From OTR3 to RGENtec: committed by nature
To understand the philosophy and commitments behind RGENtec, we need to go back to its origins, and to the vision of Denis Barritault, one of the inventors of RGTA technology, the innovation at the heart of our products.
For him and for OTR3, our parent company, scientific research only makes sense if it brings tangible benefits to society. The patented RGTA technology was first used in medical devices to support healing. Adapting it into sports cosmetics products was the natural next step.
RGENtec products were designed for everyone: from ages 3 to 103 and beyond, regardless of practice or level, for able-bodied athletes as much as for athletes with disabilities.
They are designed to be:
- Effective: they contain the right dose of RGTA to support skin regeneration for athletes.
- Safe: without essential oils, without petrochemical-derived ingredients, without fragrances, to reduce allergy risks as much as possible. They do not contain any ingredients recognized as doping substances by WADA. In our ranges, everything is natural except for the RGTAs, which are naturally derived and then synthesized in the laboratory.
- Transparent: rated 100 on Yuka, for greater clarity, even though we are aware that the app’s rating system has its limitations.
With this same logic, all our products are designed and manufactured in France.
“Made in France has never even been a question for us,” says Audrey Arrivetx, co-founder and Head of Marketing & Digital. “We are a French biotech company. At both the OTR3 and RGENtec levels, we work toward developing skills and generating value in France. Our native market is France. We have absolutely no interest in increasing the carbon footprint of our products by manufacturing them on the other side of the world. For us, it simply wouldn’t make any sense to do otherwise!”
Our products are therefore imagined, manufactured, packaged, and shipped from France. The only exception? The packaging.
“To stay consistent with our values, they had to be eco-designed, meaning they include a certain percentage of recycled plastic. Depending on the product, we use between 43% and 45% PCR (post-consumer recycled plastic). We chose to work with European suppliers. The tubes for the Not Science Friction anti-chafing cream and the Crack No More serum, for example, come from Poland, while the containers for Bye Bye Burn, Sport Ritual, and Shock & Roll are French-made.”
RGENtec — Making sport more accessible, sustainably
With RGENtec, we have one ambition: to make sport more accessible by bringing comfort to athletes, whoever they may be.
Our products are versatile: for every skin type, every little injury, every sport. But they also reflect a vision of movement. Even though we obviously address indoor sports as well, our culture is deeply rooted in outdoor disciplines.
Our practices have an impact on the environment. It is our responsibility, at the very least, not to damage it, or even better, to protect it. If only to ensure that it will still be there for as long as we, our children, and everyone after us want to enjoy it.
Our relationship with the body is very similar: if we do not take care of it, it deteriorates. We must make sure to preserve it and support its repair.
RGENtec is part of a whole ecosystem of tools like nutrition, mental preparation, or coaching that maintain the machine and help it move in the best possible conditions.
The RGENtec Team: athletes embodying our commitments
What we want is for our products to work and to be genuinely useful. That’s why we test them from the prototyping phase with athletes, in real-life conditions. Our very first test subject and also the first person to join Team RGENtec was Edwin. An obvious choice for us: Edwin and RGENtec share the same values and the same vision. Beyond being an athlete with remarkable performances, the climbing champion is also a sports physiotherapist who sees recovery as a fundamental pillar of performance.
“Building the Team happened naturally here as well. We only work with athletes who are aligned with our values. What we want is to surround ourselves with people who are aware that their sport can damage the environment. In trail running or mountaineering, it’s obvious.Iris,for example, was born in the mountains she has been raised with the preservation of her ecosystem since day one. Morgan is deeply driven by his environmental commitments.Yanishas a profound love for nature. Augustin lives in Annecy. You don’t choose that kind of place to live without that awareness. Héloïse and Edwin climb on real rock. They understand the environmental impact of chalk. What unites us as a team is knowing that taking care of ourselves and taking care of the environment are two sides of the same coin.”
Our ambition: sport for everyone, everywhere, for life
RGENtec supports the Respect Foundation.
“The Respect Foundation starts from a very simple yet revealing observation. France is full of talented athletes representing us in international competitions. Unfortunately, they struggle greatly to make a living from their discipline. Too often, they have to work on the side while managing the demands of training, financing their equipment, coaching, and finding sponsors. In some countries, athletes are valued, funded, and supported. In France, this happens far too little, and it’s getting worse. Politically, it says a lot about the place of sport in our society. The Respect Foundation offers all these young elite athletes support and a network to help and relieve them.”
At the risk of repeating ourselves, our partnership with the Respect Foundation was an obvious choice. A way to express our humanistic and inclusive commitments.
Highlighting athletes means promoting role models and encouraging as many people as possible to move. Especially in para sports: RGENtec products have been praised by para-athletes using prosthetics or orthotics (notably Boris Ghirardi and Yanis Debaud).
At RGENtec, we are also particularly sensitive to the place and legitimization of women in sport.
“We are not afraid to say that we are feminists. Recently, studies showed that teenage girls stop practicing sports at the age of 15. I was one of those teenagers, and I stopped for nearly ten years. One of the ways to fight this is to highlight women like Iris, Héloïse, and others who will join soon.”
And that is also why we put Audrey forward as well, because as a trail runner, she knows exactly what she is talking about, and because we need to see women completing 11 loops in an Infinity Trail.
“I’m getting a little tired of seeing that, in the next Ultra-Trail I’m going to run, out of 200 participants, there are only 48 women. We won’t solve this issue with creams, but by highlighting women who perform. So we’re definitely not going to hold back!”
