CÔTE D’AZUR - SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Future Engineering Lab for ITER€¦ · ALTRAN PACA A leader in consulting and engineering, their business expertise is project management, strategic

180 ha located in Cadarache next to CEA.

10 B€ invested among which5B€ within the next 10 years for construction.

2007 - 2015: 3 500 jobs in France1 400 in Provence Alpes Côted’Azur Region.

2015 - 2035: 4 250 jobs in France 2 400 in Provence Alpes Côte d’AzurRegion.

The international project ITER and on a larger scale thecivil nuclear industry, is in search of the following technology and expertise:

CÔTE D’AZUR - SOPHIA ANTIPOLISFuture Engineering Lab for ITERR&D expertise in information technology for the nuclear industry

CONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC WORKS

CRYOGENICS

MAGNETSVACUUM CHAMBERS AND FIRST WALL

REMOTE AND ROBOTIC MAINTENANCE

ENGINEERING AND SERVICES

OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS

POWER SOURCE AND ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION

The Côte d’Azur has the world-renowned expertise in engineering and services that industrial leaders are looking for.

ITER KEY FIGURES

IBMIBM has set up on the Côte d’Azur its worldCenter of Excellence for Nuclear Energy.IBM’s site at La Gaude opened in 1961 and isone of IBM’s largest investments in France.Nearly 800 people (mostly engineers and technicians) are currently working on cuttingedge e-businesstechnology and developing and marketing its products, solutions, and services.The new center is part of IBM's strategy to workwith nuclear engineers and operators and useits software, resources, and consulting servicesto improve the design, safety, and operational efficiency of power plants. Their services includeIT system architecture and design, intensive calculations using supercomputers, and modelingand nuclear process simulations using softwarepackages developed for plant maintenance andlifecycle management to extend its useful life andfacilitate the construction of new units.• www.ibm.com/ibm/fr/• Contact: Jean-Michel CORRIEU

ASTEK SUD ESTSpin-off from the INRIA that provides computerengineering and services and specializes in simulations; they designed the computer codefor the Ariane rocket among others. • www.astek.fr

THALES SERVICES SAThales Services is a computer engineering service provider that specializes in integratingtechnical and information management systems.They provide surveillance systems for the needs of three power plants as well as distribution networks, serving both gas networksand nuclear power plants.• www.thales-is.com

ALTRAN PACAA leader in consulting and engineering, their business expertise is project management, strategic economic intelligence, automation, mechanical engineering, and systems engineering.They have a CAEAR nuclear certification (AtomicEnergy Commission [AEC] project oversight validation for dismantling and cleaning upradioactive waste).• www.altran.net

AUSY FRANCEThis company provides consulting and engineeringservices for advanced technologies. Its expert engineers and consultants collaborate with theleadersin the industrial and tertiary sectors. Their expertiseincludes IT and electronics, information systems andnetworks, as well as mechanics.• www.ausy.fr

World leaders in information technology

STUDIELWith over 25 years of experience at its headquartersin the Alpes-Maritimes, STUDIEL is now a frontrunner in the areas of analysis, engineering,production, and consulting. It can meet your needswith great flexibility thanks to the diversity of services it offers (electronics, IT, and mechanics)and its operations in multiple industries.• www.studiel.fr

SODITECH ENGINEERINGAn expert in high-tech engineering, SODITECHprovides its clients with concrete technical solutions from the planning phase all the way toindustrialization.• www.soditech.com

AIMAAIMA carries out design studies for cyclotronsused in medical (hadrontherapy, isotope production) and industrial settings (high-intensityapplications). They have the expertise needed to

produce a compact cyclotron together with relatedaccessories, used for the production of SPECTand PET isotopes. • www.aima.fr

BE CONCEPTEngineering consultants specializing in mechanicalconstruction, machine tools, specialized assemblymachines for cars, ovens, metallurgy, offshore platforms.• Contact: Gérard NEICHTHAUSER

DASSAULT SYSTEMSWorld leader in the development and marketing of3D tools and product lifecycle management (PLM).• www.3ds.com/fr/

TELEMAQWorld leader in the development and marketing of3D tools and product lifecycle management(PLM).• www.telemaq.eu

An extensive network of engineering consulting companies specialized in mechanical calculations and robotics

FROM AN INDUSTRIAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNOLOGICAL

ECOLE DES MINES DE PARISCenter for Energy and Processes (CEP)The site at Sophia Antipolis works on renewableenergy, plasma conversion procedures, remote sensors, and modeling.The Institute has actually developed researchand graduate school programs, in liaison withindustry leaders. Many innovative developmentsin the field of energy have occurred by perfectingappropriate materials, often nanostructures, aswell as related production processes. The fuelcells or the superinsulation of tomorrow will bethe result of cutting-edge research in the energysector, materials, and process engineering.• Contact: Didier MAYER

