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Vehicle of the Future Cluster
The Vehicle of the Future Cluster develops its research strategy and projects on three themes : the clean vehicle, smart vehicle and networks, and industry excellence. Its ambition is, for each of these subject areas, to offer and implement solutions on a worldwide scale for the vehicles and modes of transport of the future.
During its first year of operation, the cluster has given rise to 8 programmes combining the skills, agencies and projects already available in the area:
Engine environment, comfort and safety inside the vehicle, fuel cell system, transport systems and services, special vehicles, materials and finishes, innovative engineering and industry performance.
www.vehiculedufutur.com
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Plastipolis – Plastics processing
On 12 July 2005 the “Plastipolis” competitive cluster was born. A unique French centre of plastics processing, it represents 1/3 of national operations in the sector.
Two regions are involved in this cluster: the Rhône-Alpes region and the Franche-Comté region with South Jura.
4 major centres of development are already in place:
- Improving competitiveness by materials,
- Improving competitiveness by the production process,
- Improving competitiveness by composite materials,
- Developing a “smart” plastic.
www.plastipolis.fr
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Microtechnology cluster
Manufacturers and laboratories in Franche-Comté, united in the microtechnology cluster work in cooperation in order to make ever more powerful yet smaller systems.
The merging of microtechnology and microelectrical expertise is essential in order to combine objects, imagine new uses, increase performance, reduce volume and weight, and minimise power and material consumption.
www.polemicrotechniques.fr
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Vitagora - Agrifoodstuffs
Vitagora is an agrifoodstuffs competitive cluster certified by the government in July 2005, the purpose of which is to generate and manage innovative projects for strengthening the competitiveness of its members in the Burgundy and Franche-Comté regions.
On account of its unique Taste – Nutrition – Health positioning, VITAGORA’s ambition is to provide a basic standard in terms of research and innovation relating to nutrition throughout life, from babyhood to old age, on a worldwide scale.
www.vitagora.com
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Franche-Comté Region