Our Story

There’s more to us than contract cosmetic manufacturing

See how we became NZ’s preferred contract manufacturing partners

Like your business, we’ve taken a journey to get where we are today. Over time, we’ve refined the way we do things, grown our knowledge and invested in new cosmetic and skincare manufacturing machinery.

But what hasn’t changed is our passion for what we do and the values we hold.

Since 1978, we’ve partnered with both small and big businesses to bring their product dreams to life. Working hard to provide our clients with the highest levels of expertise and knowledge within their industries, they’ve discovered that we’re the kind of people they want on their team too.

Shieling Laboratories holds an organic manufacturer’s certification from BioGro. We are certified by BioGro to manufacture NATRUE certified natural and BioGro certified organic products, meeting internationally recognised standards.

NATRUE is the leading international certification system for natural and organic cosmetics and is used by a number of large international cosmetics brands. 

We are Cosmetics NZ GMP Certified to comply with ISO 22716. This means that products manufactured use processes and procedures set out by Cosmetics NZ and International Standard – ISO 22716. This ensures that products manufactured in our facility are made to the highest safety standards available to cosmetics manufacturers globally.

In order to hold this certification a rigorous audit process of premises, systems and processes are completed.

Come share your product vision with us: we’ll make it happen.

How we got here

1978

Shieling was founded by pharmacist Leo Shiel

1990

Shieling move to new premise at 1 Hill Street, Onehunga

1995

Shieling acquired by Graham & Geoff Taylor

2001

Dr Oliver Hofmann appointed Technical Director

2010

Shieling achieve GMP Accreditation
for Cosmetic Products issued by
Cosmetics NZ

2011

Shieling secure BioGro Certification

2012

Shieling secure Natrue certification
for Natural products

2014

Shieling expand warehouse operation to encompass 2,3,4,5 Hill Street

2015

Night shift established to support customer requirements

2016

Shieling permanent staff exceed 100 employees

2017

New laboratory installed at 1 Hill Street

2018

Shieling begin development on new custom built facility

2019

Move to purpose built facility at 153-157 Marua Road, to bigger premises.

2020

Addition of 2 new Directors
Manufactured tonnes of hand sanitiser

2021

Investment in new filling equipment
to increase capacity

2022

Formulation team expands to 7

2023

Shieling achieve industry leading
BSI cGMP ISO22716 certification

Jamie Tyler joins team as General Manager
and procurement specialist

2024

Workforce reaches 140
amid ongoing growth

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