Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The perfume and cosmetics industry is looking towards the future.
Médias
July 16, 2020
Press release
The perfume and cosmetics industry is looking towards the future
Launched on June 1st, the online consultation on the challenges and prospects of the sector has resonated widely with the profession:
Benefiting from the support of 15 new associate partners,
The General Assembly of the Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry
have already received 400 proposals from executives, researchers, project managers, start-ups…
On July 10th, the steering committee for the General Assembly of the Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry met to review the post-Covid situation and prepare for the event on October 15, 2020, in Paris, at the Cloître des Cordeliers. This forum will bring together all stakeholders in the industry and will present the results of the consultation conducted as part of the General Assembly organized by Cosmetic Valley. It will also be an opportunity to highlight the economic importance of the perfumery and cosmetics sector: with nearly 250,000 jobs, the industry is almost as significant as the aerospace sector and has maintained the majority of its production in France.
Throughout the perfume and cosmetics industry, the coronavirus crisis has triggered a powerful movement of solidarity. From the very beginning of the pandemic, the sector's very small and small businesses have demonstrated remarkable responsiveness, agility, and capacity for innovation.
In an emergency situation, this network dedicated or repurposed its production lines to manufacturing hand sanitizer: at the local level, each of these companies supplied its hospital, nursing home, or retirement home. Composed of 80% very small and small businesses, Cosmetic Valley also mobilized clusters active in their respective fields of expertise, such as Glass Vallée, specializing in luxury glass packaging; Santé Biotech Bretagne, focused on biotech applied to cosmetics; Cosmet’in Lyon, centered on dermocosmetics; and Authentic Provence and its regional brand.
In various capacities, the fifteen or so members of the General Assembly of the perfume and cosmetics industry played a major role in engaging their members in the online consultation on the sector's challenges and prospects. During the day of October 15th, they will participate in shaping the industry's future direction and will thus establish themselves as long-term partners, fully involved in its future strategy.
Thanks to the 400 proposals received from stakeholders across the sector, representing diverse backgrounds – Management, Research, Production, Innovation – who expressed their views extensively. These proposals will be analyzed during the summer and will inform the development of the sector's recovery plan, which is scheduled to be presented in Paris on October 15, 2020.
Regarding the General Assembly of the Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry
Heavily impacted by the coronavirus crisis, the beauty industry is questioning its industrial and economic model. To this end, the Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster has initiated the General Assembly of the perfume and cosmetics sector, launched last June and which will conclude on October 15th in Paris with the presentation of a recovery plan for the sector.
- General Assembly Platform: https://eg2020.cosmetic-valley.com/
- Presentation of the recovery plan for the perfume and cosmetics sector:
Thursday, October 15th in Paris at the Cloître des Cordeliers
STEERING COMMITTEE
The steering committee of the États Généraux brings together the main representative players of the national perfume and cosmetics ecosystem:
- COSMETIC VALLEY competitiveness cluster
- Federation of Beauty Companies (FEBEA),
- National Confederation of Aesthetics and Perfumery (CNEP),
- National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Directorate General for Enterprises (DGE).
- Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CPME)
- Companies: ALBEA - BIO-EC / SPINCONTROL - BIOEUROPE – ECOMUNDO - FAPTAR BEAUTY + HOME - GROUPE BATTEUR - LABORATOIRES NAO - SEPPIC - VEEVA.
- Universities: University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, GDRO3 - University of Orléans, GDR Cosm’actif
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS
Coming from different regions and territories, or actors with complementary expertise, they enrich and actively participate in the work in progress.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
CLUSTER BIO: brings together more than 300 organic stakeholders in the region from various sectors: agri-food, cosmetics, textiles…
COSMET’IN LYON: fosters relationships between academic and industrial researchers, and supports interdisciplinary research projects within competitiveness clusters
Brittany
SANTE BIOTECH BRETAGNE, a leading technological innovation center in Brittany for health and biotech.
Normandy
GLASS VALLEY: the global hub for luxury glass bottles in the Bresle Valley. It unites70 companies And produces more than 70% of the world's productionluxury glass bottles.
New Aquitaine
AQUI O Thermes: cluster of the regional thermal sector which brings together professionals in thermalism, health, tourism, training and research.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
AUTHENTIC PROVENCE: association founded in 2013, guarantees the origin of cosmetic products from the naturalness of Provence.
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QUALITROPIC: competitiveness cluster for the bioeconomy of the Overseas Territories, promotes the biodiversity of Reunion Island and the French overseas territories.
And also:
ASPA-INGRECOS: French professional association of suppliers of surfactant ingredients and suppliers of cosmetic ingredients.
COSMETIC EXECUTIVE WOMEN: The leading international network of beauty professionals.
FRAGRANCE FOUNDATION: promotes talent in the perfume industry.
ELIPSO: association representing manufacturers of plastic and flexible packaging.
PLASTIPOLIS: the Plastics and Composites competitiveness cluster, supports its 440 members in their innovation process.
PRODAROM: national union of manufacturers of aromatic products.
SLOW COSMETIC: An NGO that, since 2013, has been campaigning for more ecological, healthy, intelligent and transparent cosmetics.
FRENCH SOCIETY OF COSMETOLOGY (SFC): learned society which promotes scientific knowledge relating to Cosmetology.
UNITIS: an organization with a European and international focus that brings together innovative companies that value plant-based ingredients and raw materials used in cosmetic formulations.
Created in 1994 and awarded the "competitive cluster" label in 2005, COSMETIC VALLEY is today the cluster of the French national perfumery and cosmetics industry, tasked by the State with implementing a national strategy to coordinate actions carried out across the country in service of a sector that brings together 3,200 companies, 80% of which are SMEs and around one hundred major brands, representing all aspects of cosmetics: ingredients, processes, packaging, testing, finished products... With €45 billion in revenue and 246,000 jobs, COSMETIC VALLEY embodies the new values of the "Made in France" brand in the perfumery and cosmetics industry: innovation, performance, product safety, and respect for the environment.