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Partner Benefits
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L'Oréal is the partner of choice for many innovators. With the global reach, category expertise and consumer knowledge that you would expect from a company with 100 years’ experience in Beauty Care, we are uniquely positioned to bring your innovation to market.
We are committed to building strong win-win partnerships. Every innovation collaboration is unique, and we are open to a variety of business relationships—including licensing, contract research, joint development, consulting and supplier agreements.
Our goal is to create partnerships based on mutual trust and benefit.
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| Featured Partner Projects |
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Working with Toda Kogyo, a specialist in high-tech pigments, we developed a remarkable material for color-rich cosmetics.
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Teaming up with Takemoto Oil & Fat, an innovator in the textile and food industries, we developed formulations having better sensorial and optical properties.
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| Our Innovation Record and Resources |
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Global #1 in Beauty Care |
With €17 billion in consolidated sales for 2007 and distribution in 130 countries, L´Oréal is the world leader in Beauty Care. Our thousands of individual products are distributed through salons, supermarkets, hypermarkets, drugstores, health/beauty retailers and direct to consumer. |
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100 years of innovation in Beauty Care |
Since 1907, when French chemist and L'Oréal founder Eugène Schueller invented the first synthetic hair dyes, we have been innovating in beauty products. Today, we have extended our expertise to all areas of hair color, hair care, skin care, makeup, fragrances and oral cosmetics. |
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25 international brands |
L'Oréal’s range of Beauty Care brands includes consumer, professional and luxury products, as well as active cosmetics and The Body Shop. Among our well-known brands are Garnier, Maybelline NY, Redken, Matrix, Helena Rubinstein, Lancôme, Biotherm and more.
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Dedicated R&D commitment |
From a base of just three chemists in 1920, L'Oréal’s R&D department has grown to include over 3,000 employees in 30 different disciplines. With 16 research centers around the globe and a 2007 budget of €560 million dedicated to cosmetic and dermatological research, we bring significant resources to all our innovation partnerships. On average, we develop 4,000 formulas a year and filed 576 patents in 2007. |
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