Brands that trust us
Selling an ingredient means selling a formulation nobody can see
Exhibiting at in-cosmetics Global 2027 is a technical sale dressed in a cosmetic industry. Your buyer is a formulator: they want texture, stability and documentation, not a lifestyle image. The stands that work here look closer to a clean laboratory than to a beauty counter, and they give the visitor somewhere to actually handle the samples.
What in-cosmetics Global is and when the 2027 edition opens
in-cosmetics Global is the leading international business event for personal care ingredients. The 2027 edition takes place from 6 to 8 April 2027 at Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, gathering around 13,000 visitors and more than 1,000 suppliers, with several thousand ingredients and formulations on show. The fair rotates between European cities, and in 2027 it comes to Barcelona, which for us means the stand is built and installed in the same city where it is made. Its audience is R&D, formulation and procurement, so most of what happens on your plot is a seated technical conversation rather than a passing look. That also means your plot is judged on how many of those conversations it can hold at once, which is a question of layout rather than of square metres.
Turnkey service for your in-cosmetics stand
The project stays with the same people from concept to dismantling, and for this edition that team never leaves the province. Design, joinery, transport and installation all happen within half an hour of the venue, which removes freight, customs and most of the things that usually go wrong. It also means you can come and see the stand assembled in the workshop before the fair, which is not something we can offer for an edition held in another country.
Design
Collaborative briefing, a strategy built around your visitor and a photorealistic 3D render of your space.
Manufacturing
In-house joinery and manufacturing with premium, high-quality and sustainable materials at our Barcelona workshop.
Build & install
Transport and coordination to Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, on-site build and dismantling by our own crew, and dedicated support throughout the show.
Projects that back every stand we build
Twenty years of custom stand design across Europe, including chemical and healthcare suppliers whose stands had to look precise rather than decorative.
What your in-cosmetics stand needs, depending on what you supply
Four kinds of in-cosmetics exhibitor, four different demands on the layout.
Ingredient and active suppliers
You are selling data and a sample. We build bench-height sampling stations with good task lighting so a formulator can assess texture properly, and put the documentation within reach instead of in a folder behind the counter.
Contract manufacturers and formulators
Your whole show is the meeting schedule. We fit as many separated meeting positions as the plot allows, with acoustic treatment, because these conversations involve confidential formulation detail.
Packaging and delivery systems
Small, tactile product that has to be picked up. We design display that invites handling, organised by format, with enough stock underneath that samples are replaced rather than rationed.
Testing, regulatory and services
You have nothing physical to show at all. We give you a clear graphic proposition and a proper table, since your sale depends on explaining a process to someone who has fifteen minutes.
A stand that follows the fair around Europe
in-cosmetics moves city each year, so a stand designed only for one venue is money spent once. We build modular, reusable structures sized to pack efficiently for road transport and reconfigure to different plot shapes, so the stand you build for Barcelona in 2027 travels to the following editions instead of being replaced. Between editions it is stored and inspected here, and only the graphics and the sample layout are renewed for the new city.
Frequently asked questions about in-cosmetics stands
What ingredient suppliers and contract manufacturers ask us before booking their space at Gran Via.
When does in-cosmetics Global 2027 take place?
in-cosmetics Global 2027 runs from 6 to 8 April 2027 at Fira de Barcelona Gran Via. The fair changes city between editions, so check the venue as well as the dates when you book.
Can you build a laboratory-style sampling area?
Yes, and it is what this audience responds to. We build bench-height stations with controlled lighting, washable surfaces and concealed storage, so the stand reads as a working technical space rather than a retail display.
How do we keep formulation conversations confidential?
With physical separation. We include closed or semi-closed meeting spaces with absorbent lining, positioned away from the sampling area, since the technical detail discussed at this fair is precisely what your competitors would like to hear.
Does being in Barcelona change anything for us?
It changes the risk profile. There is no long-distance transport between our workshop and the hall, which removes the delays and damage that come with international freight, and it means we can react to a change on the day.
What does your in-cosmetics stand design and build service include?
A turnkey service: design and 3D render, manufacturing in our own workshop, delivery to Gran Via, build, dismantling and support across the three days of the fair.
Can the stand travel to the next edition in another city?
Yes, that is how we design it. The structure is modular and packs for road transport, so the investment in 2027 carries over to the following editions wherever the fair lands.
in-cosmetics Global 2027 takes place at Fira de Barcelona Gran Via
in-cosmetics Global comes to Fira de Barcelona Gran Via from 6 to 8 April 2027. Our workshop is in the same city, so the stand does not travel further than across town and any change during the build is a short drive rather than a logistics problem.
Exhibition stand design and build in Barcelona
This is the one edition where being a Barcelona contractor is a concrete advantage rather than a line on a website: no international freight, no customs, and a workshop close enough that a replacement part is made and delivered the same day.
Contemporanea Eventi builds your in-cosmetics stand in Barcelona
You have the dates and a portfolio that has to be understood by formulators in three days. Tell us how many samples and meetings you need to accommodate at in-cosmetics Global 2027 and we will size the stand from those two numbers.