About us

About EuroCaps

EuroCaps are a world class Softgel Capsule Contract Manufacturer. We supply the nutritional supplement and OTC markets across Europe and worldwide. From our factory located in Tredegar, South Wales, UK, we operate a GMP facility licensed by the UK Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

In recent years, we have undergone rapid expansion, due to the success of our business. We currently employ 250 people with firm expansion plans to increase this to over 350 in the coming five years.

EuroCaps was founded in 1994 and in 1999 were acquired by DCC, a multi-billion pound, FTSE 100 listed company. We are part of DCC Health and Beauty Solutions, a subsidiary of DCC Healthcare. Together with our sister companies in DCC Health and Beauty Solutions, we can offer a full range of services from product concept and design to consumer-packed finished goods.

Our prime goal is to offer high quality softgels and outstanding service to our customers and we would be delighted to discuss your softgel requirements with you.

Why EuroCaps

EuroCaps was founded with a vision to offer unrivalled customer service and flexibility, whilst offering a highly competitive softgel encapsulation service. Today, even with our rapid growth and expanding capacity, our friendly, highly skilled and expert team strive to maintain that service and flexibility; a quality you won’t find matched elsewhere!
As one of Europe’s leading softgel manufacturers, with a current capacity of over 2.5 billion softgel capsules per year, increasing to over 5 billion in the next five years, at our GMP licensed facility, we supply many of the key brands and supplement companies in Europe, whilst maintaining our founding principles which have been key to our growth and success.
We have built on these foundations through investment in, and development of, our complex softgel manufacturing capabilities, plus the addition of new technologies such as Vegesoft® vegetarian capsules and Softburst™ chewable capsules. Additionally, through our international market knowledge and our extensive supplier network, we work closely with our customers to bring new ideas to market.
If you would like to learn more, please click on one of the links for further information or contact us and we will be happy to discuss how we can help you.

  • Sustainability
  • Carbon Footprint
  • Sustainable Solutions for Raw Materials
  • Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
  • Health & Safety Training
  • Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Sustainability

EuroCaps constantly seeks to enhance its sustainability profile and maintain a high level of corporate social responsibility, all in line with corporate guidelines of our parent company DCC.

As an ever evolving area of today’s business, EuroCaps champions an ongoing approach to improving all areas of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. Working with partners who share in this philosophy is always appreciated and welcomed.

Carbon Footprint

We track our energy usage continuously, reporting it via our quarterly corporate monitoring regime, whilst also having an active climate change agreement (CCA) with the national government. We have been very successful at making reductions by installing green energy generation for EuroCaps, including the installation of two wind turbines, which are very well suited to our location on the edge of the Brecon Beacons in South Wales. We also have solar panels on our roofs, which you would imagine are not so well suited to the Welsh environment, but actually make a healthy contribution to our energy supply! We also continue to work with the Carbon Trust and are exploring a number of other energy saving projects.

Sustainable Solutions for Raw Materials

EuroCaps are actively searching for sustainable raw materials to use and promote in our products. We are certified and approved by the following organisations and can offer fully certified products, using certified raw materials, which (subject to final customer agreements) can carry the relevant organisations sustainability logos on pack:

  • Marine Steward Council (MSC)
  • Friend of the Sea (FoS)
  • Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)

Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

All employees are committed to the DCC Code of Business Ethics. This ensures a common commitment to the highest standards of behaviour in our daily responsibilities. In addition, through our membership of SEDEX we ensure a sustainable and ethical supply chain. We are also members of ECOVADIS a CSR assessment platform based on 21 criteria across four themes of Environment, Fair labour practices, Ethics/fair business practices and Supply chain.

Health & Safety Training

Our Health & Safety policies and active working groups provide ongoing training and development which helps protect the well-being of all members of our staff and visitors. We follow DCC’s health and safety policy, details of which can be found here: https://www.dcc.ie/~/media/Files/D/DCC-v2/documents/pdfs/health-and-safety-policy.pdf

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

The majority of our waste streams have been successfully diverted away from landfill. Naturally, as our high quality products demand, packaging is of significant importance to the integrity and quality of our raw materials. Efficient management of the waste streams that result from this process results in the majority of all plastics, metals, paper and wood being segregated and presented for recycling. Our raw material surpluses provide a steady input to a variety of industries. All office and canteen facilities operate segregation and recycling schemes, including food waste for anaerobic digestion. Working with industry leaders and environmental experts, our in-house Environmental specialists look to ensure our waste streams are handled in line with industry and government standards.

Brett Tomlin

Managing Director

Brett is Managing Director at EuroCaps and joined the company in 2008. Holding a chemistry degree from Cardiff University, Brett has more than twenty years’ senior sales, marketing and technical experience in the nutritional and pharmaceutical industries.

Tony Farrup

Head of Engineering

Tony has been a senior member of the EuroCaps engineering team since 2003 and Head of Engineering since 2013. Holding an Engineering degree and MBA from the University of South Wales, Tony has over thirty years engineering experience ranging from heavy industrial to process development, design and control.

David Niece

Production Director

David is Production Director at EuroCaps and has been with the company since it was founded in 1994. David has worked in a number of positions within the company, and became Production Director in 2010. David has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (CMI), and is a Member of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI), Institute of Directors (MIOD) and IOSH.

Jonathan Smith

Head of Supply Chain

Jonathan is Head of Supply Chain and joined EuroCaps in 1999. Jonathan is a member of The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply and possesses a wealth of industry knowledge and contacts. Jonathan has in excess of 24 years’ experience of purchasing and supply chains within blue chip organisations.

Laurence Scowen

Head of Sales

Laurence Scowen is Head of Sales at Eurocaps and joined the company in 2018. Laurence has a degree in Pharmacology/Toxicology from King’s College London and has over 20 years experience in Senior Sales and General Management roles in Nutraceutical, Pharmaceutical and Agribusinesses

David Withnall

Head of Quality

David is Head of Quality and joined the company in 2019. Holding a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham, David has twenty years’ experience across many disciplines within FMCG cosmetics and now nutritional products.

Kate Orme

Finance Director

Kate is Finance Director at Eurocaps, having joined the Company in 2020. Kate is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting and has over 20 years’ experience working within Finance in a Manufacturing environment.