Why set up your company in Orléans, France?

Setting up your cosmetic company in Orléans

With more than 80 companies, 7,000 employees, 41 laboratories and 2,000 researchers, Orléans is a key player in the cosmetic and perfume industry in France.

Developing your company in Orléans

Research centres and competitive clusters in Orléans

Several research laboratories, research programs and special courses at the University of Orléans complete the value chain of cosmetics.

The platform COSMET'UP, which has been developed as support for the companies’ new projects, includes a technical centre for prototyping.

The competitive cluster Cosmetic Valley is the world’s first resource centre for perfumery and cosmetics.

International companies in Orléans

Orléans host major companies’ production or distribution centres (SHISEIDO, DIOR, L’OREAL, CAUDALIE, SEPHORA). LVMH Recherche has established here its research centre. The presence of major brands has led to the emerging of a network of sub-contractors which covers the whole production chain: manufacturers or distributors of perfume bottles, packages, labels, packaging and logistics companies.