Cosmetic Valley

The Cosmetic Valley or pôle cosmétique sciences de la beauté et du bien-être (in English, cosmetic science of beauty and well-being business cluster) is a technopole, the most important French business cluster specialized in the production of consumer goods in the industry of perfumes and cosmetics in France.[1][2]

Created in 1994, it is mainly located in the departments of Eure-et-Loir and Loiret[3] but also extends to the neighboring departments.[4][5]

Geography

The Cosmetic Valley stretches across three regions and seven departments: Centre (Eure-et-Loir, Indre-et-Loire, Loiret and Loir-et-Cher), Ile-de-France (Yvelines and Val-d'Oise) and Upper Normandy (Eure). The headquarters of the cluster are located on the site of the Chartres Cathedral.[6]

Main Locations by department

Eure-et-Loir

Eure-et-Loir has nearly 70% of companies in the sector. To department officials, the Cosmetic Valley is an essential element of the attractiveness of the territory,[7] which would particularly illustrated by the introduction of foreign groups such as Reckitt Benckiser, but also small and medium enterprises (SMEs/SMBs) who joined the sector. Cosmetic Valley boasts the creation of over 1,500 jobs in the department in ten years.[8][9]

Loiret

Yvelines

History

Cosmetic Valley has been founded in 1994 on the initiative of Jean-Paul Guerlain in the region of Chartres.[12] This is the first industrial sector emerged in Eure-et-Loir.[13]

In 2005, the industries of Eure-et-Loir come together with those of the Loiret to be labeled "national competitiveness cluster" under the supervision of the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.[12]

The 25th of August 2006, a decree defines the area of research and development of the cluster. Municipalities of the department of Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Indre-et-Loire, Loiret and Yvelines are concerned.[14]

In 2007, stands at Orleans the first edition of Cosm'innov, a convention describing the progress of scientific disciplines in the field of cosmetology.[12]

The second edition of Cosm'innov takes place in March 2010 at Orléans[15]].[16]

Presentation

In the early 2013, the cluster has 800 companies for approximately 70,000 jobs and € 11 billion in revenue,[17] seven universities, 136 colleges, 200 public research laboratories for 8,600 researcher, 100 research projects with a budget of approximately 200 million.[18]

Among the major companies represented include L'Oréal (via its subsidiaries Maybelline and Yves Saint Laurent Opium), Shiseido (via Jean-Paul Gaultier, Issey Miyake, Serge Lutens), LVMH (via Christian Dior and Guerlain), Caudalie.[12]

References

  1. ↑ (French) Marc-Antoine Jamet, président de la Cosmetic Valley, est confiant pour l’avenir de la filière
  2. ↑ (French) La Cosmetic Valley enfin reconnue
  3. ↑ (French) Le parfum en fête à Cosmetic Valley
  4. ↑ (French) La Cosmetic Valley de Chartres rayonne en promotionnant le made in France
  5. ↑ (French) Connections R&D - Cosmetic Valley
  6. ↑ (French) Cosmetic Valley
  7. ↑ (French) La Cosmetic Valley et le marketing des territoires
  8. ↑ (French) Cosmetic Valley : 1500 postes à pourvoir d'ici 3 à 5 ans
  9. ↑ (French) EURE-ET-LOIR - Création de 1500 emplois dans les 3 ans dans la Cosmetic Valley
  10. ↑ (French) LVMH : de la R&D au cœur de la Cosmetic Valley
  11. ↑ (French) La Cosmetic Valley fait toujours rêver
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 (French) La Cosmetic Valley multiplie les innovations
  13. ↑ (French) Chartres cosmetic valley
  14. ↑ (French) Décret no 2006-1060 du 25 août 2006 portant application de l’article 24 de la loi no 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004 de finances pour 2005 et relatif à la délimitation de la zone de recherche et développement du pôle de compétitivité no 20051948 dénommé « pôle cosmétique sciences de la beauté et du bien-être »
  15. ↑ WELCOME TO COSM'innov 2010
  16. ↑ (French) Le 10 e congrès Parfums et cosmétiques de la Cosmetic Valley
  17. ↑ (French)
  18. ↑ (French) Chiffres clés de la Cosmetic Valley

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