INVEST IN [LYON]

By Aderly Winter 2015

Aderly’s commitment to CSR

Fall 2015 was a very active season for Aderly and ONLYLYON which ] maintained its strong pace even in the wake of the tragic events of [Contents mid-November . In this complex and contrasted situation in which Lyon continues to prove its advantages (most attractive city in France, according to the Lyon [In]itiativeS PWC rankings published in November), our actions and commitment are all the more important: commitment to our partners through Touting Lyon’s appeal in Japan...... 2 joint projects such as Big Booster, showcasing innovative start-ups An update on Big Booster ...... 3 to spur their development; commitment through our promotional missions and international prospecting, from Japan to Germany; ONLYLYON - 1 Ambassador = 1 Action...... 4 ongoing commitment to companies through our support services for their projects; and social commitment through our CSR policy, The figure of the month: 1 million fans...... 5 clearly demonstrated in our organization and practices . Do you know ONLYLYON’s partners?...... 5 All of these efforts brought positive results for Aderly in terms of incoming businesses assisted in recent months, among them Business [story] big names such as Ubisoft, Xylam and Romi. And positive results for ONLYLYON, in terms of a vibrant and growing network of They have chosen Lyon ...... 6-7 Ambassadors who drive the campaign to “Promote, attract and keep ”. Aderly In acti[on] 2015 was therefore an active year of transition, posing new challenges Aderly’s commitment to CSR ...... 8-9 to keep pace with the changing local context . 2016 will no doubt be another important and exciting year as we venture into a new Prospecting at exhibitions: the Medica example. . . . 10 environment .This will drive our ambition to continuously evolve Sector close-up: medical technologies...... 11 by capitalizing on our experience and the know-how of a team mobilized more than ever to boost the attraction and economic Welcome to Aderly, Michelle! ...... 12 development of our local territory. Jean-Charles Foddis, Executive Director, Aderly [on] y [enIn] actitiati iveS L’AderLyonl

Touting Lyon’s appeal in Japan

An official delegation from Lyon headed to Tokyo from 16 to 20 November for the Annual Gala of the Franco-Japanese Chamber of Commerce (CCIFJ), which chose to make Lyon its guest of honor in 2015.

This event, which brought that celebrated Lyon, its heritage In all, the press conferences brought together over 850 French and and cultural events such as the together some 40 journalists . Japanese decision-makers, was an Festival of Lights, as well as its Alongside this, Aderly organized opportunity to showcase Lyon to bonds with Japan through antique several high-level meetings with the Japanese business community, lithographs and the films shot by Japanese prospects who are and for delegation members to the Lumière Brothers in Tokyo at considering setting up an activity in advance in their discussions with the end of the 19th century and lent Lyon .These meetings were attended certain strategic partners . by Institut Lumière . by Jean-Charles Foddis, Executive These include institutions and Director of Aderly and Alain scholars for Lyon Metropole, Galliano, Vice President of Lyon Japanese investors and Metropole. prospects for Aderly, journalists Finally, in partnership with the and opinion leaders for CCIFJ and Agamy, ONLYLYON ONLYLYON, and others . held a networking event for At the Gala, Alain Galliano, Vice French organizations and President of Lyon Metropole Japan-based ONLYLYON in charge of International Ambassadors, with a sneak relations, reminded us in his preview of this year’s Beaujolais address that Japan has been a Nouveau .This event brought long-standing partner of our together over 130 personalities . Alain Galliano (Lyon Metropole), Shogo Sekine, (Vice city, since 1950 and the silk President Nikko Chemical), Yukiko Vincent and Jean- Next June, another delegation industry, and is today one of Charles Foddis (Aderly) led by Lyon’s Senator-Mayor the leading foreign investors Gérard Collomb will travel in the Lyon area .The country This trip was also an opportunity back to Japan to continue and also has a number of academic and for the delegation to hold two press strengthen these partnerships cultural partnerships with Lyon conferences: one for Tokyo business institutions . journalists and the other for the The guests and partners at the culture and lifestyle press, namely festivities were treated to a décor to promote Lyon’s cultural activities .

