APIVITA

Partner Description

APIVITA SA is a R&D driven natural cosmetics company that has a range of over 300 natural beauty care products for the hair, the face and the body, all with clinically proven efficacy. 36 years after its foundation, APIVITA has entered the world of free standing stores, department stores, malls, beauty shops, major SPAs and hotels and the internet via e commerce and can be found in 14 countries around the world, in Cyprus, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Romania, Hong-Kong, Singapore, Japan, Australia, USA, Ukraine, UK, Croatia. In Asia the company is present with 10 stores in Japan, 11 stores in Hong Kong, and 3 stores in Singapore, and continues to grow. It has already established 2 sister companies in Greece, APIVITA FARM and APIGEA and 3 subsidiary companies in Spain, in USA and in Japan.
The expertise that APIVITA will bring to the project is the market-oriented research and development of bioactive molecules suitable for cosmetic use and their incorporation into natural cosmetic formulations. The added-value of APIVITA to the project is its globally recognized and successful brand name that will bring final products containing new biomolecules to the market.

Role

APIVITA leads Work Package 6 (industrial developments) and will work on developing new cosmeceuticals based on the marine-derived natural products obtained in TASCMAR and takes part in Work Package 3 and Work Package 8.