D&L retail unit taps high-end mart

Consumer Care Products Inc., the privately-owned marketing arm of Jadel Holdings, and sister company of D&L Industries Inc, has tapped the growing upscale market to expand its personal care business.

In an interview with reporters last week, D&L president and CEO Alvin Lao said D&L develops and manufactures CCPI's branded consumer products. He said CCPI's products mostly use greener alternatives to petrochemicals-based personal and home care products.

Recently, it launched a new liquid body soap following the introduction of Dr. Coco Natural Hand Soap brand.

"Since it uses coconut oil, there is no toxic ingredient inside and it is biodegradable. So it's better for our health and better for the environment," Lao explained.

More product lines set

"These are the types of products that we are going into more in our group. Our group is known for B2B (business to business) where our products are bought and used by other companies. But we are now making more consumer products," he said.

While CCPI owns the brand and markets it.

Dr. Coco was formulated, manufactured, and packaged by D&L. Lao said that they are initially targeting the local market for these products before thinking of exporting them overseas.

"The purpose of D&L is really to highlight that we are capable of coming out with a complete package. If you need a product for your brand, we can customize it for you from the formulation to the packaging," said Lao.

CCPI also markets nutritional products, pet food and supplies, insecticides, air fresheners, household cleansers, disinfectants, and automotive care products which are also manufactured by D&L.