pôle européen de la céramique the french competitivenes

Pôle Européen de la Céramique The french competitivenes cluster

for ceramics

Limoges - 20 juillet 2018

A national network125 members

• Industrials• Technical centers• Training centers• Laboratories

Activities on the value chain

➢ Raw materials➢ Ceramic manufacturer➢ Equipment suppliers➢ Surface treatment➢ Ceramics machining➢ Caracterization / engineering➢ End users on different markets

241 labellized projects 125 members Members : 6 b€

A national network125 members :


Our strategical markets :1. Luxury & creationJewelry, cosmetic, tableware, architecture


2. Health, Environment, housingOrthopedic implants, dentistry, food, waste and output flux treatments,Construction, refractories, Tiles and Bricks

3. Energy & transportNuclear energy, renewable energies, industrial processes, aeronauticsand aerospace

4. Electronics & photonicsSensors, printed electronics, passive components, optical fibers








European project on SOFC

A national networkOur 4 strategical markets :1. Luxury & creationJewelry, cosmetic, tableware, architecture





Our 2 key transverse domains :1. Factory of the future

2. Surface treatments

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Limoges : innovation in ceramics

Ester Technopole, 300 persons in

research, training & transfert

• Pôle Européen de la Céramique

• Laboratory : IRCER

• Technical centers : CTTC, CITRA, CTMNC

• Training : ENSIL-ENSCI

• Incubator

• Start-ups et industrials : Luxeram, Cerinnov,

Ceradrop, I.Ceram, Oerlikon Balzers, Imerys

…

Limoges : the success story of ceramics

•1979 : Arrival of ENSCI Engineer School of Ceramics in Limoges (School of Sèvres)

•1981 : Creation of Laboratoire des Céramiques Nouvelles (LCN – LA 320)

•1984 : Creation of CTTC (Technical center of ceramics) labellized CRT (ex-CTPL)

•1992 : Evolution & expansion of the research vocation of the laboratory (laboratory LMCTS, URA CNRS)

•1998 : Creation of the Laboratory Science of Ceramic Processes & Surface treatments (SPCTS UMR CNRS)

•1998 : Creation of CITRA (Engineering center of surface treatments and advanced coatings) labellized CRT

80’s until 2000 – fromtraditional to

advanced ceramics

•2005 : Creation of the cluster Pôle Européen de la Céramique (PEC, competitiveness cluster)

•2010 : Mutualisation of research activities in the building « Centre Européen de la Céramique » (CEC)

•2011 : Laboratory of Excellence Sigma-Lim with XLIM (common research & training activities)

•2015 : Integration of GEMH lab (Heterogeneous materials laboratory– EA 3178) to SPCTS

•2017 : Fusion of 2 engineer schools ENSCI and ENSIL into ENSIL-ENSCI

•2017 : Limoges received the label of Creative City of Unesco and Geographical Indication for Limoges porcelain

•2018 : SPCTS becomes IRCER (Research Institute of Ceramics)

Since 2005 –affirmation of a

sector excellence (Training, Research,

Transfert…)

Limoges : the success story of ceramics

Key metrics

• A long history : 18th century (porcelain) mutation towards a sector of excellence in material

science and engineering

• 50 members in Nouvelle Aquitaine (38 companies)

• 2600 employees en NA 900 M€ / 40% exportation (groups in Nouvelle Aquitaine : Orano

Mining, Solvay, Imerys Ceramic Center, Oerlikon Balzers, Safran Ceramics)

• Representative sectors in NA Luxury, raw materials, surface treatments, composites for

aeronautics, biomedical, refractories, additive manufacturing…

An international Network

Worldwide academic collaborations of Ircer laboratory

Services of our cluster

For INNOVATION• Expertise and support for R&D projects

• Labellization of projets / financing

• Survey reports & access to the surveyplateform MyTwip®

• Technical sessions & workshops


For BUSINESS• Identification of 500 contacts per year during

business fairs, available on MyTwip®

• Network animation : technical sessions, convention Ceramic Network (in Limoges, next edition in 2020)

• Organization of collective booth in international fairs (400 m² Ceramitec in 2018)


For COMMUNICATION• Presentation of our members and projects dissemination

on our website cerameurop.com

• Promotion of the ceramic sector on business fairs

• Organisation of technical events (training, workshop, fairs)

• Through international collaboration (european projects)

Some examples of R&D projects

• PUNCHI: machining process for the shaping of green ceramics

• CER e FACTORY: digital production line, traditional ceramics, industry of future

• DeMePiCa: precious metal deposition process for the automobile catalysis sector.

• HEcATE: lead-free piezoelectric materials

• Grapule – 2: graphene, inks & conductive paints for the aeronautic market

• Perspectives of projects :

• FUI projects for the next call (medical, construction materials and aeronautic)

• Members also implicated in European projects

An example of interclustering

collaboration with the french

cluster on aeronautics/space

(Aerospace Valley)

➢ Ceramic matrix composites

➢ Additive manufacturing

➢ Ceramic coatings

Key milestones from 2019 to 2022

The team

Eric MALES, Oerlikon Balzers France

President of the European Ceramic

Cluster

pôle européen de la céramique the french competitivenes

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