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Expanscience: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Expanscience is a privately held company headquartered in Paris, France that owns 2 consumer brands.[1]

Laboratoires Expanscience is a French family-owned independent group, founded in 1950 when the industrialist Paul Berthomé and the pharmacist Claude Guillon set out to make a baby lotion to pharmaceutical quality standards. Its head office is at La Défense, Paris, and its historic production and research site is at Epernon. Its brands are Mustela and Babo Botanicals, alongside the osteoarthritis medicine Piasclédine 300 and other health products not listed here. It says it sells in nearly 100 countries through 13 subsidiaries and that 82 per cent of its 2025 turnover came from international sales.

Company facts

Legal name
Laboratoires Expanscience (also Expanscience)
Type
privately held company · see all privately held company owners
Headquarters
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Founded
1950
Website
www.expanscience.com
Last verified
· 1 sources

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Everything Expanscience owns

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Everything Expanscience owns Tree of 2 brands under Expanscience. Expanscience Babo Botanicals Mustela

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Expanscience own?

Expanscience owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including Mustela and Babo Botanicals.

Is Expanscience a French company?

Yes. Expanscience is headquartered in Paris, France and was founded in 1950.

Who owns Expanscience?

Expanscience is privately held. Laboratoires Expanscience is a French family-owned independent group, founded in 1950 when the industrialist Paul Berthomé and the pharmacist Claude Guillon set out to make a baby lotion to pharmaceutical quality standards.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] Expanscience — A story made in France — Laboratoires Expanscience, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.

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