Section: Contracts and Grants with Industry

Contracts with industry

Pôle de compétitivité

Participants : Patrick Gros, Sébastien Campion.

The French government organized in 2005 competitiveness poles (pôles de compétitivité) in France to strengthen ties in given regions between industries (big and small companies), research labs (both public and private ones) and teaching institutions (universities and schools of engineering). In 2011, the pole actively prepared a proposal to build an “IRT” (Institut de Recherche Technologique), a new tool proposed by the government to foster innovation and transfer between academic and industrial partners. Texmex is involved in this project, and is responsible for one of its experimental platform. Until Oct 1st, Patrick Gros was also deputy member of the executive committee and the project selection committee.