A unique network of partners
Structures to support innovation and business competitiveness.
Avignon hosts a unique ecosystem of structures specialising in the field of agrosciences and food-processing. These are all valuable resources for companies and structures for the overall economic dynamic throughout the territory.Are you preparing to establish a business? Prepare to improve the industrial performance of your company, and to innovate or to benefit from numerous B2B events …
Innov’Alliance competitiveness cluster
The French Food, Well-being & Naturality cluster
Innov’Alliance is the competitiveness cluster for plants in the agricultural, food-processing, and technological sectors of the South East area. Innov’Alliance is a point of reference for the cosmetics and ingredients sectors of the aromas and perfumes industry.
Given the strength of their complementarities, the 2 clusters have decided to combine their skills.
Did you know?
The new Innov’Alliance ecosystem now represents more than 450 members, 5,000 researchers, 450 supported innovation projects, € 650 million in R&D investments..
Food in Provence
Innov’agro: An Acceleration Programme for New Products
Are you an SME and do you have new products in development? Move from the idea to the product after a technical-economic evaluation. The CRITT Agri-Food PACA supports the realisation of innovation projects step by step. This facility, accessed on selection, is partly funded by the DRAAF and the Conseil Régional Région Sud.
Support All Stages of Development of the Agri-Food Industries
Food in Provence is the network of three organisations serving the development, innovation and training of agri-food manufacturers: ARIA Sud: the regional association of the food industries of the SUD region
CRITT Agri-food: the regional centre for innovation and transfer of agri-food technologies
IFRIA Paca: for training in the food chain
CTCPA: Food-processing technical center
A technological hall in Avignon
The CTCPA offers expertise about processes and technologies related to the development, safety and conservation of products (microbiological analysis, challenge test, high pressures, etc.).
Many companies are collaborating with the Avignon CTCPA, which has a technological hall that can provide technical tools by reproducing industrial production conditions.
INRAe
L’institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement [National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment] is the result of the merger between INRA (National Institute of Agricultural Research) and IRSTEA (National Institute for Research in Science and Technology for the Environment and Agriculture).
The INRAE Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur centre focusses its research on issues specific to Mediterranean aims and territories such as agro-ecology and the adaptation of agriculture and forests to climate change, water resources, natural risks and human nutrition. Avignon hosts one of INRAE’s main sites in the south-east of France, as well as regular collaborations with companies acting in its areas of expertise.
Expertise in Plant Extraction: The GREEN Laboratory
The Green team focusses on the eco-extraction of natural products to isolate compounds of interest from the plant world (plants, flowers, seeds, roots, seaweed, etc.) through innovative and environmentally friendly processes. A large number of sectors of activity are concerned: agri-food, cosmetics, pharmacy, nutraceuticals, …