Center for Material Forming (CEMEF)UMR7635 (ENSM PARIS - CNRS)Eight research groups are developing differentapproaches to material forming: continuummechanics, material microstructure, and surfacescience. They are known and recognizedaround the world for their work on numericalsimulations. In material forming, simulationsdepend on developments and controls in themost advanced numerical methods. Theresearch group has developed software platforms, including FORGES 3, which may beused by ITER.• Contact: Alain LEFLOC, Technical Director, or

Yvan CHATEL (Future Lab Director)

INRIA SOPHIA-ANTIPOLISFrench National Institute for Computer Scienceand Control INRIA Sophia Antipolis is highly implicated in theModeling and Simulation aspects of the international program ITER.INRIA is a member of a research group whoseother members include the CEA, the CNRS andseveral universities such as Nice and Marseille;they have nation-wide research program dedicatedto ITER (INRIA). • Fusion: www-math.u-strasbg.fr/arc/• Contact: Claude PUECH

Jean-Alexandre DieudonnéLaboratoriesUMR6621 (UNSA - CNRS)Inventor of the Modeling Software “EQUINOX”Numerical modeling for fluid mechanics, especially for plasma. The lab developed the“Equinox” software which calculates plasmaconfigurations in the current Tore Supra tokamak. Local expertise from Nice. NB: thelaboratory is associated with the SCOPP Projectdeveloped in connection with Capénergies (development of numerical simulation tools forplasma turbulence related to distribution functions).• Contact: Jacques BLUM

Non-Linear Institute of Nice Sophia Antipolis (INLN) UMR6618 (UNSA - CNRS)Multidisciplinary institute focused on non-lineardynamics and the concept of universal dynamicbehavior. Pierre Coullet is the EDP specialist influid and plasma mechanics.• Contact: Pierre COULLET

Laboratory for Cosmology, Stellar andSolar Astrophysics, Planetology andFluid Mechanics (CASSIOPEE) UMR6202 (CNRS-OCA)Astrophysics involving the astronomical community’s largest installations and intensiveuse of calculations for theoretical developments,modeling, and simulations of astrophysicalobjects, as well as analyses of experiential andtheoretical data. Among the seven major themes, atomic physic applications that studyastrophysical plasmas are directly involved inthe ITER project. • Contact: Cyril PASSOT

A scientific community in the South of France at the service of ITER, mainly for plasmas and numerical simulations: the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, the CNRS, the ENSMP and the INRIA

The international project ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is bringing togetherthe world’s best researchers in plasma physics. The ITER project depends on upstream computer science solutions. Mathematicians, computer scientists,and physicists are working together on a joint Plasma project that has grown from different STIC projectsat the CEA in Cadarache.The goal is to develop the most pertinent and realistic models for plasma behavior inside tokamaks,where the plasma will be exposed to extremely high temperatures.

POINT OF VIEW, YOU’LL FIND ON THE CÔTE D’AZUR

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TEAM CÔTE D'AZUR US REPRESENTATIVELatonice Inc - 11925 Wilshire Blvd - Suite 214

LOS ANGELES, CA 90025Tel. 310 251-4359

Yves KRAEMER: [email protected]

TEAM CÔTE D'AZUR ASIE REPRESENTATIVEPMC Co Ltd - PMC building 6F

1-23-5 Higashi Azabu, Minato-KuTOKYO, 106-0044 - JAPANTel. 00 81 3 3585 1135

Gaël AUSTIN: [email protected]

AUGIERSpecializes in transporting and distributing electricity for lighting systems and related applications. They develop systems for public lighting, industrial zone lighting, and perimeter lighting. www.augier.com• Contact: Raymond GRINNEISER• www.augier.com

SCHNEIDER AUTOMATIONProduces equipment to control industrial processes and houses a technical support center.• www.Eclipse.modicon.com/services/repexup.htm

SCHNEIDER ELECTRICDesign, production of programmable industrial machines, communications networks andhuman-machine interfaces (software and services).• www.schneider-electric.com

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CONTACT US :

TEAM CÔTE D'AZUR HEADQUARTERS400 Promenade des Anglais

BP 3185 - 06204 NICE CEDEX 3 - FRANCETel. +33(0)4 92 17 51 51

Jean-François CHAPPERON: [email protected]