THE BEAUTY MARKET
- A leading-edge sector
L'Oréal, the world's leading beauty company, integrates an RX Solutions CT system into its Packaging Science Center.
Aulnay-sous-Bois, France
Since 2007, L'Oréal has been committed to an ambitious policy of sustainable development, with the goal of reducing plastic packaging.
The L'Oréal Packaging Science Center, located in Aulnay sous-bois (Paris region), is equipped with the most advanced technology for the analysis of 3D objects, X-ray computed tomography, to assess these packaging during their development.
Research and innovation devoted to beauty
L'Oréal continues to innovate in more sustainable packaging with strong commitments for 2030:
• 100% of packaging from recycled or biobased sources (50% by 2025).
• 20% reduction in packaging intensity compared to 2019.
• By 2025, 100% will be reusable, recyclable, or compostable.
• 100% of its new products have a better environmental or social profile
In this context, X-ray tomography is a state-of-the-art 3D imaging technology, which allows us to explore new packaging in its entirety and thus ensure the best quality and performance for the consumer.
L’Oréal, 100 years of beauty history
For over 100 years, L'Oréal has been dedicated to the beauty business. With an international portfolio of 35 diverse and complementary brands, the Group achieved sales of 27.99 billion euros in 2020 and has 85,400 employees worldwide.
As the world leader in beauty, L'Oréal is present in all distribution channels: the consumer market, department stores, pharmacies and para pharmacies, hair salons, travel retail, branded boutiques, and the trade.
L'Oréal relies on its excellence in research and innovation and its 4,100 researchers to meet all the beauty aspirations in the world. L'Oréal has set ambitious sustainability goals for the Group by 2030 and aims to empower its ecosystem to create a more inclusive and sustainable society.
With more than 900 employees in 6 geographical areas, the packaging and development team is in charge of developing 6,000 launches per year.
L'Oréal relies on its excellence in research and innovation and its 4,100 researchers to meet all the beauty aspirations in the world. L'Oréal has set ambitious sustainability goals for the Group by 2030 and aims to empower its ecosystem to create a more inclusive and sustainable society.
With more than 900 employees in 6 geographical areas, the packaging and development team is in charge of developing 6,000 launches per year.
We did a lot of research to select the best device for us and we decided on the Easy Tom S 150 micro-tomograph.
This device fully meets our needs in terms of 2D radioscopic image quality and 3D tomography.
Its large scan volume allows us to assess large packaging and the X-Act software is simple and intuitive to use.
We can thus quickly answer to the requests for expertise from the L'Oréal Group without destroying our packaging, with complete and reliable results.”
Valérie Kléber
Packaging qualification laboratory in Aulnay sous-bois
Zoom in on the liquid passage area.
L'Oréal uses the X-Act software developed by RX Solutions to control the equipment and manage the production of 2D radioscopies and 3D tomographies. The solution is coupled with the VG Studio Max software developed by Volume Graphics, which allows post-processing: geometry and material analysis.
X-ray CT offers the possibility to check in 3D each point that supports the sphere during its insertion in its housing. It is thus possible to visualize the elasticity of the plastic and to check if it returns to its initial shape. Comparative scans can be done, before and after insertion of the sphere in its housing.
In addition, an overlaying of the surfaces between the two versions of the roll-on was carried out. The overlapping was performed after tomographic extraction of the roll-on surface before modification (3 components). The registration of the 2 scans was done with the sphere.
In a few clicks, the surface extracted from the scan of the roll-on before modification (3 components) was overlapped on the scan of the new version roll-on (2 parts).
" The EasyTom S CT system is a valuable piece of equipment for validating or checking a design choice. The Best fit registration allows to overlap two scans or a CAD model and to have a very fast and accurate analysis by overlapping the functional areas"
Patrick JAMET
Packaging technician Science Center in Aulnay sous Bois
In order to reduce the impact of their products on the environment, L'Oréal's teams have equipped themselves with state-of-the-art 3D imaging technology, which offers the possibility of non-destructive testing of all newly developed packaging.
This equipment provides packaging and development teams with a powerful means of analysis that contributes to the development of future innovations by the L'Oréal group.
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