L’OREAL is today’s global leader in the beauty industry. L’Oréal employees 52,080 persons of 100 different nationalities, has more than 290 subsidiaries in 130 countries and 42 production plants. Our business growth is the result of cutting-edge research committed to pioneering technology, devoting 507 million euros to R&D in 2004, resulting in 586 patents throughout the world. L’OREAL in China: operating in the country since 1997, is about 7,000 employees, 3 factories, and a new R&D center in Shanghai in 2005. In close collaboration with Chinese dermatologists from various regions, L’OREAL has participated in large studies to better understand Chinese skin types, and to design and develop products for unmet needs.
Cosmetological and Dermatological research is the focal point of L’OREAL’s development strategy, and is one of the keys to its success. The ever-improving effectiveness and quality of L’OREAL products are based on innovation, which has been nurtured since chemist Eugène Schueller founded the Group in 1907. Skin engineering in the area of cosmetic and dermatological research: since the Group inaugurated the first laboratory for cellular cultures in 1968, L’OREAL has taken its place as a pioneer in the field of reconstructed skin. With its know-how in the area of cutaneous tissue engineering, L’OREAL has created a multidisciplinary skin engineering platform, thus responds to the challenges facing L’OREAL and the company’s commitments to create models which mimic the major physiological functions of the skin, develop them for specific applications and participate actively in validating alternative methods to animal testing.
To learn more about L’OREAL’s skin research and its reconstructed skin models, please visit www.invitroskin.com |
