Presenting MATERALIA - MATERALIA - Pôle de Compétitivité Matériaux
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MATERALIA, which resulted from a merger between Lorraine’s competitiveness cluster, MIPI (innovative materials and intelligent products) and the cluster in Champagne-Ardenne, P2MI (using innovative materials), is now becoming a leader for cooperative innovation in the fields of materials and processes.
MATERALIA concentrates, within its territory, the industrial and academic critical mass required to meet the challenges posed by the materials of tomorrow – greater efficacy, lighter materials, functionalities and sustainable development. As the 9th cluster in France for results as given in the National Research Agency rankings in 2008, MATERALIA has an important place in research into materials and processes. Regional industry accounts for more than 15% of metalworking and automobile subcontracting in France.
MATERALIA has 130 members from industry and academia in the two regions and has premises in Metz, Charleville Mézières and Nancy.
MATERALIA has defined its strategic priorities in the sectors of energy, aeronautics, automobile and medicine, and is developing technological excellence within its regions for the following key sectors:
• Metalworking and processes
• Nanomaterial
• Composites
• New manufacturing processes
• Sustainable development
MATERALIA has an industrial and scientific ambition to serve its regions and master materials in the face of economic and environmental challenges
After the merger of P2MI and MIPI, MATERALIA became
• France’s leading centre for smelting, forging and stamping;
• France’s leading centre for the manufacture of automobile equipment;
• France’s second centre for industrial services involved in metalworking; • France’s leading centre for cooperative research into materials.