Founded in 2014, Beauty Cluster is a private cluster association made up of more than 240 companies in the value chain of the cosmetics, perfumery and personal care industry.

Our association works to represent the Spanish Industry and with the purpose of promoting collaboration  and accelerating its processes of change and growth. We help companies to be more sustainable, to innovate, internationalize, train and digitally transform. We are a fundamental tool to help companies with the different problems of their business, including strategic change and support for entrepreneurs. Founder of the first business training entity specialized in beauty, the Beauty Business School, and of the media Next in Beauty, in addition to promoting major events such as Beauty Innovation Days, Barcelona Perfumery Congress, Digital Beauty Awards, Beauty Startups Forum, the Contest Perfumery International (Mouillette d’Argent) and many other initiatives. Currently, Beauty Cluster is the largest cluster in Spain in the beauty industry and one of the main interconnectors of the industry, both nationally and internationally. It is the main reference cluster for the industry in all Spanish-speaking countries. 

Biointropic is an organization that drives the development of innovative solutions rooted in bioeconomy and biotechnology, supporting other organizations and businesses. Through key partnerships with governmental agencies, international cooperation organizations and private companies, we create high-impact projects that transform bio-innovative products and businesses into sustainable growth opportunities.

Currently, we are executing the BIO IN project, an initiative that strengthens the natural ingredients sector in Colombia, positioning these resources and products in national and international markets. We serve as a bridge between developments based on Colombia's biodiversity and the global food and cosmetics industries, promoting a more natural, responsible and innovative future.

Connecting Canada to the Global Cosmetic Industry – Together We Can Make Canada A Global Cosmetic Presence. The Canadian Cosmetic Cluster has one simple goal with this cluster; to develop and support the Canadian Cosmetic Industry. The cluster involves the entire supply chain of the cosmetic industry from raw materials to the manufacturing of finished products. A Cluster is an organization that offers numerous services and projects to promote the development, cooperation, innovation and internationalization of companies within an industry. It works through partnerships between corporate, non-profit organizations, government and start-ups to create new opportunities for companies. Canada has many opportunities for export and import. The Canadian cluster provides connections, resources and support.

Cosmetics Cluster UK Ltd is the first cluster for the cosmetics industry in the UK. It was relaunched as a non-profit organisation in June 2020, with the aim to be a ‘network of networks’, facilitating collaboration and connecting the whole beauty value chain from research to retail. Our mission is to connect businesses and organisations in the beauty industry to support best practice, innovation, business and academic collaborations and to solve challenges together. We have four pillars of focus: Education & Workforce Skills; Research & Innovation; Sustainability; and Networks & Global Clusters, the latter leading us to be an active founding member of the Global Cosmetics Cluster.

The association Cosmetic Valley is the coordinator of the French cosmetics industry that counts 3 200 companies. It has been supporting, for 26 years, economic growth in the cosmetics industry by organizing the network, helping to drive exports, and supporting innovation. Cosmetic Valley represents a cross sectorial industry, a network that is 86% SMEs, 10% Groups and 4% research and trainings (10 universities, CNRS…). The cluster brings together the whole value chain of the cosmetic industry.

DETIC is a Belgian and Luxembourg multi-sectoral association with approximately 120 members, of which the majority are active in the cosmetics sector. In addition to its public affairs, as the voice of the cosmetics industry, DETIC provides its members with support in technical and regulatory matters, sectoral crisis communication and sustainable development. Since this year, DETIC has been developing services related to internationalisation, innovation and business partnerships for the cosmetics.

IBITA is a public interest organization established by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on 20 January 2012. In order to strengthen the export capacity of the Korean beauty industry, support exports through overseas exhibitions, and increase the added value of international trade promotion, we are supporting various domestic and foreign projects. It is a public interest organization aimed at developing the Korean cosmetics beauty industry and strengthening international competitiveness, including overseas exhibitions, convention, seminars, forums, export trade support, European certification and halal certification. It has steadily promoted Korea to 35,000 overseas buyers at 75 exhibitions in 45 countries by establishing core overseas network infrastructure to foster global talent to promote sustainable R&D businesses and Korean cosmetics beauty companies’ marketing strategies.

Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Association (IKMIB), founded in 1991, is a semi-governmental and nonprofit organization. IKMIB that is representing around 24.000 members from the chemical industry is a professional organization with public entity as “one-stop shop” between the industry and public institutions. It develops co-operations and projects with local and international institutions in order to support its clusters and members that are facilitating under the Association.

IBA, The Independent Beauty Association, is a non-profit trade association supporting creative and innovative companies, from startups to established multinational businesses of all sizes. IBA’s goal is to help members succeed in the rapidly changing, highly competitive global cosmetics and personal care industry. Since 1974, IBA has provided essential guidance and support through business tools, publications, education, networking opportunities, and advocacy. IBA’s Mission is to foster the success of entrepreneurial companies in the cosmetic and personal care industries.

Innov’Alliance is a French competitiveness cluster, dedicated to natural products. We support innovation in agriculture and plant processing, in four major industrial sectors: food, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, aromas and fragrance. Based in the south-east of France, our network gathers more than 350 members, including SMEs and large groups, research and training organisations as well as more than 5000 academics and researchers. All actors are representative of the whole plant-based value chain in each market, from producers to consumers through solution providers. Innov’Alliance mission consists of supporting the green and technological transition of agriculture serving our 4 target industrial sectors, though open innovation and by promoting the respect and protection of natural ingredients and the environment all along the value chain.

Japan Cosmetic Center（JCC）is a cosmetic association founded in 2013, currently comprised of approximately 160member companies. JCC is a unique association that is organized strongly supported locally by Saga prefecture, the city of Karatsu and Genkai town. Up to now, JCC has been conducting activities to internationally introduce Japanese cosmetics of high quality and unique concepts, as well as supporting the development of traceability-conscious cosmetic ingredients of Karatsu origin. To further accelerate our operations, we strive to expand our services into cosmetic education and consultation. Furthermore, we wish to help create innovations within the global cosmetic industry through finding appropriate international companies/academia to partner with.

Polo della Cosmesi was born in Crema in 2005, one of the third-party industrial districts of excellence for the cosmetics production, with the aim of boosting the cooperation among the companies of the sector and encouraging the development and quality. Today it is a dynamic well organised association which operates on a national and international level and which groups together more than 100 companies of the cosmetic and make-up market: from bulk/product to filling process, from primary to secondary packaging, from decorations to labels, from assembling to automated machines building, from product design to R&D. Companies with an aggregated turnover of more than 800 million euros, expression of quality, innovation, know how in the cosmetics and make-up field. Polo della Cosmesi is partner also of GCC-Europe program

Taiwan Beauty Valley established in 2016, have more than 40 members from diversified fields of cosmetics in Taiwan. We construct the comprehensive ecosystem for the beauty industry in Taiwan, connect the diversified energies from the industry, the government, the academia, the research center, and the medical fields to fasten the innovation in Cosmetics and to make the Beauty Industry become a vital highlight industry in Taiwan, thereby enhancing its visibility on the global market.

Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (Public Organization) or TCELS, was established in 2004 with the primary objective of acting as a central driving force in bringing life sciences innovations, including cosmetics, natural products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, genomic medicines, and digital health, into both public and private markets.

TCELS also serves to facilitate collaborations between regional and international partners.

We set strategic directions, supports funding, provides consultancy, and offers academic services to drive the growth of the life sciences business in Thailand to a leading position.

Associação Empresarial da Beira Baixa (AEBB) Founded in 1987, it is a non-profit association with 189 member companies, which supports the creation and development of SMEs that operate in different sectors. About 50 SMEs are in the cosmetics sector. Support for business competitiveness is a priority axis of the Association’s action. AEBB’s main activities for the development and support of its members are: training, employment, entrepreneurship, innovation and research, sustainability and competitiveness, and Affirmation of Regional Identity.