ABOUT US

Who are Tricogen?

Tricogen are a family owned, specialist bespoke, state-of-the-art manufacturing and production facility with capacity to produce up to 6 million 1 litre bottles per year.

Our highly skilled team have a vast wealth of knowledge and experience and are committed to delivering continual product and manufacturing development. They are dedicated to delivering customer satisfaction.

The Tricogen Process

A flexible, enthusiastic and skilled team allied to state-of-the-art specialist plant means we can design, formulate, manufacture and fill to meet every need.

We take your concept from idea to shelf and from brief to reality.

INITIAL BRIEF

Our dedicated sales team will take your brief and work alongside our development team until you have a product you are not just satisfied with but excited about.

TESTING & COMPLIANCE

The products will then be tested to ensure they are fully compliant and ready to be registered on the Cosmetics Portal

BRANDING

We will work alongside you on all aspects of Branding and consult with you on wide range of packaging options/types to offer a full service solution.

DESIGN & PRODUCTION

Our modern production facility can accommodate all packaging types and once everything has been agreed we can quickly confirm production dates using our MRP system.

Why choose us?

Tricogen’s continual evolution and investment in new technology and know-how to meet the needs of our clients’ coupled with our proven ability to turn their concepts and ideas into profitable realities keeps us at the forefront of our industry.

FULL GMP, UK & EU COSMETIC REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE

ADHERENCE TO PRODUCT SAFETY REGULATIONS AND REACH

Client Satisfaction Guaranteed

Dedicated Business Development team

Our Dedicated Business Development team is an integral and key cog in Tricogen’s machine.

They are responsible for delivering our shared commitment to ‘getting it right first time’– for customers and Tricogen. Working closely with all departments to ensure that we always meet your specific requirements.

How We Got Here

1885

The Beginning

Our fascinating and colourful history goes all the way back to 1885 when Elias Sliufko left Poland to settle in the north-east of England.

Elias had a son, Solomon Abraham Sliufko, who is known to have made his living selling furniture to hairdressers in Darlington. He also worked for Nestlé, which brought out one of the first ever perm lotions, and still has a stake in L’Oréal today.

1885

1946

Ray and Company LTD

Solomon’s son, Ray, and his brother, Maurice, went on to launch a business called Ray and Company (Hairdressers Sundriesmen), in Clark’s Yard, Darlington, in 1946.

1946

1949

Growth & Expansion

As the sales grew the next step was to launch their own manufacturing company – called Raydiant Chemical Company Ltd – to run alongside Ray and Company.

1949

1960

New Product Lines

Raydiant Chemical Company grew to make all kinds of products for the hairdressing industry, including perms, lotions, shampoos, conditioners, setting lotions, blue rinses, hair lacquers and hair sprays.

1960

1976

Four Generations of Success

Ray’s son, Garth, joined the family business at the age of twenty-two after studying accountancy at Teesside Polytechnic, and both companies have continued to flourish under his leadership ever since.

1976

1989

Tricogen Rebranding

‘Raydiant Chemical Company’ was rebranded as Tricogen Laboratories twenty-five years ago, at the same time as Garth bought some land at Aycliffe Industrial Estate and set up a purpose-built manufacturing facility.

1989

April 2020

COVID-19 Respose

Tricogen Laboratories, has been manufacturing hand sanitiser as part of its portfolio for 15 years.

Since the coronavirus pandemic, the company’s output of the product has rocketed from five tons a year to 100 tons a week, and there is enough demand to treble production.