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L'Oréal produces over 94% of its product ranges, with very little outsourcing to external suppliers. The L'Oréal factory in Llantrisant, South Wales, was opened in 1973 and is today a key manufacturing centre for L'Oréal in Europe.
Following the move to specialise production across L'Oréal's European factories, the Llantrisant plant is now the "Centre of Excellence" for shampoos, conditioners and hair styling products.
Since 1995, production at the factory has almost doubled from 90 million units to around 182 million units in 2004. The factory, which originally produced predominantly for the UK market, now exports two thirds of its output to countries throughout the world.
In the UK, as in all other countries where L'Oréal has a manufacturing presence, the company invests continuously in facilities, state-of-the-art technology, safety and the environment. Investments in the factory have exceeded 15 million in the past four years. Already accredited with the ISO 9001 quality award, within the last year the factory became the first in the Group to receive the ISO 14001 environmental management system award and the BS1 OHSAS 18001 safety management system award to add to its ISO 9001 quality award.
In November 2000, work on the new distribution centre next door to the factory was completed, creating another 20 jobs at the facility. The centre was officially opened in May 2001 by Kim Howells, MP for Pontypridd, and today stores the finished cosmetic products manufactured in the adjacent factory before they are distributed to more than 30 countries worldwide.
- Approximately 182 million units were produced at the Llantrisant factory in 2004.
- More than 65% of the factory output is exported overseas.
- Investments in the factory over the last four years have exceeded 15 million.
- The distribution centre covers an area of over 18,000m2 and can house up to 30 million products.
- Around 400 people are employed at the factory. 25% of the permanent staff have worked for L'Oréal for over 20 years.
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