Perfumes and Cosmetics sector

10,800 jobs

158 establishments

France’s leading region for the production ofPerfumes and Cosmetics

2.3 billion euros in export turnover in 2011

35 sites devoted to the production of perfumes and cosmetics*(*excluding toll manufacturing)

A competitiveness cluster:“Cosmetic Valley”

Source: Centréco database - 2010

Source: “Companies with international capital” study, 2011 – Centréco & CCIR Centre

in the Centre Region

Perfumes and Cosmetics sector

The

MAIN EMPLOYERS IN THE PERFUMERY AND COSMETICS SECTOR IN THE CENTRE REGION

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION

Parfums Christian Dior

Shiseido

Procter & Gamble

Gemey - Maybelline

Pierre Fabre Dermocosmétique

Reckitt Benckiser

SCA Packaging Nicollet

Lancaster

Guerlain

LVMH Recherche

Manufacture of perfumes and cosmetics


Manufacture of body-care products


Manufacture of skin creams

Manufacture of health, personal care and household products

Manufacture of luxury cardboard packaging



R&D: cosmetics

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Shiseido

Coty Inc.

Reckitt Benckiser

Procter & Gamble

Puig Group

Pacific Europe

Shiseido International France

Lancaster - Fragrance Production

Reckitt Benckiser France

Procter & Gamble

Puig France (Paco Rabanne)

Pacific Création



Manufacture of health, personal care and household products

Manufacture of body-care products



COUNTRY GROUP ACTIVITYCOMPANY

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Weight of workforce

Weight of establishments

33,3%

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15,4%

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“Cosmetics” higher education on offerin the region is adapted to the needs

of sector’s companiesThe Centre region has a wide selection of courses on offer,

dispensed at its two universities (Orleans and Tours), four engineering schools and various technical sixth-form

colleges, and covering a whole range of fields including biology, chemistry, physiochemistry and pharmacy.

Courses are also available that target the Cosmetics sectormore specifically, such as the professional degree in industrial

cosmetology prepared at the University of Tours, in additionto which the IMT group (Institut des Métiers et des

Technologies des produits de santé – Institute of health product Professions and Technologies) has a number of

courses on offer that prepare for professions in production,such as the OTPCI (Opérateur Technique en Pharmacie

Cosmétique Industrielle –technical operator in industrial cosmetic pharmacy). The Herboretum School in Saint-Ay also

teaches a course entitled “la Cosmétique et le Naturel”.

“Cosmetic Valley”, a competitiveness cluster devoted to the sciences of

Beauty and WellbeingCosmetic Valley in Chartres brings together the full range ofknow-how required in the perfumes and cosmetics industry,

mainly located in the Centre, Ile-de-France and HauteNormandie regions. All professions in this vertically-

structured sector are represented, from cultivation of plantsto packaging, analysis and logistics activities.

Research and DevelopmentThe Centre region possesses high-level public research

laboratories in such varied fields as biology, chemistry and genetics.

• ICOA - Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique(University of Orléans)

Design, synthesis and analysis of bioactive molecules• CBM - Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire

(University of Orléans)Understanding of basic biological processes (structure,

dynamics, and interactions between biomolecules)• PPF Analyse des Systèmes Biologiques

(Faculty of Medicine of Tours)Plant biomolecules and biotechnologies

In 2014, the IBC (Insitut des Biomédicaments et de laCosmétique - Cosmetics and Biopharmaceuticals

Institute) will be opening its doors, a body with an international calling set up by the Government,

the Universities of Tours and Orleans, the IMT Group and the CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et

Scolaires - regional centre for university and school affairs).With innovative technical expertise at its disposal, it will be

devoted to providing new courses in Bioproduction based onlearning through apprenticeship.

Private research focusing on cosmetics and perfumes is alsovery much a feature of the Centre region. The Expanscience

(Mustela) and Shiseido International France laboratories, forexample, both have R&D laboratories on their respective

sites, each with a staff of 60 people. In addition, the LVMHGroup, which has a research centre on its Saint-Jean-de-

Braye site (250 employees), has invested 30 million euros inthe creation of a 12,000 m² HQE building which, in

mid-2012, will be housing a research centre shared by the whole of its Perfumes and Cosmetics branch.

in the Centre Region

Perfumes and Cosmetics sector

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44% of jobs in perfumery and cosmeticsproduct ion at foreign companies

Source : Cosmétic Valley / Centréco – 2010

Source: Centréco database - 2010

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Main destinations of Centre region perfumesand cosmetics in 2011

Source: Centréco, according to the Centre region’s Customs and IndirectTaxation Directorate - 2011

Source: “Companies with international capital” study, 2011 – Centréco &CCIR Centre

March 2012

Economic developmentand promotion of the Centre region37 avenue de Paris45000 Orléans - FranceTél : 33 (0) 238 799 540Fax : 33 (0) 238 799 545www.investinloirevalley.com

Perfumes and Cosmetics sector

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