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The cluster concentrates on 3 main areas of technology:

• Process development for the separation and recycling of materials aimed to improve product efficiency and reduce their impact on the environment

• Treatment and reusage of waste and materials resulting from industrial processes to reduce their environmental impact

• Technologies and processes for working in hostile environments (chemical, biological, nuclear, etc.).

Advantages

- Trimatec’s objective is to make use of processes developed by or for the nuclear industry, in other areas of activity. To date, the 69 projects have been certified and applied in 10 different branches of industry.

Businesses and Talent
- 80 companies and 15,000 qualified employees
- 7 companies employing over 1,000 skilled workers
- 2 areas of concentration:
Tricastin and Gard Rhodanien (4,000 and 5,500 workers)
 
Research    
- 1,900 researchers within industry, research centers and training facilities.

Training
- 91 training opportunities linked to the work of the cluster

- French innovative cluster partners:

• Q@limed, European cluster for innovation in fruit and vegetables (Agroalimentaire)
•    Pôle Gestion des Risques (Risk Management system Cluster)
•    Pôle européen de la Céramique (European Ceramics Cluster)
•  Parfums, Arômes, Saveurs et Senteurs (PASS) (Perfumes, Aromas, Fragrances and Scents)
•    DERBI
•    Capenergies
•    Industrie et Agroressources (IAR)

Members

Over 70 members in 2008

Businesses:  over 50
•    Large companies: Areva, Melox, Electricité de France (EDF), Suez, Pierre Fabre Médicaments, Saint Gobain, etc.

Research and training centers

- 10 centers including the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole des mines d’Alès, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), Universités de Montpellier, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), etc.
    
- 25 other organizations are also partners in the cluster including Tricastin et Vaucluse Développement, Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Gard, Drôme and Vaucluse,  Languedoc-Roussillon, Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur regional councils, etc.  

Current R&D projects (refer to appendix)

- 69 projects were certified and financed between 2005 and mid-2008 with a total budget of 105 million euros

- Public funding examples:

•    6.5 million euros granted by the National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche or ANR) between 2005 and 2007
•    2 million euros allocated by the Single Interministerial Fund (Fonds Unique Interministériel or FUI) between 2005 and 2007

International partnerships

Current:
Exploratory missions to Canada on the subject of ‘Clean Tech’ (green chemistry)
Involvement in supercritical fluids workshops with China

Future:
Additional companies for various programs such as Prides PACA or Insert Europe
Japan, India and Brazil

Appendix: Certified R&D project examples

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