Rhône-Alpes is one of France’s leading industrial regions, with almost half a million jobs in manufacturing. Diverse sectors from automotive to biotechnology are present and supporting many of them is an extensive and structured materials sector, including state-of-the-art research activities in areas such as nanotechnologies, or composite materials. Some 179,000 jobs in the region are materials-related.

Given its importance as a technology input to our target sectors but also as a sector in its own right Savoie Technolac Science and Technology Park fully supports material-related activities. A number of materials-related agencies, research organizations and private sector research capabilities, including those listed below, are located in Savoie:

The Rhône-Alpes Materials Agency

The Rhône-Alpes Materials Agency (ARAMM) was created in 1994 by the French central government in partnership with the Rhône-Alpes regional government. ARAMM acts as a hub for knowledge exchange in the field of materials technology to support the region’s manufacturing industry.

For further information on ARAMM’s activities click here

The materials technology centre, COMPOSITEC

Compositec specializes in composite materials and plays a key role in developingthe region’s recycling capability in partnership with private sector actors such as St. Gobain.

For further information click here

Saint-Gobain’s VETROTEX INTERNATIONAL

Vetrotex is part of the Saint Gobain Group and specialises in the following materials technology fields:

• a. Glass technology (melting, furnaces, fiberising)
• b. Sizing chemistry
• c. New products and applications

For further information click here

The University Of Savoie:

• The University of Savoie’s Laboratory for Organic Materials with Specific Properties (LMOPS)
• The University of Savoie’s Technology Institute
  SGM (Materials Science and Engineering)
  

ENSAM (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers)

Engineering school specializing in manufacturing design and processes.