Capabilities
The floor, the lab and the numbers behind them.
Everything below is in one 75,000 square foot facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. That is why a Kapra project has one schedule, one QA process and one phone number.
Research & development
A lab that has been formulating since before your category existed.
Our state of the art R&D lab is equipped to create new products of consistent quality using current technology, science findings, and new, safe and beneficial ingredients as they come to market.
- Custom formulationnew concepts, reformulation, benchmark matching
- Extensive formulation libraryhair, skin, pet, baby, ethnic, natural (holistic)
- Every price pointopening price point, everyday value, prestige
- Regulatoryknowledge and experience with international requirements
- Confidentialprivate label formulas and proprietary information protected
- Cruelty freewe do not test on animals
Compounding
Twenty-two kettles, hot and cold process, 15 to 3,000 gallons.
An assorted set of industrial compounding tanks handles every formulation batch, from a pilot in a small kettle to a 3,000 gallon production batch of the same formula.
- 22+ steam-jacketed kettles, mixing tanks and single-wall tanksvarious sizes and shapes
- Hot and cold processcreams, lotions, gels, shampoos, conditioners, pomades
- 15 – 3,000 gal batches
- 15,000 – 20,000 gal / daycapacity grows with added shifts and compounding staff
- High shear, high speed mixingfor emulsions
- Counter-rotational agitationdual motion for consistent mixing
- 30 cu ft dry blenderdust-free bath salts and potpourri
Filling
Seven lines, any container from 7.5 mL to a gallon.
A wide variety of filling equipment lets us fill containers of any shape or size. Finished-product storage tanks let us manufacture and hold multiple batches so filling never waits on compounding.
Assembly, warehousing & logistics
Built to keep a mass retailer in stock.
Our management has extensive experience with large-scale companies and fully understands the operations and logistics needed to service mass retailers. A newly expanded factory raised capacity almost 300 percent and added room for filling lines, staging and stock.
- Special assembly and pack-offkits, sets, displays, retail-ready
- QA at pack-offproduct, packaging and shipping requirements verified
- 75,000 sq ftmanufacturing and short-term warehousing of safety stock
- EDI capable
- Experienced customer service teaminventory and logistics planning
- Large supplier basecontinuous flow of raw materials and components
Delivery
On time and complete, from the center of the country.
Efficient manufacturing planning and scheduling delivers your order on time and complete. Rush orders get expanded shifts, fast changeovers and a supplier network with quick turnaround. Shipping from Minnesota puts most of the US within two days by ground.
Request a quoteHave a spec sheet? Send it.
Formula, package, quantity and date are enough for a first quote. We will tell you which line it runs on and what it costs.