5 things to know about Lyon and Japan

1/ Around 100 Japanese 2/ Lyon has a Japanese community 5/ Gérard Collomb has led companies have set up activities of over 3,000 people, making it several Lyon delegations to Japan in the Lyon area, including JTEKT, France’s 2nd-largest after Paris. - in November 2006, June 2009, Europe’s leader in steering systems October 2010 and July 2015 for the automobile industry, which - during which he has visited Lyon has been twinned with employs 1,700 people in the region . 3/ 5 Japanese cities (Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama for 56 years. Another Japanese firm, Toray Tokyo, Yokohama and Sendai) . Plastics, world leader in polyester and polypropylene films, employs 4/ Three Lyon schools teach 500 people in the Lyon area . Japanese .

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Big Booster: next stop, Boston!

Launched last April, during the closing of the Biovision forum, Big Booster is a program initiated by the cities of Lyon and Boston that aims to select, support and accelerate the development of start-ups with innovative projects in a full range of sectors (life sciences, digital innovation, robotics, cleantech, smart cities and more) with an international focus.

Following the call for projects launched in July 2015, April 2015 more than 460 application files were received. Launch of Big Booster at Biovision 2015 A true success made possible namely by the contributions of many partners, including Aderly, which actively mobilized its networks to scout out July 2015 innovative start-ups . Launch of call for projects 463 applications received Of the 460 applications, 72 were selected for the Boot Camp that took place in late October Origin Sectors alongside Lyon’s BlendWebMix. On the program 26% Rhône-Alpes 47% Digital 21% France 31% Health this session: helping start-ups gain skills and develop 53% Foreign 22% Environment internationally thanks to customized workshops and contacts with 150 mentors, experts, speakers and investors . A high-quality Boot Camp with a October 2015 participant satisfaction rate of nearly 100%. Boot Camp Lyon with 72 start-ups selected

20 finalists were chosen to take part in a second Origin Sectors Boot Camp in Boston from 8 to 12 February 2016 . 37% Rhône-Alpes 35% Digital Organized by MassChallenge, it will focus on how 32% France 40% Health the US market works . 31% Foreign 25% Environment The final step after Boston will be the selection of 3 laureates during a final pitch session to be held February 2016 during Biovision in April 2016 .The 3 winners will Boot Camp Boston for the 20 finalists share €100,000 in prize money to help develop their project . The second edition of Big Booster Origin Sectors will also be launched at this time. If you are an 40% Rhône-Alpes 30% Digital innovative start-up and you want to apply in 2016, 35% France 45% Health 25% Foreign 25% Environment contact us! www.bigbooster.org April 2016 Awards Ceremony for the 3 laureates at Biovision 2016 and launch of the 2nd edition of Big Booster

And the winners are... Here are the 20 finalists who have earned their ticket to Boston! Biosfer Teslab SL Enovap Metafora Biosystems SteadXP Breezometer Innavirvax Neolys Diagnostics Tilkee Cyleone Izicrea Novadiscovery uConekt Inc. Diabeloop MaaT Pharma Smart & Blue. Wair Echy Marioway Srl Spike-X Ween

As well, the jury’s 5 favorite start-ups will, in addition to Big Booster, benefit from special support to help them develop .

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Being an ONLYLYON Ambassador, . means taking action for Lyon!

Love Lyon and want to help promote the city internationally? Join the network of 21,500 Ambassadors active in 120 countries worldwide.

