ESTER

ESTER Science Park

• Espace (Space)

• Science

• Technologic

• Exchanges

• Research

Promoting creativity, innovation, knowledge transfer, local economic and social development

Ressources and exchange centre

The science park is a support policy

development of a territory from

innovation.

Training

Industry(SME’s, big groups, start up)

Research

The science park area

A park

• 210 ha, of wich 2/3 are already

landscaped for businesses

setting up

• A protected natural

environment : walking path,

retention basins…

• An architectural committee

examines setting up projects

and attends to architectural

harmony

A main building

• 10,000 m², with 6,500 m² of offices

and workshops

• Dome : 20 m high, 80 m in diameter

• A smart building, designed to adapt to

variuos activities

• A double architectural thought

combining aesthetics and convenient

side (Jacques Charon and Yves

Bayard)

An environment which reconciles economic

development and sustainable development.

A symbolic building and architecture

2004 : heritage of the 20th century

label

• An architecture inspired

by local tradition : dome /

cupola

• A building in line with

modernity and advanced

technologies : combination

of glass and steel

The Science Park’s missions

• Organizing skills and creating skills network

• Creation of innovative companies

• Promoting land and knowledge

ESTER Technopole is a member of:

• Retis (French network of science parks, incubators and CEEI) 50 science parks

40 CEEI

20 incubators

5 competitiveness clusters

• IASP (International Association of Science Parks)

ESTER in 2015

• 189 trade names (including 135 companies) and

15 business incubator projects

• 2527 jobs and 18 projects holders

• 843 students or business placement

* Figures as at January 2016

ESTER since 1993

Changes in the number of companies since 1993

Changes in the number of jobs since 1993

A technology environment, and a network of experts

Services and assets

Technology services

• Access to Super-Fast broadband

• AFR zoning (Aide à Finalité Régionale /

regional aid)

• A wide technological environment(research laboratories, technological transfer

centers, engineering schools,

competitiveness clusters)

« Business » services

• A special location

• Parked served by public transports.

• Mutualized meeting rooms

• An integrating catering service

Practical services

• Catering solutions

• An inter-company children's nursery

• Hotels in the immediate vicinity, and

possibility of long-stay accomodation

on the park

A truly top-class image• An attractive park, immediatly

associated with innovation and high technologies

• Increased visibility, bolstered by the network effect

The remarkable architecture

of the main building

• A symbol of gathering and

radiation

• Rewarded with the « 20th

century heritage » label

A green park

• A wooded park

• An environmentally

friendly park : control of

rain water, energy,

mobility, selective

sorting, exemplary

property consctructions

(BBC : low conception

building / HQE)

Close to commercial, cultural or

sporting facilities

Limoges, a city where it is good to

live• 1st urban hub in the Atlantic centre:

urban area of 260,000 inhabitants.

• A region which is favourable for

businesses

• Qualified skills and ressources for

development : a multi-discipline

university

• A green city

Tailored location solutions

Flexibility and ease :

• Premises available to rent or

buy

• As well as land solutions

Areas :

• Offices

• Laboratory spaces

• Technical workshops or storage

• Industrial areas

ESTER park : serviced land

• Cut to fit on request to need (minimum

surface areas of 1500 m² / from €25 per m²)

Public offering : two specialised

buildings

• Main building : 6600 m² of offices and

workshops

• CIRE (Centre for Innovation and Research

in Electronics) : 3000 m² connected to the

Elopsys hub (competitiveness cluster)

Private solutions

THE

OFF

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5 skills clusters

5 skills clusters

Ceramics, Materials & Surface Treatments

Symbole of a sucessfull transition : from traditional ceramicsto technical ceramics

Applications

• Energy (production and

economy)

• Construction

• Information and

communication (electronics or optics

components…)

• Health

• Traditional ceramics

Technical ressources

• A competitiveness cluster :

European pôle for ceramics (label

granted in 2005)

• 2 technology transfer centres :

CTTC and CITRA

• 2 engineering schools : ENSCI

(industrial ceramics) and ENSIL

(« materials » speciality)

• 3 research laboratories : SPCTS

(ceramics and surface treatments),

GEMH (heterogeneous materials)

et LCTL (transparent ceramics)

Filtre for particules

Ceramics, Materials &

Surface treatments

Companies and products

Cerlase - CerinnovMineral powder laser sintering.

Used for « engraving » metal

(aerospace, industry), glass (bottles of

perfume and spirit, car windscreen…),

technocal ceramics ( catalytic

converters, prostheses…) or traditional

ceramics (tableware, sanitary facilities,

tiling)

I.CeramDesign and production of

chirurgical and orthopaedics

implants:

Hip replacement prothesis,

cervical cages, chok of

osteotomie, or parhc of trepan

CeradropManufacturing of

multimaterials

microcomponents by

inkjet printing

Oerlikon Sorevi SASWear resistant coating (DLC vacuum

deposition)

Coating used in the industry of the auto

racing event (Formula 1, Rallye,

NASCAR…), to strenghthen motor parts

(buttons, valves, linguets…)

CilasTransparent

ceramicsIt replaces the crystals

of YAG (Yttrium

Aluminium Garnet)

used traditionally as

materials amplifiers in

lasers.

