Biopôle Clermont-Limagne
Technology park for life sciences

3 sites and 20,000 m2 of laboratories

for biotechnology activities

The Biopole Clermont-Limagne is a technopole (science technology park), fully dedicated to hosting and supporting businesses working in life sciences, spread over three sites located in Riom, Saint-Beauzire and Clermont-Ferrand. Within easy access to the A71 Paris bound motorway, the three closely located sites are within proximity of the international airport and major research centres of Clermont Ferrand and its urban area, well known for its excellence in biotechnology.

The Biopole Clermont-Limagne offers a comprehensive range of services to biotech entrepreneurs: qualified accommodation (over 20,000 m2 of up-to-the-minute laboratories for biotech activities), along with support to projects, communication, coordination, access to partner networks, services to businesses and their workforce. Over 40 businesses and organisations are currently developing their activities on the Biopole site.

Since 2013, the Biopole Clermont-Limagne has been managed by the SMO Biopole Clermont-Limagne, the unrestricted public-sector association rounding up Clermont Auvergne Métropole, Riom Limagne & Volcans and the Puy-de-Dôme Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

News

on Biopôle Clermont-Limagne

12/21/21

The EIB, with the support of the European Commission, is financing a €30 million loan for Carbios’ enzymatic recycling technology to support the Circular Economy.

Carbios and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced today the signing of a €30 million loan agreement supported by the European Commission InnovFin Energy Demonstration Programme.

12/17/21

STRAINCHEM enters the semi-industrial phase with France Relance.

Last October, the French Government presented the 58 new winners of the Relocation France Relance call for projects. Led by the Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Relance, this program supports strategic investments in critical sectors, including health, chemistry and agri-food.

11/26/21

Carbios receives support from the European Commission through the LIFE program.

Carbios, a pioneer in the development of enzymatic solutions dedicated to the end-of-life of plastic and textile polymers, has received alongside two significant partners T.EN Zimmer GmbH and Deloitte € 3.3 million - including € 3 million for Carbios – in the form of a European grant.
11/18/21

Valbiotis: preclinical results for TOTUM•070 in hypercholesterolemia, selected and presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) annual meeting

TOTUM.070 is an innovative active substance based on a combination of 5 plant extracts, designed to reduce LDL cholesterol, a cardiovascular risk factor and the primary cause of atherosclerosis. It is developed for people with mild to moderate, untreated hypercholesterolemia.

9/15/21

Pascal Mayer receives the prestigious breakthrough prize for his massive parallel sequencing technology codecovery.

Pascal Mayer, now head of the Alphanosos company he created in 2014 on the Riom site of the Biopôle Clermont-Limagne, has just received the Breakthrough Prize in the life sciences category, for its co-discovery of a technology developed nearly 25 years ago that revolutionized DNA analysis.

5/25/21

Valbiotis obtains patent for its active substance TOTUM-63 in China.

Valbiotis has obtained a patent in China for TOTUM-63. This patent protects is issued by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), and protects the composition and use of TOTUM-63 for the prevention of type 2 diabetes and metabolic diseases until 2035.
4/27/21

Carbios and Michelin on their way to 100% sustainable tires

Michelin has successfully validated the use of Carbios’ enzymatic recycling technology for PET plastic waste in its tires, a new step towards 100% sustainable tires.

4/12/21

With its extension project supported by France Relance, the Icare group strengthens its development ambitions.

Over the past 25 years, the Icare Group, an expert in contamination control at the service of industrial health, has meshed the entire French territory and gained an international standing. Today, it invests more than 2 million euros on the Biopôle Clermont-Limagne in Saint-Beauzire to provide its headquarters with an additional 1,300 m2, an extension that allows it to strengthen its development strategy.

3/12/21

METabolic EXplorer negociates with Ajinomoto to acquire Europe’s largest site producing amino acids by fermentation

METabolic EXplorer has entered into negotiations with Ajinomoto Co., Inc. with a view to acquiring its European subsidiary Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe (AANE), Europe’s top producer of amino acids by fermentation for animal nutrition.

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of partners

9/11/20

“Accelerate your plant innovation!” : the competition dedicated to start-ups by Végépolys Valley

With the 5th edition of its competition dedicated to startups, the Pole of competitiveness VEGEPOLYS VALLEY supports innovations that prepare the production and uses of the plant of tomorrow.

7/24/20

GIMRA organizes the 6th Health Industries Days on November 5, 2020

Organized in Clermont-Ferrand by the GIMRA every two years, the JIS are days of sharing information and experiences around the major issues of the health industries.
On 5 November 2020, the theme of the JIS6 will be: the health of tomorrow, challenges and challenges to 2030.

5/12/20

SPIM: the 7th Congress of Skin Physiology 19 and 20 November

The Skin Physiology International Meeting (SPIM) will take place at the Palais des Congrès of Vichy (France) on November 19th & 20th, 2020.

The SPIM is a unique scientific meeting at the crossroads of research excellence putting latest research work and discoveries on skin physiology at its center. The event aims at sharing and mixing thoughts, views and investigation methods between various disciplines without dogmatic position.
7/9/19

Végépolys Valley : competitiveness clusters Végépolys and Céréales Vallée-Nutravita merged into a global vegetal cluster.

Thursday, june 27, 2019, Végépolys and Céréales Vallée-Nutravita competitiveness clusters had joined forces and finished their merger-absorption process.

9/28/18

Analgesia institute: public conference on the occasion of the word pain day on endometriosis

The Analgesia Institute, research foundation dedicated to innovation in the field of pain, organizes a public conference on the occasion of the word pain day.
This event will be held on 15 October at 6.30 PM at the IAE of Clermont-Ferrand.

6/26/18

Arbios will attend to Cosmetic 360

Cosmetic 360, the international trade fair for innovations and solutions in the fragrance and cosmetics industry, will open its doors on the 17th and 18th of October 2018 at Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.
6/25/18

Arbios present at the Health & Foods Days 2018

The Arbios network was present at the Health & Foods Days of La Rochelle on June 20th and 21st.
The event has become a benchmark for those in the food industry, and is the most important European business convention in its field. More than 800 participants attended the 12nd edition.

9/28/17

Analgesia institute: public conference on the occasion of the word pain day

On the occasion of the word pain day, the Analgeisa Institute organize a public conference entitled “communication and new technologies, a future for the chronic pain management”.

6/4/15

Plastipolis and Cereal Valley strengthen their partnership

The Poles of competitiveness Cereal Valley and Plastipolis decided to go farther to their cooperation by signing on Monday, June 1st, 2015 a convention of partnership. Both poles, which already collaborate on common projects, so strengthen their collaboration to work together in search of new bio-based materials and their application in the plastic sector.

Virtual tour of the Biopole

Riom site

Saint-Beauzire site

Clermont-Ferrand site