Aurelien Ricci

Cosmetic Valley

Beating heart of the world cosmetics industry Recognized as a competitiveness cluster by the ministry in 2005, the role of Cosmetic Valley is to help fragrance and cosmetic industry in the sector, through: - Commercial development by networking, supporting exports for SMEs, - Improvement of their competitiveness : set-up of Research and Innovation projects. The cluster opens up to the whole of France: Cosmetic Valley gathered all companies in fragrance and cosmetic industry at national level. All companies who want to join a dynamic collaboration and network are more than welcome. Our actions and services: - Promoting the brand of France, - Connecting the know-how: sales development, pooling and collaboration, - Dynamizing research and innovation, - Professional support through dedicated platforms: COSMETOMICS, COSMETOSCIENCES - Developing expertise: Congresses and trainings, - International cooperation : ☑️ Founder & coordinator of Global Cosmetics Cluster (GCC) - The first international clusters network dedicated to innovation in cosmetics ☑️ Coordinator of Global Cosmetics Cluster Europe (GCC.EU) - The European body of the GCC. - Supporting exports: international exhibitions, - Discovering the beauty of tomorrow: COSMETIC 360 Trade-show, - Cosmetic Valley's membership, - Strategic surveillance: COSMETOVEILLE platform. Our key figures: 👉 1st WORLD NETWORK OF THE PERFUMES AND COSMETICS SECTOR: - 3,200 companies including 80% SME, - 250,000 jobs, - 600 members, - 45 billion € turnover, - 1st global exporter of fragrance and cosmetics in 2019. 1st WORLD NETWORK FOR COSMETOLOGY RESEARCH: -450 research projects worth 400 million €, -22 Universities, CNRS, LNE, Synchrotron SOLEIL, -26,000 searchers - 1,000 laboratories, -200,000 students.