Beige Holdings Limited (“Beige”) South Africa's leading contract manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics, soaps, household products, toiletries, laundry soaps and allied bath and body care products for South African and international markets. During 2007 and 2008 the Company diversified its operations through the acquisition of two packaging manufacturing businesses to complement its contract manufacturing operations. It has achieved impressive growth in recent years and boasts a host of blue-chip customers. The operations are undertaken by eight clearly focused subsidiaries, located in Gauteng, KwaZulu- Natal and the Western Cape. The majority of Beige’s products are produced for Southern African customers comprising a range of multinationals, such as Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Reckitt Benkiser, Johnson Diversy, Novartis and Janssen Cilag, FMCG companies including Tiger Brands, Adcock Ingram, Avon-Justine, Thebe Medicare and Incolabs, and retailers such as Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Clicks, Dischem, Edgars, Foschini and Truworths. In December 2003, Beige became the first Company to list on the JSE’s Alternative Exchange (AltX) and subsequently appointed Mark Di Nicola as its CEO in 2004. In February 2009 Thebe Investment Corporation (Pty) Ltd acquired a 33.45% interest in Beige, thereby increasing Beige’s BEE credentials in terms of shareholding.