Research & Development
One of the cornerstones of our business is our exceptional commitment to innovation. Our on-site, fully staffed Research & Development department ensures that every Alene candle meets industry standards, as well as our own testing protocols.
Alene’s extensive Research & Development (R&D) Focus includes:
Color: to ensure your candle matches your specifications or target color, including Pantone® matching.
Aesthetics: to meet your project criteria and our quality standards.
Fragrance Throw: to ensure the candle emits the best fragrance performance for your formulation, whether cold or lit.
Wick Optimizing: to ensure the best, cleanest burn. At Alene, we recognize that the perfect wick needs to be selected for every combination of fragrance, wax formula and container in order to produce the cleanest-burning candle with full consumption. We stock over 400 different types of wicks, allowing us to select the correct one to bring out your candle's best.
Formula Development: to pioneer cutting-edge wax blends and fragrance performance.
Concept Development: to develop new or novel candle expressions.
Custom Programs: Alene has the ability – and the interest – to create an innovative strategy for your project. Just tell us your objective, and we'll develop a program to suit.
The facilities
We proudly produce all of our candles from our manufacturing plant in Milford, New Hampshire. Our custom-designed R&D, Stability Testing and Burn Testing Laboratories are unlike any in the industry and allow us to research, develop and test all formulations and products for the utmost in safety and burn. Learn more about our methodologies in our 'Testing' section.
The team
Alene R&D experts include a staff of veteran chemists and lab technicians dedicated to candle formulation, testing and innovation. Their mastery of the subtleties of candle arts has produced our reputation for making the finest candles in the industry – yet at an efficient and cost-effective value. Our head chemist is also a contributing committee member of the National Candle Association (NCA). In addition, our marketing and creative office is located in New York City, allowing us to have our fingers on the pulse of the world´s most current design and fragrance trends.
