RESEARCH AND TEST CENTRES
RESEARCH CENTRES WITHIN THE COMPANIES
| FRAMATOME CONNECTORS FRANCE | Le Ferté Bernard - 14 employees in the R&D department
Research concerning application of composite materials for connections and electronics |
| PHILIPS | Le Mans, 100 employees in the R&D department
Design and development of " telephone " products |
| PECHINEY
FOODSTUFF PACKAGING |
La Flèche - 68 employees in the Research Centre
Research in the field of foodstuff packaging, aluminium, steel, plastic |
| SANDERS SA
EMC |
Saint Symphorien, 75 employees
Research and testing of new animal feed products |
OTHER RESEARCH CENTRES
| CENTRE DE L'ARCHE | Le Mans
Medical centre for functional physiotherapy. The department " Biological and Medical Engineering " carries out research on the application of new materials in physiotherapy (artificial limbs/orthesis, etc ...) |
| CONSERVATOME | Sablé sur Sarthe, 10 employees
(COGEMA group) Research on sterilisation by ionisation for application in the foodstuff and medical industries. |
UNIVERSITY AND ENGINEERING INSTITUTE RESEARCH CENTRES
The University of Maine has 35 research laboratories, six of which are
associated with the CNRS (4 in the field of physics and chemistry, 1 in
acoustics and 1 in geography).
| Laboratory of organic chemistry and macromolecular physio-chemistry | 50 employees, polymer research |
| Laboratory for condensed state physics | 40 employees, study of structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of condensed matters, in particular fluoride and polymer materials |
| Laboratory for fluorides | Structural elaboration and determination of inorganic matters |
| Laboratory for organic synthesis | Synthesis of natural products. Activities in connection with the pharmaceutical and perfume industries |
| Acoustic laboratory | 30 employees, research and application related to acoustic properties of materials, transducers, room acoustics, signal processing, guided propagation |
| Social geography laboratory | Studies establishing the intersections between society and space |
| ENSIM | Industrial measurement and detection |
| ISMANS | Material |
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTRE
(C.T.T.M.)
The Technology Transfer Centre was created upon the initiative of the
local councils, industry and the university. Its objective is to meet the
economic and industrial requirements in matters concerning research, development
and creation of new products. In direct collaboration with university researchers,
it carries out measurement studies for companies, using scientific equipment
of the highest standard in Europe.
3 COMPETENCE POLES
ACOUSTICS
Studies and measurement of noise problems in transport, construction
and industry.
Test chambers of the highest standard: a 1,000 m3 semi-anechoic
hall, a 340 m3 reverberating hall and a diagonal hall unique
in France.
MATERIALS AND POLYMERS
(Institute of Applied Research on Polymers - IRAP)
Applied research under contract: surfaces, polymers, elastomers, adhesion
...
Design of new materials, analysis, expertise.
PRODUCTION
Computer-assisted rapid modelling and prototyping. One of the leading
centres in France at the service of parts and tool designers.
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