MINALOGIC

Technologies:

• Micro-nanoelectronics
• Photonics
• Software

Target markets:

• ICT
• Healthcare
• Energy
• Construction
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Transportation
• Sports & Outdoors

What makes Minalogic’s location in France’s Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region so strategic?

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is significant to France’s economy and beyond. The region and Grenoble, in particular is home to know-how covering the entire electronics and software value chains and market applications:

• Digital technologies: micro and nanoelectronics, hardware, and software
• New energy technologies: hydrogen energy, smart grids, and energy-efficient buildings
• Medtechs: computer-assisted medicine and surgery, drug delivery, bioinformatics, medical imaging, and diagnostics

Global market leaders like STMicroelectronics, Schneider Electric, ARaymond, Dolphin Integration, Eveon, Soitec, Becton Dickinson, Thales. And,as Minalogic  members, they drive collaborative R&D projects and other cluster initiatives that stimulate a vibrant community of high-growth SMEs.

The area is also home to some premier institutions of higher learning whose research in the fields of electronics, photonics and software is world-renowned: Grenoble Alpes University’s engineering school, Grenoble Institute of Technology, Claude Bernard University, INSA Lyon, Jean Monnet University, Institut d’Optique Graduate School.

Minalogic members benefit from three types of services:

• Networking: From events to targeted one-to-one introductions, Minalogic draws upon in-depth knowledge of the region’s innovators to help its members grow their networks and generate business opportunities in France and internationally.
• Innovation: The cluster’s personalized services are designed to help members find the resources they need to participate in collaborative R&D projects funded by French government and EU programs.
• Business : We help our members identify and follow-up on qualified leads in France and internationally to turn business opportunities into true growth drivers.

Key figures

More than 330 Members :

290 companies (90% SMEs) 

11 research centers and universities 

11 local governments 

19 economic development organizations and other organizations 

2 private investors 

450 financed projects

Since the creation of Minalogic in 2005, 450 projects were certified and financed for total funding of € 805 million, with a total R&D budget of more than €2 billion.