By Marc Phu · Cosmetics Product Development & Ingredients · Published 24 May 2026
Taiwan doesn’t always get mentioned in the same breath as Korea or Japan, but it quietly produces a huge share of the world’s sheet and jelly masks, along with a deep bench of skincare, hair-care and biotech beauty manufacturers. What makes it attractive isn’t just cost — it’s the combination of fast development cycles, genuine ingredient science, and manufacturers willing to work at flexible volumes that larger hubs sometimes won’t touch.
This guide covers ten OEM/ODM cosmetic manufacturers operating in Taiwan, a mix of large contract manufacturers and manufacturer-brands with their own recognised labels. For each, you’ll find what it’s known for, where it’s based, and a direct link to its official site.
Key takeaways
- For large-scale, end-to-end ODM work, TCI Co. is one of the biggest names in Asia and worth approaching first.
- Annie’s Way and L’Herboflore specialise in masks and botanical skincare respectively.
- Mao Bao and Sheng Hsiang Tang (Cellina) cover hair, body and everyday cleansing manufacturing.
- Sunmax Biotech (collagen), O’right (sustainable beauty) and DR.WU (dermocosmetics) bring narrower, specialist expertise worth knowing about.
How we chose this list
We included manufacturers with a genuine, verifiable production base in Taiwan, an established position in the local industry, and a working official website. This is not a sponsored or paid-placement list — companies are listed alphabetically, not ranked, and none of them paid for inclusion. Treat this as a shortlist for your own further research, not a final recommendation.
1. Annie’s Way
HQ: New Taipei · Type: Mask OEM/ODM and own brand · Best known for: Jelly and sheet masks
Annie’s Way built its reputation on jelly masks, a format it more or less popularised in the mass sheet-mask category. Alongside its own well-known retail line, it develops and manufactures mask products for international brands wanting that same texture and finish.
2. Chlitina
HQ: Taichung · Type: Skincare manufacturer and salon brand · Best known for: Professional skincare
Chlitina pairs professional-grade skincare manufacturing with one of the largest beauty-salon franchise networks in Asia, giving it an unusually vertically integrated model from formulation through to the treatment chair. That retail and treatment footprint gives it a different kind of market feedback loop than a pure contract manufacturer would have.
3. DR.WU
HQ: Taipei · Type: Dermocosmetic manufacturer-brand · Best known for: Dermatologist-developed skincare
DR.WU was founded by a practising dermatologist and has stayed close to that clinical positioning ever since, with ingredient-led lines built around actives like mandelic acid and vitamin C. It’s one of the more recognisable names in Taiwan’s derma-skincare segment, and a useful reference point if that’s the category you’re building in.
4. L’Herboflore
HQ: Taipei · Type: Skincare ODM and own brand · Best known for: Botanical masks and skincare
L’Herboflore works at the intersection of botanical ingredients and biotech formulation, producing masks, essences and treatment products that lean on plant-derived actives. It runs a recognised retail line of its own while also taking on ODM development for partner brands across the region.
5. Mao Bao Inc.
HQ: Taipei · Type: Manufacturer and OEM/ODM · Best known for: Hair and body care
Mao Bao has been producing hair, body and personal-care products for long enough to have built genuine in-house formulation depth, and it runs both its own brand portfolio and third-party OEM/ODM work side by side. That dual focus means its production lines are already tuned for the everyday personal-care categories most brands need.
6. O’right
HQ: Taoyuan · Type: Green manufacturer-brand · Best known for: Sustainable hair and skin care
O’right has built its identity almost entirely around sustainability, with carbon-neutral production credentials that are genuinely unusual in this industry rather than just marketing language. It manufactures hair care, skincare and personal care under its own label and also supports green-focused private-label projects for other brands.
7. Sheng Hsiang Tang (Cellina)
HQ: Taiwan · Type: Personal-care manufacturer · Best known for: Soap, body wash and skincare
Sheng Hsiang Tang, the company behind the well-established Cellina range, has been making soaps, body washes and everyday skincare for long enough to have deep experience in cleansing formats specifically. It supplies its own brands alongside OEM production for other companies working in the same bath and body categories.
