Hair Care

Advances in technology are driving the development of products such as shampoo, conditioner, styling creams, waxes, gels and colorants making hair care and styling products even more effective and beneficial to the end consumer.

GEA’s design capability and experience, coupled with our innovative approach to process plant design, means that many of the challenges involved in hair care product manufacturing can be overcome. GEA’s hair care manufacturing process expertise includes standard and tailor-made mixing and blending, and where a product requires a more stable emulsion through high-pressure homogenization will improve its performance and characteristics. Whether it’s a shampoo, conditioner, hair dye or a styling solution — such as a wax or gel — GEA offers a range of hygienic process solutions for the design and manufacture of liquid and semi-solid hair care products.   

Our process solutions have been developed over decades and our ability to incorporate high shear inline mixers with proprietary vessel mixer design optimizes the rapid blending of liquids of widely differing viscosities, the hydration and dispersal of thickening and stabilizing agents and the emulsification of silicone oils, etc., providing a completely solution to your hair care application.  

GEA supply state-of-the-art plant that ensures hygienic operability, gentle product handling, repeatable processing and future-proof manufacturing lines. Our expertise includes, among others:

• reception and storage of raw materials 
• distribution and dosing of raw materials 
• mixing technology with buffer tanks 
• homogenization systems 
• product storage in bulk tanks 
• transfer lines to tanks and filling lines 
• distribution of utilities such as water, air and steam 
• clean-in-place (CIP) systems, automation and process control