Onixxa (Lytess trademark: softening, hydrating, slimming stockings and jeans...) is to build the first cosmetotextile factory in France (Rouen), which should work by next Summer and help the firm double its turnover, reaching € 11 million. It has also begun to interest the Galeries Lafayette and could soon open its own showroom in Paris to attract foreign customers. With the support of the Cosmetic Valley cluster and the emergence of intelligent textiles, the cosmetotextile market seems promising.

Source: Les Echos, Feb. 1st 2008

Thanks to Nelly Rodi, president of the R2ITH, who initiated the project, 10 industrials have been working with designers to create innovative products (striped shelves, hypoallergenic scarf, fleecy jacket becoming evening dress...), thus offering higher value added products and opening new markets.

This project supported by the Ministry of Economy and Oseo Innovation, gathered following designers and industrials:
# Armor Lux & Christian Biecher
# Decouvelaere & Matali Crasset
# Garnier Thiébaut & José Lévy
# Lafuma & Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
# Le Tanneur & Stella Cadente
# Longchamp & Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
# Procédés Chénel & Corinne Cobson,
# Texinov & Elisabeth de Senneville
# Thuasne & Marie Macon,
# Toulemonde Bochart & Frédéric Ruyant

Sources: Les Echos Jan. 25th 2008, L'Usine nouvelle Jan. 24th 2008