1948 Grégoire Lombrez experiments in his laboratory under his hairdressing salon, and develops some products for hairdressers. He starts the company “Tonachemie”.
1950 Roger Laleman joins Tonachemie as partner.
1951 An exclusive agreement is signed for distributing hairdressing products in the Benelux for the German company Carin Kosmetik.
1958 Carin Benelux is created with three associates (Grégoire Lombrez – Roger Laleman – Michel Vanhooren).
1965 Carin Benelux takes over the German mother company and starts its own production unit in Middelkerke. The company Carin Haircosmetics NV is created.
1965 The Carin laboratory, in cooperation with Dr. Frey, develops the product Bio Protein. Up till now the ultimate hair care product.
1970 Expansion of the company buildings.
1973 Carin Haircosmetics develops an innovative perm, B/O Clic with an integrated automatic stop.
1974/1975 Carin Haircosmetics introduces the use of plant extracts in its product lines. This makes the company a pioneer in the trend of bio and natural products.
1980 Carin Haircosmetics introduces Allerga. A revolutionary product against irritation, which can be used in combination with chemical treatments as perming and colouring.
1983 The complete factory is reduced to ashes in a fire. In less than 9 months a new production unit with a surface of 30.000 m² is built in an industrial zone near Ostend airport.
1990 Carin Haircosmetics settles as an important player on the national and international hairdressing market. In Belgium it has a network of 32 independent dealers, who sell the Carin products to the Belgian hairdressers. The Carin products are exported to more as 40 countries, worldwide.
1999 Carin Haircosmetics launches Color Intensivo. This hair colour is developed to guarantee an optimal result on all hair types (European, Indian, Aziatic, African, …).
2003 Carin Haircosmetics introduces Color Essentials. A specific range that makes every colouring a success.
Inauguration of a new studio. A professional, multimedial presentation space without equal in Belgium .
Introduction of the Carin “colour diagnostic table”, developed by top colorists. This emphasizes once again the Carin know-how.
2004 Carin Haircosmetics launches Botéa, its new top of the range care system.
2007 Carin Haircosmetics launches Rage, its new range of trendy finishing products. Hairtoys 4 girls & boys.
2008 Start of the renovation works of the production unit. The production unit will come up to the most severe regulations of environment and security. The end of the works is foreseen summer 2010.
2011 Launch of Botéa Pure.