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COMPANY

ARVAL

COSMETICS

70 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION

Founded in 1955 by Dr Virgilio Vitali, Arval continues
to be one of the best-loved cosmetics companies

in Italy. Guided by a tradition of excellence and

innovation, its products combine the best of two

worlds. The concepts for the products come to life in
the fashion capital of Milan and are then developed

in the Arval laboratories in Sion, in Switzerland, with

continuous synergy and collaboration between the
two centres. By constantly following and monitoring

the production steps, Arval can develop increasingly

innovative and effective products.

A pioneering company
Arval was the first company to produce a complete
line to fight couperose, Couperoll, in the 1960s; it
introduced the first applications of Vitamin A and
Retinol in the 1970s and 1980s with the Antimacula
line to fight skin blemishes and in the 1990s the
first cosmetic line with coenzyme Q10 (widely used
today), Doctōra. Since its early days, Arval Cosmetics Milanese association of industrial entrepreneurs,
and the Laboratoires Biologiques Arval have which awarded Arval Cosmetics a prize on its 70 th
continued to research the best active ingredients anniversary of business. The venue for the award
to effectively fight skin ageing and various skin ceremony was the stunning Art Deco Villa Necchi
issues (spots, rosacea, acne…) to restore its natural Campiglio in the heart of Milan. This prize from
wellbeing. This dedication to innovation while Assolombarda emphasizes the importance of a
maintaining the tradition of a family business has company’s journey carried on with continuity,
recently been recognized by Assolombarda, the coherence and vision in a constantly evolving market.

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