Created at the very beginning of the ONLYLYON • Show how much you love Lyon by placing the program, the Ambassadors network brings together ONLYLYON Ambassador logo on your e-mail native Lyonnais and those who have adopted the city signature, your business card and other media . as their home, either living in the area or expatriated . Through their activity and attachment to Lyon, GET PEOPLE TO LOVE LYON everyone helps spread the word about our great city • Showcase Lyon and all it has to offer through internationally through initiatives to promote it to their presentations or by giving out promotional tools personal and professional contacts. Once you have during your international trips or events . become an Ambassador, you: • Propose a specific action under the banner of • regularly receive newsletters and information on the ONLYLYON, e .g . an event, a product, etc . city’s dynamism, • Promote Lyon using a specific medium (a video, a • take part in events in Lyon and abroad, book, etc .) • get in touch with Ambassadors worldwide and strengthen your business network . GET PEOPLE TO COME TO LYON The aim: “1 Ambassador = 1 Action” • Spot a development opportunity that will help draw new events, investment projects, companies, talents, cultural players, tourist and more to Lyon . • Bring a media outlet or a journalist to the city .

A program launched in 2014 that today has over 550 Once you have carried out your action, tell us about it actions promoting Lyon around the world . via the Ambassadors network at Being an Ambassador means taking action for Lyon. ambassadeurs.onlylyon.com Show your involvement in favor of Lyon and become a 1,2 or 3-star Ambassador based on the scope of your action:

GET PEOPLE TO KNOW LYON • Promote everything that is unique and exceptional about Lyon by sharing our news on social media . • Help the Ambassadors network to grow by talking about ONLYLYON with the people around you and by referring your personal and professional contacts.

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1 million fans Do you know for Lyon! ONLYLYON’s partners?

Lyon’s Facebook page broke the million- For three years, ONLYLYON has worked to fan mark in November 2015! strengthen its partnership program by bringing in major corporations that illustrate the excellence of Lyon’s economy. As a result, 16 private partners are contributing to ONLYLYON’s action with their name, their resources and their strengths to the brand’s international ambitions.

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The strategic shift to digital and social media over the past 3 years, led by the ONLYLYON team that manages the page, is paying off, today ranking the city among Europe’s major capitals . Beyond this impressive figure, the community of fans is very high quality as it is extremely involved (with an 8% involvement rate, an SANTÉ • PRÉVOYANCE • RETRAITE average that is 10 times higher than that of “I Love NY”) .This means that every new publication spreads virally, reaching an average of over 200,000 people. In all, there were over 125 million views in 2015 for all posts. The Lyon Facebook page brings together people from around the globe who love the city, sharing the events and views that reflect its identity and promote its unique features.

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They have chosen Lyon

In recent months, Aderly has assisted new companies in setting up or developing in the Lyon area. Here are a few examples.

VANDEMOORTELE OPENS BRAZIL’S ROMI INVESTS ITS NEW FACTORY IN THE LYON AREA AT PIPA Romi is a leader on the Brazilian market, founded in Belgian group Vandemoortele, Europe’s leader in 1930 .The company, headquartered in Santa Barbara industrial frozen bakery goods, opened its new d’Oeste (in the state of São Paulo), manufactures production unit at Plaine de l’Ain Industrial Park (PIPA), machine tools, injection molding machines and near Lyon, at the end of October. Vandemoortele has industrial equipment used worldwide in the automotive, invested €26 million in this facility. consumer goods and agricultural equipment sectors . Romi also has two foundries to meet its own needs and This industrial bakery, to include 4 production lines by for the wind turbine sector. The group, which today has 2020, will employ one hundred workers and enable 1,800 employees worldwide, achieved sales of €223.3 the creation of an additional 70 jobs. The 3.7-hectare million in 2014 (4% of which was devoted to R&D). site also includes a frozen product storage warehouse. Production began in summer 2015 with pastries Romi has been active in the Lyon area for 7 years. The (croissants) followed by bakery items (pre-cooked site located in Saint-Priest, dedicated to sales of injection breads on nets) and three shifts are already operating. molding units, is the company’s only office in France. The group has just decided to strengthen its investment The advantages offered by the Plaine de l’Ain Industrial in Lyon with the extension of its local office and the Park convinced the group to set up there . “Its ideal creation of a new machine tools department. It will location enables us to easily export throughout Europe, employ 10 people within 3 years and will strengthen namely to Germany, Switzerland and Italy,” explains the facility’s current headcount (13 employees). Francis Bon, Managing Director of Vandemoortele Bakery France . Romi was assisted by Aderly in this project, namely for questions regarding the mobility of its employees “The proximity with Lyon also enables us to easily deliver (administrative requirements, impatriation, etc .) The. to small stores on a daily basis. As well, PIPA offers strong Agency is also working with the company to recruit know-how in following up and managing setup operations, several employees, namely a technician specialized in which helps save time on the project. And the Park has an machine tools and sales representatives . ambitious sustainable development strategy, a value that is consistent with our company policy.” www.romifrance.fr

