2014

Microfactory, a Parisian a start-up coming from one of the best microfluidic laboratories, the MMN laboratory from the (www.mmnlab.com) ESPCI (www.espci.fr) is created by three co-founders. Their goal is to enhance their know-how in microfluidic by making it available to manufacturers.

2018

Microfactory makes its debut on the cosmetics market with its first technology: Smart-Pore™, an artificial biomimetic pore which is the first in vitro efficiency test for antiperspirant formulations. This technology is integrated in its dedicated measuring and control instrument: Sweat On Demand 4 (SOD4).

2021

Microfactory addresses a larger part of the cosmetics industry by launching its second technology: Universal Skin™ (U-Skin™), an artificial biomimetic chip which is the first in vitro lasting test for sebum and sweat resistant cosmetic products. This technology also includes the measuring and control instrument bearing the same name.

Today

Microfactory is the leading start-up in the world of cosmetics microfluidics: based on microfluidic technology, Microfactory mimics human skin for applications in the cosmetics industry.

Committed to the positive transformations in the world’s societies, Microfactory seeks to build, with its clients, a better tomorrow in terms of sustainability through responsible and innovative screening solutions.

The cosmetics industry is a forever evolving field and Microfactory is establishing itself as the company providing the technology performing ultra-fast analyses combined with low volume consumption.

Microfactory knows how valuable its customers’ time is and has decided to offer two types of activities both reliable and achievable in a day (compared to months for an in vivo process):

· The manufacturing of products tailored to our customers’ needs

· A service delivery performing objective tests to screen the customer’s products

The company is built on two core technologies that both mimic human skin properties, through controlled parameters, for two different applications:

· Smart-Pore™ is a technology combining a machine (SOD4) and its consumable (Smart-Pore™) to screen, in vitro, the efficiency of your antiperspirants against sweat

· U-Skin™ is a technology regrouping the machine and its chips to screen, in vitro, the efficiency of your skin-based makeup against sweat and sebum