Our Partners

COSMETIC VALLEY is the leading global perfumery-cosmetics network and coordinator of the French sector. The association brings together all the know-how of the profession, from plant cultivation to finished products. Its mission: to serve the economic development of the sector through promoting the French brand, by strengthening the visibility and attractiveness of research laboratories, companies and regions and sharing the challenges and opportunities of the sector.

COSMETIC VALLEY makes innovation the growth engine of the sector in an increasingly demanding competitive context. Its member companies and research bodies are committed to progress and transition towards an ever more sustainable and efficient industry.

COSMETIC VALLEY unites and supports this jewel in the French economy, by defending the voice of a fabric of more than 3,200 companies of all sizes (85% VSE/SME/SMB and all the world leaders), accounting for nearly 250,000 jobs for €45 billion estimated turnover and more than a thousand patents lodged per year. It is the world's largest exporter of perfumes and cosmetics, with €19.1 billion of exports in 2022.

COSMETIC VALLEY represents, on behalf of the industry, the values of Universal utility, Human well-being, Responsibility towards the living, Freedom, Scientific progress. These values, all under the signature FRANCE CARES FOR YOUR SKIN, include the sector in a promise that becomes a mission of general interest, enhancing the entire industry.

REI is a limited liability consortium and public-private partnership acting as a local development agency in the province of Cremona, Lombardy Region (Italy), with 3 areas of intervention:  Territorial marketing, Research and Innovation, Start-Up.  REI coordinates the Lombardy Cosmetics System, the network which includes 14 actors – both from public and private sectors – settles as the first pioneering group of firms and entities representative of the whole regional supply chain.

The ambition is to cultivate relationships that nourish the emergence of a common vision for the development of cosmetic sector and the identification of research, innovation, and education investment, as levers for the growth. Its characteristic lays in the transversal, multidisciplinary approach, with synergy between businesses and academia. The partnership was born from the interest to formalize the passage from close aggregation to an ecosystem, that guarantee an inclusive approach opened to new collaboration, in the framework of Regional S3 priorities. This partnership is a first group of entities representing the whole regional supply chain: 1 development agency (REI - Reindustria Innovazione), 5 universities (Politecnico di Milano, Università degli Studi di Milano, Università Bicocca, Università Cattolica, Università degli Studi di Pavia), 2 public institution, 2 cosmetics association (Cosmetica Italia and Cosmetics Polo) that represent almost 400 enterprises.

Its mission is to drive internationalisation, innovation, training and digital and green transition, working for the sustainable development and competitiveness of the Portuguese cosmetics sector value chain, with competence and professionalism, integrity and ethics and creativity and innovation, identifying and promoting business opportunities.​​

Geographic base of the Cosmetic Valley cluster and major player in the production of cosmetics in France, the Centre-Val de Loire Region has 224 companies that employ 16,000 people. To strengthen the development of this essential sector for the region, the Centre-Val de Loire Regional Council has chosen to make cosmetics a major priority of its 2021-2027 smart specialization strategy (S3) through its "Biotechnologies and services for eco-responsible and personalized cosmetics" specialization area. By supporting the creation and development of the Go4Cosmetics platform, the Centre-Val de Loire Region is confirming its desire to support the cosmetics industry and its players on a European scale.

DEV'UP is the economic development agency of the Centre-Val de Loire region, and its main missions are to assist in the development and promotion of the region. The agency also assists companies with their growth, location and innovation projects through its six departmental offices and in conjunction with the economic players in the Centre-Val de Loire.

Polimi is the largest school of architecture, design and engineering in Italy.

The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) was established in 2003 by grouping together DIG - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale (Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, founded in 1989) and MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business, founded in 1979 as a Consortium between the Politecnico di Milano and many Italian institutions and several leading public and private industrial groups, today is a not-for-profit consortium limited company.​​

GSOM, in particular, is focused on industrial research activities and strongly believes in strategic partnerships with with industrial and other academic actors.​

The University of Life Sciences in Lublin (ULSL) is a multi-profile institution with over 65 years of teaching tradition, that integrates agricultural, biological, veterinary, technical, economic and social sciences.

ULSL offers first- and second-cycle study programmes first-cycle studies (bachelor's or engineer's degree), second-cycle studies, and comprehensive long-cycle master's studies at 7 faculties in over 41 fields of study, including biocosmetology (both full & part time) that combines agricultural sciences and horticulture, biological sciences, chemical engineering and elements of health sciences. Every year ca. 100 new students enroll into these courses.

Labfit provides laboratory and regulatory consultancy services for pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, medical devices, veterinary products, biocides and textiles. ​Labfit provides specialized services, in a the global market, from product development, through in vitro characterization (quality, efficacy and safety) to regulatory support. Besides standard methods, Labfit is experienced in R&D both as internal activities and external services. Labfit R&D projects result in innovative, patented product design as disruptive strategies to relieve symptoms and treat topical conditions.

The Agency has responsibilities linked to regional development such as Diminishing the regional disparities​, Contributing to sustainable social and economic development by policy correlation on the regional level, initiation of development projects and capitalization of local and regional resources​, Boosting regional, interregional and international cooperation​.

The Agency has responsibilities linked to regional development such as Diminishing the regional disparities​, Contributing to sustainable social and economic development by policy correlation on the regional level, initiation of development projects and capitalization of local and regional resources​, Boosting regional, interregional and international cooperation​.