National contest “Innovative enterprise of the year 2019” is recognition and award for innovative Macedonian companies that successfully launched an innovation in their work. The aim of the contest is to promote successful business models and achievements based on innovations and new technologies from Macedonian companies from all industrial sectors. Among 31 companies participating in the contest, the best companies from 3 categories were chosen as most innovative ones and received recognition for success and award of 200.000 MKD, funds provided from the City of Skopje.
In the category of most innovative start-up company, the award belonged to OMEGA RESEARCH, for the innovation “Future of Cosmetics”, 100% organic, eatable and tasty cosmetics. This year, the products of Omega are present in the markets of Croatia and Slovenia and the company is part of the ecological movement – for a world without plastic.
What kind of services your company is offering?
Omega Research has been founded in October 2014 but started actively with work in July 2015. Main occupation of the company is production of cosmetics, with main focus on one special type of cosmetics, so-called “Raw cosmetics”. Raw cosmetics is special type of organic cosmetics which is prepared on 36℃, exclusively from natural nutritional components such as fruits, vegetables and herbs. Omega offers 92 products for hair and body care, including innovative medical cosmetics for treatment of acne, cellulite, wrinkles etc. and some of them are with sweet flavor and even safe to consume.
What makes your company recognizable and better than the competition?
Raw cosmetics is type of organic cosmetics with difference of not consisting chemical processing and preservatives, but using fruits and vegetables in fresh form, with expiration date up to 3 years, which makes it more stable than the rest of organic cosmetics. The preparation of raw cosmetics is on 36℃, which allows to keep all nutritive ingredients like Vitamin C. This type of cosmetics is invention of Omega Research and we are very proud of it.
Your company won in the category of most innovative medium company of the year 2019. What are your impressions from the competition and the gained recognition?
We were very surprised but in the same time very proud for the award we received for our innovation. This idea was already winner of few competitions but receiving the recognition of most innovative smart up company for 2019 is special pride for the whole team of Omega.
What are the motives and inspiration for your innovation?
The motives for creating this innovation were pure scientific. After finishing my studies, I was working as assistant at the Faculty of Pharmacology in Skopje where many times had the chance to research cosmetic products. Motivated by the multiple studies proving the neurotoxicity of the cosmetics, I came to an idea for making a 100% non-toxic, self-conserving, nutritious and eatable product.
What are your future plans? What next with your innovation?
Firstly, we plan to finish the eatable cosmetic line for kids, first of this kind in the world, which needs to be launched on the market until May 2020. Two months after we are planning on launching new type of innovation based on molecular water in cosmetics.