Interpreters for PCHi (Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients)

What the show is like

PCHi is an ingredients show. The exhibitors sell what goes into cosmetics, personal-care and home-care products: actives, emollients, surfactants, emulsifiers, preservatives, fragrance, botanical extracts and functional raw materials. The visitors are formulators, R&D staff, purchasing managers and brand owners. If you want finished products or a contract manufacturer, CIBE in Guangzhou is the closer match; at PCHi you are buying the raw materials.

The host city changes between years. PCHi 2026 was in Hangzhou, 18–20 March 2026. PCHi 2027 is in Guangzhou, 24–26 February 2027, across seven halls at the Pazhou complex.

Alongside the halls the programme includes the PCHi Annual Industry Conference and the Fountain Awards.

Before you go

1. Pre-register onlinefor a free e-badge
2. Passport at handoverseas visitors verify it during pre-registration
3. Your ingredient listby INCI name, with grade, use level and volume per year

Pre-register online for a free e-badge. Overseas visitors verify their passport during pre-registration, so have it at hand when you fill in the form.

Bring a list of the ingredients you want, by INCI name, with the grade, the use level you work at and the volume you buy per year. Suppliers will ask about your application (leave-on or rinse-off, skin care, hair care, detergent) before they quote.

What the interpreter handles at the stands

Ingredient buying is a document-heavy conversation. A good booth meeting covers:

Identity

The INCI name and CAS number, the trade name, and whether it is the supplier's own production or traded material.

Documents

COA for a recent batch, MSDS/SDS, the technical data sheet, and any statements your market needs: allergens, residual solvents, heavy metals, animal testing, origin of natural materials. Ask which documents they can send in English.

Regulatory status

Whether the ingredient is already registered or listed for use in your market, and what the supplier can provide if your regulator asks.

Minimum order and packaging

MOQ per grade, drum or bag size, and whether they will split a first order.

Sample policy

How much sample they send, whether it is free, who pays the courier, and whether the sample comes from the same production line as commercial lots.

Price and lead time

Price per kg at your volume, Incoterms, lead time from order, shelf life and storage conditions.

Booth staff often have good English for the brochure. The application chemist or plant manager who knows the impurity profile or the production route may not. Ask for an interpreter who already knows the vocabulary (emulsifier, viscosity, pH stability, solubility), and have them keep notes per supplier.

After the show

Many ingredient suppliers run plants outside Guangzhou, and a plant audit is a separate trip. If you plan to audit a plant before the first order, take the interpreter who already knows that supplier's documents; audits are booked as factory visits on the booking page.