Why did L’Oréal invest in additive manufacturing?

Many industrial groups have relied on additive manufacturing to gain agility, offer more innovative products or lighten production processes that are sometimes too cumbersome. For consumer goods, it brings above all greater customization, a significant advantage since it is now possible to offer tailor-made solutions, which would otherwise be impossible to design. The giant L’Oréal began its interest in 3D technologies nearly 26 years ago to design more innovative packaging. Since then, the French group has diversified its uses and has around 60 3D printers worldwide today. We met with Anne Debauge, Additive Community Leader, and Matthew Forrester, Additive Technical Leader, to understand what additive manufacturing brings to L’Oréal and what its future plans are.

3DN: Can you introduce yourself and your relationship with additive manufacturing?

Matthew: Hi, Matthew Forrester, I’m responsible for deploying additive manufacturing at our sites where the technology can bring agility in the areas of prototyping, industrial tools, direct production, and more broadly where it can create solutions that generate benefits.

Hello, Anne Debauge. My mission is to accelerate the implementation of new technologies to reduce the development time of our products, and within this framework, my role is to lead the entire additive manufacturing community.