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Collaborative European Technology Platform for innovation

Collaborative innovation platform for crystallogenesis

Cristal Innov brings together the main European players in the crystal industry and covers the entire technology chain, from R&D laboratories to production.

Provide an R&D environment to innovate and improve the competitiveness of SMEs and industrial manufacturers positioned in the crystal markets:

Founded in 2011

Our vision

At the beginning: a regional consortium of 7 laboratories, 15 industrial manufacturers and local authorities aiming to set up an industrial-level technology platform (compared to existing ones with R&D resources).

A leader: the UCBL (Claude Bernard University of Lyon 1), which seeks in particular to disseminate and promote the research work of its laboratories to regional SMEs.

EZUS Lyon, a private subsidiary (limited company with a Board of Supervision) of the UCBL, ensures the administrative and financial management (as for all the platforms of the University) while LIP (Lyon Ingénierie Projets), another private subsidiary of the UCBL, ensures the strategic steering and the setting up of collaborative projects.

Our team

The expertise of Cristal Innov’s team covers all crystallogenesis technologies, with experience in both R&D and industry.
The expertise of Cristal Innov’s team covers all crystallogenesis technologies, with experience in both R&D and industry.
Our engineers and technicians master the different steps of TRL and they know how to lead a technology roadmap with you.
In production mode, Cristal Innov is part of ISO 9001 quality certification process.

    CRYSTALS AND PROCESSES INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

    Very small to medium-sized businesses, industrial manufacturers, academic laboratories Pooled resources supporting your innovation

    2 000 m2
    square meters of technology rooms

    Equipped with clean room for pilot line

    R&D offering

    2

    millions euros of pooled equipment

    20

    collaborative projects

    technology services

    10

    permanent staff

    50

    members and partners

    Piezoelectric crystal-based product range

    A cluster to foster networking