Pink Truth: Mary Kay Inc. Implements New Testing Management Solution

Bridgewater, NJ. November 28, 2006. LabVantage Solutions, Inc. today announced that Mary Kay Inc. has implemented LabVantage’s Sapphire™ Laboratory Information Management Solution for its cosmetics testing laboratories. Mary Kay is one of the world’s largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics, surpassing $2.2 billion in wholesale revenues in 2005.

Mary Kay develops, tests, manufactures and packages the majority of its own products at its state-of-the-art plants in Dallas, Texas and China where the products are scientifically formulated and packaged. As a a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registered manufacturing operation, product quality and consumer safety are critical priorities. Accordingly, Mary Kay required a laboratory information management solution that could automate its laboratories to remove bottlenecks that affected production, as well as, provide full traceability of its products throughout the global enterprise.

UK Bioinformatics Forum - Mary Kay Inc. Implements LabVantage’s Sapphire™ for its Cosmetic Testing Laboratories