Agence de l'innovation industrielle
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The Agence de l'innovation industrielle was a French
governmental agency created in France in 2005 to support technological projects. As of 2006, it was supporting seven projects:
The agency was headed by Jean-Louis Beffa
and Robert Havas. In January 2008, the French government decided to merge the agency with the French small and medium enterprises support public agency, OSEO .
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
governmental agency created in France in 2005 to support technological projects. As of 2006, it was supporting seven projects:
- BioHub, a chemistry projects to create products with cereals, without using oil
- HOMESHomesHomes may refer to:*the plural form of "home";*an abbreviation of "homie".HOMES may refer to:*a mnemonic for remembering the names of five Great Lakes....
, a project of housing with ultra-low use of energy - Nanosmart, a project of substrate
- QuaeroQuaeroQuaero is a European research and development program with the goal of developing multimedia and multilingual indexing and management tools for professional and general public applications . The European Commission approved the aid granted by France on 11 March 2008.This program is supported by the...
, a search engine - TVMSLTVMSLTVMSL is a project led by Alcatel that plans to develop a DVB-H standard suitable for hybrid satellite and terrestrial transmission. Other partners involved in TVMSL are Sagem, Alenia, RFS, Philips, DiBcom, TeamCast, UDcast, CNRS, INRIA, CEA-LETI...
, a project of creating a standard of hybrid terrestrial and satellite mobile television based on DVB-HDVB-HDVB-H is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats. It is a technical specification for bringing broadcast services to mobile handsets. DVB-H was formally adopted as ETSI standard EN 302 304 in November 2004. The DVB-H specification can be downloaded from the official DVB-H website... - NeoVal, a small automated subway system to replace the VAL
- VHD (Hybrid Diesel Vehicle), which involves PSA Peugeot CitroënPSA Peugeot CitroënPSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A....
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The agency was headed by Jean-Louis Beffa
Jean-Louis Beffa
Jean-Louis Beffa is a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of Saint-Gobain, he is now the Chairman of the board of Saint-Gobain, and a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank....
and Robert Havas. In January 2008, the French government decided to merge the agency with the French small and medium enterprises support public agency, OSEO .