Vandemoortele was assisted by Aderly staff throughout UBISOFT SETS UP IN LYON this setup project. At the outset, the Agency offered the group 8 potential sites in less than 3 weeks . “The BY ACQUIRING IVORY first visits started in June and July 2013, and by July 2014 TOWER the initial earth-moving work was underway,” concludes Francis Bon . In early October 2015, Ubisoft announced it was acquiring Ivory Tower, the Lyon studio behind The Crew, Founded in 1899, Vandemoortele today has operations an open world racing game . Assisted by Aderly, the in 12 European countries and employs over 5,000 staff. French video game publisher decided to take on Ivory In 2014, its sales reached €1 .269 million . Tower’s one hundred employees, experts in racing games, and allow them to stay in their offices in Lyon, www.vandemoortele.com thus giving Ubisoft a foothold in the Lyon metropolitan area.

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Founded in 2007, Ivory Tower is a development studio which its productions are relocated . Production in Lyon that contributed to the success of several games is slated to begin in March 2016. renowned worldwide, such as Need for SpeedTM, V-Rally and Test Drive® Unlimited. Today, The Crew Today a European leader in high-end animation, Xilam’s confirms the studio’s excellence by selling over 3 million productions are broadcasted in 150 countries .The copies and enabling Ivory Tower to reach €7 .2 million company has a catalog of 1,500 program episodes in sales in 2014 . including Oggy and the Cockroaches, Space Goofs, The Daltons, Paprika and more. As of today, Xilam Launched in December 2014 after 7 years of has produced 18 programs, 15 of which are still being development in collaboration with several Ubisoft broadcasted around the world, and the company studios, The Crew will be enriched with new content employs 300 artists at its two studios in Paris and Ho newt month with the release of The Crew Wild Run . Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Ubisoft, the number 3 independent publisher in Europe and the USA, achieved sales of over €1.4 billion in Aderly assisted Xilam from the very inception of 2014 thanks to its 9,000 employees at 29 development the project, playing an active role at every step, in studios worldwide . coordination with all of the players mobilized for this emblematic setup project, namely Lyon Metropole, Its arrival confirms Lyon’s excellence in the video game Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Imaginove and the Rhône-Alpes industry. Indeed, Lyon is home to major developers Region (FIACRE) . and publishers such as Electronic Arts, Namco Bandai (French head offices) and Bigpoint, PC and console The Agency will continue to follow up on the project game development studios such as Artefact Studios and until it is finalized at a Villeurbanne business park Arkane Studios, and young studios such as Old Skull dedicated to imaging and creative industries that today Games, Gloomywood and Dowino. brings together over 100 companies in the sector and makes the industry more competitive. www.ubisoft.com According to Marc du Pontavice, founder of Xilam, “Lyon XILAM SETS UP A won us over thanks to its many assets and the fact that 3 key players - the Rhône-Alpes Cinéma co-production PRODUCTION STUDIO fund, the Imaginove competitiveness cluster and the Émile IN LYON Cohl art school - are in the area.”

