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

8/5/16

Innopain innovates in the field of pain

Innopain is a start-up created in August 2015 in the field of pain which develops a drug candidate as efficacious as the morphine but deprived by the side effects known among its illustrious predecessor.

8/5/16

The New Deal Biotech laureates also winners of the French Tech «emergence» competition

At the end of 2015, the Biopôle Clermont-Limagne, ARDTA and their partners appointed 3 prize-winners within the framework of the Newdeal Biotech competition. For the winners, during one year: a lab, an accommodation, a salary and the coverage of the incubation of their project.

8/5/16

ANS Biotech celebrates its 10th anniversary

In 2006, with an experience of twenty five years in the pharmaceutical industry and preferential links with the UMR Inserm 1107 "Neuro-dol" managed by Pr. Alain Eschalier, François Caussade joins Clermont-Ferrand to create its company ANS Biotech.
6/3/16

Carbios, Limagrain and BPI France join together to create Carbiolice

From 1 January 2017 onwards, via its Energy Transition and Green Growth Law, France will enforce the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable plastics for fruit & vegetable bags (35,000 tons per year) and other films. The joint venture Carbiolice shall address
this challenge in the long term by continuing to develop biolice and industrialising technological innovation licenced by Carbios.

4/5/16

The Health & Mobility Federation has been created to boost the prevention and the personalized patient management market

Gathered for one year within the framework of the approach of Intelligent Specialization of Territories (S3), the actors of the health sector in Auvergne have constructed a shared strategic vision, built on the scientific excellence and the dynamics of networks in the territory. Their common objective is "to Make of Auvergne, and tomorrow Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, the European leader of life-long individualized mobility ...

4/4/16

The Tipipôle nursery is expanding and creates 17 new daycare spaces

Since 2013, the Tipipôle nursery on the Saint-Beauzire site welcomes the children of the employees of the Biopole. The crèche is managed by the company Jour de Crèche and is run in partnership with the family allowances fund and the businesses.
3/4/16

A convention of partnership between the biosites of Auvergne

64 companies, 1800 jobs, 25000 m2 of highly equipped renting real estate, near a cutting-edge research and near an effective support system: located in less than a 50-km radius in the North of Auvergne, the Naturopôle Nutrition Santé, the Bioparc Vichy Hauterive and the Biopôle Clermont-Limagne train a network of three biosites completely dedicated to the welcome and to the success of life science companies.

1/29/16

"Piloter sa ferme" on the Biopôle Clermont-Limagne

Agricultural markets have experienced a revolution in 2007, becoming very volatile while they were very stable before. This volatility is reflected in prices that can vary from 1 to 3 and 3 to 1 in the space of 18 months and impacts farmers (strong variations in their income, stress and instability).

12/8/15

Carbios Depolymerizes 100% of PET based plastic waste with its enzymatic recycling process

Carbios announced that it has taken a major step forward in the development of its enzymatic depolimerization process of polyesters rending it applicable to PET (polyethylene terephthalate), one of the most commonly used polymers.

News

of partners

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.
7/4/14

The 20 & 21 November 2014, will be attending the 4th edition of the SPIM - Skin Physiology International Meeting - at the Palais des Congrès in Vichy (France)

The 4th edition of the SPIM - Skin Physiology International Meeting, witch is organised by Greentech, will be held on 20-21 november at the Palais des Congrès in Vichy (France).

4/25/14

An egg/health chain in Auvergne

With the support of the Regional council of Auvergne and the ERDF Auvergne, NUTRAVITA supervises since 2013 a study on the construction of an "egg health" chain in region.

1/3/14

Key discovery paves the way for new analgesics without adverse effects

Despite its strong efficacy against pain, morphine intake is associated with significant side effects such as constipation, nausea, vomiting, respiratory depression, addiction... The research team of Professor Alain Eschalier, Director of Neuro-Dol Inserm unit1, member of the Analgesia Institute (Clermont-Ferrand, France), has just shown that it could be possible to dissociate these two effects, by maintaining the analgesic effect without any of the side effects.

Virtual tour of the Biopole

Riom site

Saint-Beauzire site

Clermont-Ferrand site