8. SOFNON (Tsaio / Shang Shan Cai Yao)
HQ: Taiwan · Type: Botanical personal-care manufacturer · Best known for: Plant-based skincare and cleansers
SOFNON, known to consumers through its Tsaio (Shang Shan Cai Yao) brand, formulates around Taiwanese botanical ingredients across skincare, hair care and cleansing products. It operates both its own retail line and a contract manufacturing arm for brands wanting that same plant-based positioning.
9. Sunmax Biotech
HQ: Hsinchu · Type: Biomaterials manufacturer · Best known for: Collagen-based skincare and materials
Sunmax Biotech’s core expertise is purified collagen, which it supplies both as a skincare ingredient and as medical-grade biomaterial. That dual application — cosmetic and medical — gives it a level of technical rigour in collagen processing that most general skincare manufacturers can’t match.
10. TCI Co., Ltd.
HQ: Taipei · Type: ODM contract manufacturer · Best known for: End-to-end beauty and wellness ODM
TCI operates at a scale that puts it among the largest ODM contract manufacturers in Asia, developing skincare, sheet masks, functional drinks and nutraceuticals end-to-end for global brand clients. Its biotechnology-driven R&D and clinical validation process is a significant part of why it’s trusted with large, long-term production programmes.
Sourcing considerations
Taiwan’s manufacturing strengths — speed, biotech formulation, flexible volumes — solve the production side of the equation, but they don’t touch the compliance side of selling into a specific market. If you’re a Malaysian brand sourcing from a Taiwanese factory, your product still needs NPRA cosmetic notification before it can be sold in Malaysia, exactly as if it had been made locally; a brand exporting into the EU, US or elsewhere faces that same market’s own registration requirements. Where the product was manufactured has no bearing on whether it’s legally allowed to be sold in your target market — those are two entirely separate approvals.
Before committing to any of the manufacturers above, it’s worth confirming current ISO 22716 and TFDA compliance directly, along with realistic lead times and whether stated minimum order quantities actually match your first production run. For background on how contract manufacturing works more broadly, see our guide to what OEM and ODM mean, and for a look at a neighbouring manufacturing hub, our profile of skincare factories in South Korea. More country guides live in our OEM Manufacturer archive.
What Taiwan’s manufacturing scene does differently
The thing that separates Taiwan from most other manufacturing hubs isn’t any single factory’s capability — it’s the density of the surrounding supply chain. Sheet-mask substrates, biotech extraction facilities, packaging converters and formulation labs all sit within a relatively tight geographic cluster, which shortens the loop between “we want to try this ingredient” and “here’s a working sample.” That density is a big part of why development timelines in Taiwan tend to run faster than in less concentrated manufacturing regions.
It’s also worth noting that Taiwan’s manufacturers span a genuinely wide range of scale, from boutique botanical labs to ODM operations the size of TCI. That range means the right partner really does depend on your order volume and category — a brand chasing a niche biotech ingredient story will get more attention from a specialist than from a factory built to run large, standardised production programmes, and vice versa.
Frequently asked questions
Why do so many brands manufacture masks in Taiwan specifically?
Taiwan has built deep, specialised production infrastructure for sheet and jelly masks over many years, giving it faster development cycles and more format expertise in that category than most other manufacturing hubs.
What’s the OEM vs ODM distinction for Taiwanese manufacturers?
OEM means you supply the formula and the factory manufactures it as specified. ODM means the manufacturer develops or customises the formula and you apply your own branding. Most companies on this list offer some version of both.
Which of these are realistic for a smaller brand?
Mask and skincare specialists such as Annie’s Way and L’Herboflore, plus personal-care makers like Mao Bao and Sheng Hsiang Tang, generally support small-to-medium production runs. Large ODMs like TCI typically favour bigger, longer-term programmes.
Are Taiwanese manufacturers export-ready for markets like the EU or US?
Reputable Taiwanese manufacturers follow ISO 22716 and Taiwan’s TFDA rules, and most can support the documentation export markets require — but confirm current certification and testing records directly rather than assuming from a company’s website.
This article is an independent industry overview, not a paid endorsement or referral. Company details change — always verify current certifications, capabilities and MOQs directly with the manufacturer before signing a contract.
About the author
Marc Phu is a China-based professional with experience related to cosmetics and the beauty industry. His background provides an industry perspective on product development, ingredients, innovation and the evolving Chinese beauty market. LinkedIn
