So great has been the demand for its health supplements and skin care products overseas and its contract manufacturing for Australian companies, Homart Pharmaceuticals will relocate to a bigger facility in Rydalmere – its fourth premises in 20 years
The company expects to move all its administration, manufacturing, warehouse and distribution to a modern 3-storey building on 15,000-square-metre site in the coming months.
Jeffrey Yeh, operations manager, said $2 million would be invested in upgrading the vacant building, in Kirby Street, Rydalmere, which formerly housed other pharmaceutical companies over the years.
The company, which was established in 1992 as a two-person operation and now employs 60 people Australia and China, expects to hire an additional 10 people following the relocation. Mr Yeh said this number could build up to 100 people in 3-5 years.
The company, which currently manufactures over 100 products puts is success down to R&D, introducing new products every year and marketing “healthy Australian products” in China, Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, the Middle East, Singapore and Malaysia.
A highpoint of its efforts in the Chinese market was its exclusive promotion of Australian-made health supplements, at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, which was the biggest international event in China since the Beijing Olympics
Today, these brands are sold in 1,500 outlets throughout China including Beijing International Airport and the Lufthansa Centre, in Beijing.
Mr Yeh said the company was discussing with the University of Western Sydney the opportunity to sponsor PhD students to do research on complementary medicines.
Indicative of its exporting success the company has won numerous awards over recent years.
