars of Camphor Cream every month and, in Zimbabwe alone, the market is worth $10 million.
Datlabs is a leading Zimbabwean Pharmaceutical and Personal Care company with many well recognised leading brands such as Cafemol, Panado, Solphyllex and Lanolene Milk. It employs about 200 people at its Bulawayo factory and the main Harare offices.
Established in 1954, Datlabs is a South African company with a product range which includes medicines such as Solphyllex, Asalen and Panado. The company also manufactures and distributes health and personal care products including camphor cream, lanolene and Cafemol.
Datlabs says it has moved to tap into a $10 million market with the launch of an alternative product after losing the right to manufacture Ingrams' Camphor Cream .
Datlabs Chief Executive Officer, Todd Moyo, said once they learnt of the decision by Tiger Brands, which owns the Camphor Cream brand, his company immediately set to work to find a great camphor cream product of superior pedigree.
Datlabs factory produces half a million jars of Camphor Cream every month and, in Zimbabwe alone, the market is worth $10 million.
Datlabs is a leading Zimbabwean Pharmaceutical and Personal Care company with many well recognised leading brands such as Cafemol, Panado, Solphyllex and Lanolene Milk. It employs about 200 people at its Bulawayo factory and the main Harare offices.
Established in 1954, Datlabs is a South African company with a product range which includes medicines such as Solphyllex, Asalen and Panado. The company also manufactures and distributes health and personal care products including camphor cream, lanolene and Cafemol.
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