About us

About us
Lipa’s focus is on inspiring our customers to improve health and wellbeing worldwide.
Founded in Sydney Australia in 1995. Today, we are part of CK Life Sciences, a global research driven, biotechnology company, committed to developing solutions for the improvement of human health and environmental sustainability worldwide. We meet the highest quality and safety standards, with full Australian Therapeutics Goods Administration, Kosher Australia and Halal Australia certifications.

Winner CMA High-Quality Manufacturer of the year

Winner CMA Sustainability award

Global brand partners

Over 30 years in business

Based in Sydney, Australia
Our Purpose
We exist to provide our customers with innovative products to improve health and wellbeing world-wide.
Our comprehensive contract manufacturing services, enables our customers to focus on their core competencies—brand building, marketing, and consumer relationships, whilst we handle the technical, regulatory, and production challenges.
We bridge the gap between inspiration and reality, transforming ideas into market-ready products that meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficacy.


Our vision
To be Australia’s most trusted and innovative nutritional supplement contract manufacturing partner.
Our commitment to quality, regulatory leadership, and collaborative partnerships, makes us our customer’s first choice innovation partner. Together, we are driving the growth of the health and wellness industry across domestic and international markets.
We provide our customers end-to-end development and delivery of the highest quality and innovative nutritional science solutions.
Our mission
We will achieve this vision through our leadership in creation of innovation.
We use science-based ingredients of the highest quality, and provide excellence in regulatory compliance, and uncompromising quality control with consistent and reliable Australian made products via leading manufacturing technology.
We are the industry innovation leader of Australian manufactured nutraceuticals and complementary medicines.
Our Values

Quality
We deliver high quality standards with precision, pride and care in everything we create.

Innovation
We actively search for new ideas. We are curious, challenging and creating what’s next.

Respect
We listen, value every idea, and create space for bold thinking to thrive.

Ownership
We act with accountability and take pride in every product, partnership, and result.

Determination
We stay committed to our goals, our customers, and the pursuit of excellence.

Our leadership team
Our passionate leadership team is dedicated to creating safe, effective, and high-quality Australian-made nutraceuticals and complementary medicines.
Sharon Pickering
Chief financial officer
“Lipa provides opportunities for growth and development. It’s a workplace where people are encouraged to take ownership, propose innovative solutions, and see those ideas through to execution. Our staff are valued and trusted, which makes the work truly rewarding.”

George Georgas
Director of quality
“I enjoy working for Lipa because the work we do contributes to improving people’s lives through the products we make for our customers. It’s rewarding to know that at Lipa we are committed to making Quality products each and every day”

Rob Roach
Chief manufacturing officer
“At Lipa, I can connect my professional purpose of “growing Australian Manufacturing and creating jobs for the local community” and my personal passion of “developing a collaborative culture where people enjoy coming to work and go home safely”. The people at Lipa are the WHY that drives my enthusiasm.”

Karen Grigg
Chief people, culture & safety officer
“I enjoy being part of Lipa because it’s a company that invests in its people, nurtures a supportive culture, and encourages everyone to grow whilst delivering outstanding results.”

Rob Tanna
Chief executive officer
“I am so proud of our team’s achievements! For me personally, working at Lipa means that I am helping to deliver on our purpose to inspire wellness through science and nature, supporting our people and our customers each and every day. I’m proud to be part of a team that represents Australia’s gold standard in contract manufacturing services for the nutraceuticals and complementary medicine industry.”

Fiona Wing
Innovation & product development officer
“I love working at Lipa as it allows me to collaborate closely with our customers, bringing them trending & creative ideas from around the world to work on together. I also love the team we have here. We all support and bring out the best in each other every day, which not only strengthens us as a team, but enables us to offer the very best service and care to our customers.”

Suzanne Casanova
Director of planning & supply chain
“I love working at Lipa because our values, collaborative spirit, dedication to our customers and supportive, driven culture creates an environment where people can thrive”

Lipa’s social initiatives
Lipa understands the requirements of sustainability extend further than our environmental footprint. Hence we strive to make a positive impact on our community and our employees.

Lipa is proud to be a gold sponsor of the Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation Charity Ball. This is a local charity that aims to raise, stimulate and advocate for the funding of children and adolescent health services and research delivered within the Macarthur region.

Lipa is proud to be an active contributor to the Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea event. An annual fundraising celebration, where all funds donated help support those impacted by cancer.
