AEIC

Name

AEIC

Legal name

AEIC Asociación Española de Ingredientes Cosméticos

Website

https://aeic.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Alcobendas

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Fees: AEIC operates as a non-profit association funded entirely by annual membership dues. Companies in the cosmetics raw materials and ingredients sector pay membership fees to belong to the association and participate in working groups, regulatory consultations, and networking activities.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AEIC is a non-profit trade association that represents, protects, and defends the interests of manufacturers, distributors, and service companies in the Spanish cosmetic ingredients, raw materials, and additives industry. Its core offering is regulatory representation and intelligence, delivered through exclusive affiliation with EFfCI (European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients), participation in international working groups (Colorants, GMPs, Natural Ingredients, International Relations, Polymers, Preservatives, Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability, Toxicology), GMP training courses, the Brújula Regulatoria compliance tool, and industry networking events.

Product overview

AEIC (Asociación Española de Ingredientes Cosméticos) is a non-profit regulatory and commercial association representing manufacturers and distributors of cosmetic ingredients, raw materials, and additives in the Spanish cosmetics industry. AEIC is the sole representative entity of EFfCI (European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients) in Spain. The organization's offerings center around its Brújula Regulatoria (Regulatory Compass) tool for compliance support, participation in EFfCI working groups covering colorants, GMPs, natural ingredients, international relations, polymers, preservatives, regulatory affairs, sustainability, and toxicology, GMP training courses, regulatory safety databases, scientific opinion consultations, and industry networking events. AEIC connects companies, promotes strategic alliances, and coordinates working groups to manage regulatory changes affecting cosmetic ingredients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brújula Regulatoria (Regulatory Compass)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EFfCI (European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEFfCI is the European federation that brings together and defends the interests of companies of cosmetic ingredients in Europe. AEIC is the unique entity representing EFfCI in Spain. AEIC coordinates the EFfCI working groups in Spain and participates in defining industry positions before regulatory authorities.
• BeautyClustercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeautyCluster is listed as a strategic alliance partner of AEIC. BeautyCluster is a cosmetics industry cluster that promotes collaboration among beauty sector companies in Spain.
• Cosmetics EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCosmetics Europe represents the cosmetics industry in Europe and is listed as an alliance partner. AEIC references the organization in regulatory documentation as the body representing cosmetic products industry at the EU level.
• PCPC (Personal Care Products Council)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPCPC is listed as an alliance partner. AEIC collaborates with PCPC on GMP training courses (e.g., EFfCI GMP Training Course in Washington, March 2024, co-organized with PCPC).
• CAFFCI (China Association of Fragrance & Flavor Ingredients)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAFFCI is listed as an alliance partner of AEIC, representing Chinese fragrance and flavor ingredients associations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• CAFFCI (China Association of Fragrance & Flavor Ingredients): The Chinese industry association representing fragrance and flavor ingredient manufacturers. Comparable to AEIC as a national association focused specifically on ingredients/regulated materials, and a formal alliance partner, but operating in a different geography.
• PCPC (Personal Care Products Council): The US trade association for the personal care and cosmetics industry. Comparable to AEIC in role and services provided (regulatory advocacy, working groups, GMP training co-organized with AEIC), but operating primarily in the United States rather than Europe.

Direct peers

• IKW (Industrieverband Körperpflege und Waschmittel): The German industry association for personal care and detergent products. Comparable to AEIC as a national trade body providing regulatory expertise, working groups, and advocacy on cosmetic and personal care regulation in Germany.
• FEBEA (Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté): The French federation of beauty companies, representing manufacturers and distributors of cosmetic products and ingredients in France. Directly comparable to AEIC as a national cosmetics industry association providing regulatory representation, compliance information, and networking.
• CTPA (Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association): The UK trade association for the cosmetics, toiletry, and personal care industry. Comparable to AEIC as a national-level industry body providing regulatory advocacy, working groups, and compliance support to cosmetic product and ingredient companies in its country.
• Cosmetica Italia: The Italian trade association for the cosmetics industry, representing manufacturers of finished cosmetic products. Comparable to AEIC in role, though broader in scope, providing regulatory intelligence, industry statistics, and representation before Italian and EU authorities.
• BeautyCluster Barcelona: A Barcelona-based cosmetics industry cluster promoting collaboration among beauty sector companies in Spain. Directly comparable as a Spain-focused cosmetics industry organization, and explicitly identified by AEIC as a strategic alliance partner, indicating overlapping member communities.
• Stanpa (Asociación Nacional de Perfumería y Cosmética): The Spanish national association for perfumery and cosmetics, representing finished-product manufacturers in Spain. A direct Spanish peer of AEIC, operating in the same country with overlapping stakeholders and serving as a complementary (rather than competing) association in the Spanish cosmetics ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Cosmetics Europe: The European trade association representing the cosmetics and personal care industry at the EU level. Comparable to AEIC as an industry association providing regulatory advocacy, though operating at the broader finished-product level rather than ingredient-focused.
• EFfCI (European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients): The European federation representing cosmetic ingredient manufacturers across Europe. AEIC is the unique Spanish affiliate of EFfCI; EFfCI is the direct umbrella organization under which AEIC operates and whose working groups AEIC coordinates nationally.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aeic-asociaci-n-espa-ola-de-ingredientes-cosm-ticos

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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