Founded in 1999, Xilam is a French cartoon production The region’s attractiveness also played a role, as the company for television, cinema and new technological Lyon area offers a quality of life that appeals to the platforms. After having considered several regions in Parisian and foreign executives that Xilam aims to France, Xilam finally chose Lyon, where it will relocate transfer and recruit for the new studio. part of its production by opening a new studio that should create 80 jobs in the short term and Xilam’s choice of Lyon testifies yet again to the city’s 120 within three years, depending on the speed at excellence in the imaging sector and benefits the entire local industry thanks namely to the company’s search for subcontractor animation studios and tech companies, to its R&D needs, to its partnerships with local training programs and schools, and more .

This is an opportunity for Lyon to become even more attractive in this sector. Xilam’s future Lyon studio will begin by producing 2 series: Paprika, for 3 to 6 year-olds for France Télévisions and the second season of Magic, for 6 to 11 year-olds for children’s channel Gulli.

www.xilam.com

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Aderly’s commitment to CSR

As a key player in the economic development of the Lyon area, Aderly is highly sensitive to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) processes. After obtaining the LUCIE Label - which assesses, develops and promotes organizations’ CSR actions - in January 2015, the Agency has made new commitments, namely to give its initiatives greater visibility and support those of its stakeholders (clients, suppliers, employees, etc.). Here are a few examples. Our stakeholders are committed!

ReneSola is an G r e e n w i s h e s international manu- is an innovative facturer and supplier of SME that solar panels and LED offers companies a unique, 100% French service lighting systems .The listed company has 32 local for collecting, sorting and recycling office waste. offices and 59 logistics platforms worldwide. In Greenwishes helps Lyon companies to go further February 2014, it invested in the Lyon area and in their sustainable development policies and in set up operations in Décines Charpieu.

their socially responsible investment . The company Suppliers side Customers side ReneSola aims to contribute to respecting the offers an end-to-end sorting and recycling environment and to provide low-energy products . solution with traceability at every step. It also assesses the carbon footprint of its solar Since 19 May 2014, Greenwishes has had the Lyon panel production every year . Its collaboration with Fair and Sustainable City (LVED) label, which commits Aderly reflects the shared aim of respecting the the company to curbing the environmental impact of environment and reducing energy consumption in its activity, promoting citizen initiatives and working commercial buildings and homes . with local suppliers and partners . www.renesola.fr www.greenwishes.fr

Founded in Munich in April 2014, Foodora is a start-up that Becycle is an envi- has created an e-commerce ronmentally friendly platform that puts Lyon’s finest Lyon delivery company restaurants in contact with customers who want to founded in 2004. have a meal delivered to their home or workplace . Originally created based on the model of New York City bicycle couriers, Foodora has a positive environmental impact by Becycle quickly developed a full menu of services choosing delivery exclusively by bicycle. In certain ranging from express delivery of letters in downtown conditions where using a bicycle is impossible and nearby suburban areas to delivery of parcels to (for example on steep hillsides), the company the other side of the world. uses electric scooters . In addition to helping the environment, it helps to curb noise pollution in public The common denominator in all of these services is spaces . the exclusive use of environmentally friendly means of transport and the smallest possible ecological In terms of human resources, Foodora has chosen to footprint. give young people a chance by recruiting students and new graduates without much experience . “We train Thus, in 10 years, the company has helped its customers save 275 tons of CO emissions . The them and help them, we give them real responsibilities, 2 and we offer the most promising employees open-ended company now offers its express delivery services to contracts,” explains Soufian Madid, City Manager for over 250 clients and specializes in “last mile” delivery, Lyon . the weak link in the delivery chain for traditional transport companies . www.foodora.fr www.becycle.com

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Signatory of the Diversity Charter What commitments? On 26 November 2015, Aderly 1. To raise awareness and train signed the Diversity Charter, a text managers and staff involved in HR, that condemns discrimination in the 2. To respect and put into practice workplace and promotes diversity . the principle of non-discrimination, 5. To make implementation of the diversity policy the subject of dialog Why? 3. To seek to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of French society in with personnel representatives, To testify to its commitment to its workforce, 6. To include in its annual report a cultural, ethnic and social diversity 4. To communicate its commitment chapter describing its commitment . within the Agency . to its employees and inform them of the results,

