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-Communauté, Riom Communauté, the Limagne d'Ennezat Community of Communes and the Puy-de-Dôme Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

News

on Biopôle Clermont-Limagne

5/4/18

METabolic EXplorer: the construction of its PDO/AB production unit is anticipated to begin at the end of 2018

The project of construction of a 1,3 propanediol (PDO) and butyric acid (BA) production plant on the chemicals platform of Carling Saint-Avold in Moselle, is progressing in compliance with the timing announced by METEX in early 2017.

5/4/18

Cyclopharma announces the acquisition of its French production facilities by the Curium Group.

The development and commercialization of the most innovative molecules coming from Cyclopharma’s pipeline will continue in a new company under the current Cyclopharma France and US management team.

4/23/18

"All the aspects of sterilization”: ICARE organizes a day on the sterilization of medical devices

Service supplier laboratory dedicated to the microbiology, Icare Laboratories organize on May 31st near Clermont-Ferrand, a day of conferences dedicated to the sterilization of medical devices.
4/20/18

CARBIOS achieves a major milestone in the optimization of its biorecycling process of PET based plastics

CARBIOS, pioneer company in the field of bioplasturgy, announces a major milestone in the optimization of its biorecycling process of post-consumer PET plastic bottles, making it possible to strengthen its economic competitiveness and accelerate its scaling up towards the industrial demonstration stage.

4/18/18

Cyclopharma enters agreement to sell its production and commercialization activities in France to Curium group.

Cyclopharma, specialized in molecular imaging solutions, is planning to divest its manufacturing assets and radiopharmaceutical drugs production and commercialization activities in France to Curium group, a world-class company specialized in the development, production and commercialization of tracers for nuclear medicine imaging.

4/17/18

OAAS congratulated by the Trophies of the innovation of the GCE 63

On January 19th of this year, OAAS received the " Trophée de l’Innovation” during the celebration of the 40 years of the GCE, in the presence of Olivier Bianchi, mayor of Clermont-Ferrand and president of Clermont Auvergne Métropole and Claude Barbin, president of the CCI of Puy-de-Dôme.
3/13/18

CARBIOS announces the development of a new process enabling to depolymerize PET polyester fibers from textile waste

CARBIOS announced that it has taken a new step forward in the development of its enzymatic depolymerization process rending it applicable to PET polyester fibers from textile waste.

1/12/18

OBJECT AS A SERVICE (OAAS) joined the Biopôle Clermont-Limagne.

OAAS, created in march 2016, is specialized in bioinformatics.

Its small multidisciplinary team is focused on data integration taken from different domains, thanks to the algorithms of bioinformatics, but also on IOT for laboratories, and secure e-commerce website.

1/12/18

CARBIOS successfully completes final key stage of the THANAPLAST™ project and receives €1 million from Bpifrance.

Carbios announced the successful completion of the fifth and final key stage of the THANAPLAST™ project and the payment of €1,021,871 from Bpifrance for having achieved this new milestone.

News

of partners

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”.

12/1/16

ARBIOS: a name and a logo for the Biosites Federation

ARBIOS is a network of three biosites completely dedicated to the support and to the success of life science companies situated within a radius of less than 50 km in the North of Auvergne :

10/7/16

SPIM: the 5th Congress of Skin Physiology 17 and 18 November

The 5th edition of SPIM (SKIN PHYSIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL MEETING) will be held in Vichy on 17 and 18 November 2016. This Congress, held every 2 years, is original to present very high level conferences alternating sessions from young researchers and from internationally recognized researchers.
9/9/16

The Pharmaceutical Companies ' Days will be held 12 and 13 October, on the theme " Health 3.0: towards an increasingly connected world"

The digital revolution is under way : after 25 years of existence, the web , social media , mobile and now the Internet of Things are about to fundamentally transform the uses and deeply impact the value chain of economic sectors. Health will not be spared .

12/11/15

EPS project : reducing by food the cattle methane emissions

While COP21 debates, Céréales Vallée and its partners launch the project "Environmental Health Performance" (EPS), which aims to reduce the digestive methane emissions by ruminants simply by modifying food.

11/13/15

On 1 January 2016, the Clermont-Ferrand’s Superior National School of Chemistry (ENSCCF) and the French Institute for Advanced Mechanics (IFMA) merged to become SIGMA Clermont.

The merger of two engineering schools, experts in Chemistry, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering will result in a new establishment: SIGMA Clermont. Therefore, it will graduate 280 engineers each year in one of three courses: chemistry, mechanics, or Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (apprenticeship training).
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.

2/24/15

Nutripan project: a new daily bread nutritionally improved

Coordinated by the pole of competitiveness Céréales Vallée, the Nutripan project allowed to develop a mass consumer French bread nutritionally optimized, thanks to a global approach of the chain of the manufacturing processes.

10/9/14

Analgesia Institute launches its first call for donations

After five years of experience, the cluster Analgesia Partnership gave way last June to Analgesia Institute, constituting thus the first European pole dedicated to innovation against pain. The latter allows to associate with members already committed future partners that by their financial support will create the Analgesia Institute Scientific Cooperation Foundation.

Virtual tour of the Biopole

Riom site

Saint-Beauzire site

Clermont-Ferrand site