IRT Jules Verne, the institute that brings together industry and academia to focus on manufacturing technologies
IRT Jules Verne brings together industrial and academic stakeholders to address the practical needs of France’s major industrial sectors.
To foster innovations that are useful and can be rapidly transferred to factories, the IRT Jules Verne works in partnership with France’s leading industrial players in the strategic sectors of aerospace, shipbuilding, energy, defence, rail and construction.
The institute also develops strong partnerships with all other players in the manufacturing chain, in particular medium-sized enterprises and SMEs (robotics and digital integrators, raw material suppliers, manufacturers of tools and production equipment), leading universities and technical centres at the forefront of innovation, with whom it collaboratively designs and implements the R&D projects it undertakes.
In total, since its creation, IRT Jules Verne has supported more than 100 clients and works alongside around 50 members and partners with whom it jointly develops and implements a long-term collaborative industrial innovation strategy.
- Since 2012, IRT Jules Verne has been fostering synergy between leading industrial and academic players to drive innovation and address the major challenges facing the French manufacturing sector.
- The IRT Jules Verne ecosystem includes major industrial clients, SMEs and mid-cap companies in the manufacturing sector, academic institutions and key institutional partners.
- In total, IRT Jules Verne has already supported more than 100 clients with R&D services and has around 50 members and partners involved in collaborative projects.
- Membership gives you access to the vision and the opportunity to help shape IRT Jules Verne’s technology roadmap, ensuring even greater long-term strategic impact.
Industrial groups, major clients
Aeronautics & Space
Shipbuilding
Energy
Land transport and heavy equipment
Means of production, equipments, materials and raw materials
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Join the drive to make French industry competitive
Our founding members : AIRBUS | Chantiers de l'atlantique | DAHER | EDF | FORVIA | NAVAL GROUP | GIE ALBATROS | POLE EMC2 | CNRS | NANTEs université | Centrale Nantes | Cetim
Industrial and academic members are committed to working together over several years to develop the IRT Jules Verne’s technological and programme roadmap, in line with the priority challenges facing the manufacturing sector. By becoming a member of the IRT Jules Verne, you are taking concrete steps to activate strategic levers that generate value for your organisation.
SMEs, key players in innovation and technology transfer
Partner SMEs
Academic and technical stakeholders driving industrial innovation
Academics & Technical centres
Our strategic partnerships with institutional players committed to the industry of the future.
Beyond its network of industrial and academic partners, IRT Jules Verne receives public funding from the France 2030 programme led by the General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI), as well as support from local institutional partners, notably Nantes Métropole and the Pays de la Loire Region, which are working to position the region as an international benchmark for excellence in industrial innovation. IRT Jules Verne is also implementing a strategy coordinated with the EMC2 Industrial Competitiveness Cluster and the FIT (French Institutes of Technology) association.
Government, local authorities, strategic alliances