Signatory of the Regional Climate Energy Plan

to associate local public and assessment, 3x20 On 12 November 2015, Aderly VISION 2020 became a signatory of the Regional private players in order to meet Regularly Climate Energy Plan initiated by aims related to climate change, perform waste Lyon Metropole in 2010. It is now to serve as an example for its management -20% committed to developing its own stakeholders in order to motivate (recycling, etc .), energy consumption action plan in line with the “Low them to also take part in this consistently use Carbon Greater Lyon” scenario. initiative . car-sharing solutions -20% such as BlueLY . GHG emissions Why? What actions? to show its responsible offer incoming companies +20% commitment to the region, a free energy diagnostics renewable energy consumption CSR Challenge Operation or how to get employees involved on a daily basis? Regular recycling operations Proposal for carbon equipment for disabled people, to continuously re-use paper, compensation with Aquaverde, Participation in the Handicafé a nonprofit specialized in Group blood drives, forum to meet disabled people reforestation. seeking employment, Donating pens for an Proposal to collect toys to association that gives them out to In addition, Aderly gives its employees benefit young children hospitalized children in India, the opportunity to take a half-day off at Hospices Civils de Lyon, in order to donate time to the charity Provision of English classes for Collection of bottle caps (sold of their choice. employees from an ESAT (work and recycled) in order to fund integration social enterprise), Aderly’s Good Practices! Providing easier access to Partnership with NQT (Nos Implementing a responsible, eco-friendly means of transport Quartiers ont des Talents) to sustainable purchasing process (memberships in BlueLy car- sponsor young graduates and help from end to end, sharing service, provision of public them in their job research, transport tickets and cards for Implementing an Ethics Performing a yearly carbon Vélo’v free-access rental bicycles, Charter in 2016 with the values​​ footprint assessment for Aderly ‘s etc.), and commitments of Aderly’s team employees business trips and the and its Board. Close working relationships Agency’s visitors, with local providers, etc,

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Prospecting at exhibitions: the Medica example

The Medica exhibition is held every November in Düsseldorf, Germany. It is THE must-attend event in medical devices (or medical technologies) and the world’s largest exhibition in the sector. Aderly choose to attend the exhibition alongside the I-Care cluster in the French pavillion in order to detect investment projects for the Lyon area.

A specialized trade show in a Aderly leverages a booth shared with high-growth sector partners Medica welcomes over 4,000 exhibitors and around Aderly was on hand at Medica, alongside the I-Care 130,000 visitors from 120 countries in a 305,000 sq. cluster, with the aim of promoting the Lyon area to m. exhibition hall. The show spans the entire field, from attract foreign companies into the region. diagnostics to implants to hospital devices and much more . It is paired with the Compamed medical suppliers’ trade show . The medical device sector’s strong 6% growth outpaces that of the pharmaceutical industry. This trend is primarily due to the evolution of our society (namely, our aging population) . France is Europe’s second-largest market after Germany. The Rhône-Alpes region concentrates 15% of France’s players in the sector, with a mix of large international corporations and innovative local SMEs, accounting for nearly 30,000 jobs in the region. A strategic industry for the Lyon area Medical technology is a strategic area of development for the Lyon metropolitan area in the life sciences sector, which has until now been primarily focused on vaccines, infectious diseases and cancer. Medica is an important showcase to promote the city’s competitive Several means were used to achieve this . At a networking advantages in the field. It is indeed quite a unique cocktail, Aderly welcomed more than 400 guests to its opportunity to see all medical device manufacturers stand, primarily visitors and exhibitors from 23 different in one setting, to meet the major suppliers in the countries . industry and to get in touch with This was an opportunity for the Agency to other foreign organizations, which collect contacts in order to strengthen its helps to strengthen the Lyon area’s prospecting portfolio, as well as to promote position as well as its awareness in Lyon’s medical technologies sector and Aderly’s Europe and worldwide . services. In terms of communication tools, a In addition, the medical devices brochure on medical devices was distributed and sector is part of the metropolitan a special Lyon edition of the Biotech Finances cluster strategy that brings trade journal on the regional medtech industry together Lyon Metropole, Saint- was handed out (documents downloadable at Etienne Métropole, ViennAgglo www .investinlyon .com) . and CAPI (the Porte de l’Isère The trade fair also enabled Aderly teams to Urban Community) . Lyon and hold a number of business meetings with Saint-Etienne are complementary, companies on hand at the event . Among the each offering skills in mechanical contacts met, the Agency has identified fifteen engineering, textiles, plastics and particularly interesting prospects with potential healthcare . development projects in Europe .