It allows to produce

lasers of very strong

power and to reduce

the costs of the

material amplifier

Industry Auto racing

event

Medical

Electronics

Defense / spatial /

military

Ceramics, Materials & Surface Treatments

Electronics, Optics & Telecommunications

Bringing together electrical and electronic industrial expertise and scientific knowledge in electronics and optics

Applications

• Electronics

• Car industry

• Domotics

• Medical

industry

• Aéronautics

and

aerospace…

Technical ressources

• Elopsys (competitiveness cluster

specialised in microwaves,

photonics, secure networks,

images and digital interfaces –

label granted in 2005).

• CISTEME, technology transfer

centre (wireless networks)

• XLIM, dept OSA, research

laboratory (skills in antennas, radars and wireless networks)

Electronics, Optics &

Telecommunications

Electronics, Optics & Telecommunications


Industry /

domoticsCar industry

Lightning protection

Defense and

aerospace

Legrand-SITELDomotics products

manufacturer

Practicallity, comfort and

safety of housing: a

communicating and

intelligent house

Kreon TechnologiesNon contact 3D measurementDesign and production of laser sensors used for reverse engineering, control, and fats inspection of products and parts

France ParatonnerresDesign and

distribution of

products for lightning

protection (lightnong

captures, early

streamers…)

AirMemsMEMS RF (Micro

ElectroMecanical System)

Electronics components used

for reduce the size and the

consumption of the electronic

systems, and to increase the

performances.

Markets: defense and

aerospace (systems of

telecommunication integrated

(joined) into missiles, radars,

satellites…

E-Monitorage project

Software of supervision

which analyses the data

of sensors (sensor of

sleep, detection of

presence, position or fall)

intergrated in the electric

installation.

Purpose: improve the

follow-up, the care, the

well-being and the safety

of the residents of

retirement

Medical industry/

domotics

Health biotechnology

A fast evolving sector originating in the agricultural context (importance and quality of breeding) and in the strong local agrifood industry.

A sector with a wide range of applications: from genetics and agrifoog to health.

Applications

• Pharmacy, parapharmacy

• Cosmetics

• Human and animal health,

breeding

• Therapy




Pharmacy Food processing

industry

Cosmetics /

biomedical

analysisTherapy

Laboratoires BoironManufacturing and distribution

of homeopathics

pharmaceuticals products

MêTiS BiotechnologiesRapid microbiological diagnosis

A patented flow cytometric method

Faster and more reliable than traditional

methoids, this patented process can

anlyse 30,000 cells per second, with more

than 10 parameters per cell

ID BIOExtraction and purification

of plant and animal proteins

(especially from bovine

blood)

- For the production of

reagents (necessary to

biomedical analysis

techniques)

- For the conception of

cosmetics components.

OncomedicsOncology research and pre-clinical

trials

Development of « oncogramme » : a

biological tool to personalize cancer

treatment

Water & Environment

Limousin (Land of tree and water) is a region where issues such as air and water protection, and environment conservation have become a priority.

This sector is involving huge local natural ressources.

Applications

• Water treatment

• Waste treatment

• Air protection

• Laws and regulation

Water & Environment

Water & Environment


Air quality Industry /

Green chemistry

Soil pollution

Water

pollution

LimairAir supervision and protection

in Limousin

- Expert evaluations on industrial

sites

- Atmospheric pollution forecast

- Pollen supervision

CovertisGreen chemsitry scientificexpertise to:- Use vegetal chemistry to

substitute traditionalmolecules produced withpetrochemistry

- Improve productivity processto reduce energyconsumption

- Identify co-products ways of valuation

Ex: treatment with mushroomsextracts which stimulates the natural defenses of plants and reduces the use of traditionalphytosanitary products

NovassayTool of diagnosis to

measure the uranium

Strips colorimetric tests to

measure concentrations of

uranium going from 0 to 100

mg / l

Pe@rlBiosorb: a process

based on barks to treat

water and to filter

metallic pollutants

This process allows to

clean up waters directly

to the source, and to

neutralise several heavy

metals (lead, chromium,

nickel, cadmium, and

uranium)

Engineering

Engineering and services represent a promising sector. They help promote the economicdevelopment of the Limousin region.

It is a key sector in terms of ressources for business, industry and innovation.

Areas

• Consulting, training

• Communication

• Quality

• Management, finance

• Design offices (plasturgy,

mechanics…)

• Computer science, Internet…

Engineering

Engineering


Software / Games

WebDesign offices

SuperdevReal-time 3D innovative applications

Virtual Ocean Races: game of simulation of

oceanic races in 3D, playable on-line, and

which integrates authentic meteo data and

real time

Emakina.FRInteractive and relational

marketing agency

Karl Lagerfeld : support in

the launch of the stores of

the fashion designer, by

conceiving their

digitalisation

PixineCreadona, an educative

app to create and share

stories

App

Ikalogic: electronics

developments

Egis, Infralim: design offices

in water, purification

GFI technologies: car

industry and mechanic plasturgy