At a time when digital, connected beauty, artificial intelligence and biotech are opening up new horizons for perfumery and cosmetics, the international COSMETIC 360 trade show in Paris welcomes the best in global innovation in all areas of the industry: Raw Materials, Formulation & Manufacturing, Testing & Analysis, Packaging, Support and Services for the cosmetics industry.
200 exhibitors including 30% from abroad, 30 start-ups, 5,000 visitors, 50 countries are expected.
Organized by the Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster, this trade show aims to consolidate the leadership of an industry that is one of the flagships of the French economy and operates in an international market estimated at €401,401 billion in 2016 (source: Euromonitor), with the number of consumers set to grow by 40% to reach 6.3 billion by 2030.
Among the highlights of this great mass of Beauty:
Cosmetology research : in partnership with CNRS Tech Corner Green Factory of the Futureor how to produce a continuous cream (a first!).
VSE-SME : Made in France in the spotlight with 140 French exhibitors and 3 regional pavilions: Centre-Val de Loire, Normandy, New Aquitaine.
Digital: Beauty Tech and its digital cosmetics start-ups and a short-lived gas pedal for early-stage start-ups.
Open Innovation : 210 meetings with 7 leaders present at the show: Johnson&Johnson, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, L'Oréal Recherche&Innovation, LVMH Recherche, Puig, Rodan + Fields, Yves Rocher.
Packaging : a Hackathon Maker 100% students around 3D printing organized with the support of the LVMH group and its Maison, Dassault Systèmes and ID3P.
International : Japan, the show's guest of honor and its Japan 360 Innovation Village.
Conferences : combining academic and industrial perspectives with the "Theory into Practise" program and its 10 themes: Russian market, skin health, well-being, eco-design, cosmetopoeia, formulation, connected beauty, reconstructed skin, regulations, textures& emotions.
Open Distribution one new salon service with the help of QVC, the world's leading distributor of premium brands on television and the Internet.
Cosmetic 360
Wednesday, October 17 and Thursday, October 18, 2018
Paris, Carrousel du Louvre