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Business sector - Medical devices

Single-use and Implants reusable equipment The Medical device In vitro diagnostics Electro-medical systems sector includes Equipment for the a number of Medical textiles sub-fields disabled handicap Imaging Medical informatics

Lyon is a leader in Europe...... further strengthened by Saint- Rhône-Alpes: 20% of the French market, worth €20 billion in 2013 Etienne... nd 2 -largest market in France 1/3 of the Rhône-Alpes region’s potential 30,000 jobs A specialization in orthopedic implants, medical and sports textiles, home care, biotechnology and 300 companies, including 10 European and clinical research world leaders One business cluster dedicated to technological Lyon: #1 in France for production and subcontracting innovation of medical devices, Minalogic One competitiveness cluster in the field, Lyonbiopôle, ...and rounded out by Grenoble’s and other clusters that organize the industry: I-care, expertise in biology, chemistry, Plastipolis, Pôle Technologie Médicale... nanotechnology and physics They have chosen the Lyon area Single-use devices and consumables BD, Aguettant, Air Liquide, CAIR LGL, Perouse Medical (Vygon) and others Implants and prostheses LYON Stryker, Medtronic-Covidien, Tornier, Sorin Group, Zimmer-Biomet, Depuy, SERF, Groupe Lépine and Grenoble others Saint-Etienne Medical textiles and wound treatments Thuasne, Gibaud, Sigvaris,Tetra Medical, Zodiac a nd others Electro-medical and dialysis systems Fresenius, Gambro - Baxter, EDAP TMS and others Medical imaging and software Animascope, Voxcan, Trixell, Surgical Institute, Kitware and others

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Michelle Hermelin joins Aderly

Michelle has chosen Aderly to continue her professional adventure. Since November, she has been in charge of eco-technology, chemicals and environment on the Agency’s Technologies team. An introduction.

1/ Can you introduce yourself 2/ What is your role at Aderly? and tell us about your background? I am responsible for the cleantech sector, which includes chemicals and I am a chemical process engineer, environment, working closely with specialized in environmental other team members who prospect biotechnology. Before joining Aderly, I on markets such as renewable energy, was a project manager at a cleanweb clean transports and related areas . and sustainable development start-up My mission involves prospecting in Toronto . companies with investment projects to get them set up in the Lyon area . Before that, I worked as an environmental consultant for a major international group in Vancouver, 3/ What prospecting strategy Canada, where I had the chance to do you plan to use to contact work in North America . I had the companies in your sector? Imprimé sur papier 60 % recyclé Imprimé sur papier opportunity to study at Queen’s University in Canada and at CPE Lyon I plan to adopt a strategy to collaborate in France . with the various teams at Aderly and Michelle Hermelin to strengthen relationships with local [email protected] My training in Argentina, Canada and players and partners . I also plan to 33 (0)4 72 40 58 42 France helped to build my profile and mobilize my international contacts to international career . develop my network of prospects. Graphic design: Graphic

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