EMC2, the benchmark competitiveness cluster for advanced manufacturing, launches the Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley. A joint initiative of EMC2, IRT Jules Verne, Groupement Technocampus, the Pays de la Loire Region and Nantes Métropole, this new label reflects the claim of all players to be strongly positioned as the expert ecosystem for "know how to produce" in France, and to "know how to produce".be known and recognized worldwide as the region inventing the factory of tomorrow.
The "Silicon Valley" of advanced manufacturing
Since 2005 and the creation of the EMC2 competitiveness cluster, the regional ecosystem has been pursuing an ambitious policy of innovation support to help create the industry of the future. This momentum was reinforced by the creation of Technocampus Composite in 2009, followed by IRT Jules Verne in 2012.
This combination of talents called for a new stage to reinforce existing synergies, federate even more, and build a strong international presence.
That's why the EMC2 cluster, IRT Jules Verne and Groupement Technocampus, with the support of the Pays de la Loire region and Nantes Métropole, are now deploying the Advanced Manufacturing label.
The Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley is not a supra-structure. On the contrary, it combines the strengths of the region's entire value chain. It is also, and above all, a human adventure: the desire to create a major project and become the "Silicon Valley" of advanced manufacturing. As the crucible of the factory of the future, the Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley aims to develop a benchmark ecosystem, showcase and promote it, and make it ever more accessible to SMEs.
" This label represents us on all levels, with a name that reflects us and brings us together. "Nicolas Orance, President of the EMC2 competitiveness cluster, and Gérald Lignon, President of IRT Jules Verne, explain. " Jules Verne is our state of mind, Manufacturing our expertise, and Valley because our ecosystem is a melting pot of skills. ".
For Christophe Clergeau, First Vice-President of the Pays de la Loire Regional Council, Chairman of the Economy-Innovation-Higher Education & Research Commission: "The Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley represents 3 promises: a promise to manufacturers to provide a clearer innovation service for everyone, everywhere, thanks to a more coherent network; a promise to employees that we are placing people at the heart of the innovation process; and a promise to the international community that the Pays de la Loire is organized to invent the industry of the future, and that we are more than ever a force to be reckoned with. It's the hallmark of a mature team effort that has become a system.
"In terms of major strategic priorities for economic development and job creation, Nantes Métropole is counting on the EMC2 competitiveness cluster and the Jules Verne IRT to invent the industry of tomorrow by combining research, innovation and industrial production. In this context, the "Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley" label will contribute to strengthening the competitiveness, attractiveness and visibility of the various local players involved in collective actions and collaborative projects". stresses Johanna Rolland, Mayor of Nantes and President of Nantes Métropole.
The Jules Vernes Manufacturing Valley: set your sights on the world!
The Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley is a new symbol of an expert ecosystem for "made in France" manufacturing and, more generally, for industrial excellence.
From now on, thanks to a shared visual identity, each EMC2 member of the IRT Jules Verne can claim to be a "Jules Verne Manufacturing Valley player".
The label will also take the form of an enriched and consolidated program of events, greater consistency in the range of equipment and skills available to SMEs, a website that will go live by the end of the year, and the launch in June 2015 of a recurring annual event bringing together in Nantes "the cream of savoir-produire".
Learn more: https://www.irt-jules-verne.fr/