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.
Geography[edit]
The Cosmetic Valley stretches across three regions and seven departments: Centre-Val de Loire (Eure-et-Loir, Indre-et-Loire, Loiret and Loir-et-Cher), Île-de-France (Yvelines and Val-d'Oise) and Normandy (Eure). The headquarters of the cluster are located on the site of the Chartres Cathedral.[1]
Main Locations by department[edit]
Eure-et-Loir[edit]
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,[2] 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.[3][4]
Loiret[edit]
- University research : University of Orléans (Orléans-la-Source);
- Companies : Shiseido (Ormes), the center of R&D dedicated to perfumes and cosmetics of LVMH Recherche which includes Parfums Christian Dior, Givenchy, Guerlain and Fresh.[5]
Yvelines[edit]
- Companies: Guerlain at Orphin, L'Oréal in Rambouillet;[6]
- University : Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University.
History[edit]
Cosmetic Valley has been founded in 1994 on the initiative of Jean-Paul Guerlain in the region of Chartres.[7] This is the first industrial sector emerged in Eure-et-Loir.[8]
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.[7]
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.[9]
In 2007, stands at Orleans the first edition of Cosm'innov, a convention describing the progress of scientific disciplines in the field of cosmetology.[7]
The second edition of Cosm'innov takes place in March 2010 at Orléans.[10][11]
Presentation[edit]
In the early 2013, the cluster has 800 companies for approximately 70,000 jobs and €11 billion in revenue,[12] seven universities, 136 colleges, 200 public research laboratories for 8,600 researcher, 100 research projects with a budget of approximately 200 million.[13]
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.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ (in French) Cosmetic Valley Archived 2011-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in French) La Cosmetic Valley et le marketing des territoires
- ^ (in French) Cosmetic Valley : 1500 postes à pourvoir d'ici 3 à 5 ans
- ^ (in French) EURE-ET-LOIR - Création de 1500 emplois dans les 3 ans dans la Cosmetic Valley
- ^ (in French) LVMH : de la R&D au cœur de la Cosmetic Valley
- ^ (in French) La Cosmetic Valley fait toujours rêver
- ^ a b c d (in French) La Cosmetic Valley multiplie les innovations
- ^ (in French) Chartres cosmetic valley
- ^ (in 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 » Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WELCOME TO COSM'innov 2010 Archived 2010-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in French) Le 10 e congrès Parfums et cosmétiques de la Cosmetic Valley
- ^ (in French) [1] Archived 2017-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in French) Chiffres clés de la Cosmetic Valley
External links[edit]
- (in English and French) Official website