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Iter Business Forum 2011
Manosque December 7 & 8, 2011
Var Accueil Investisseurs participates to the next Iter Business Forum 2001 in Manosque, in collaboration with the WOIC Iter and renewable energy. This event will include: an industrial conference with a plenary session and thematic workshops, Business to Business Meetings (“One on One”) scheduled on line by companies themselves, a dinner on December 7 for networking purpose, a visit of the ITER Site at Cadarache. for further details

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Electronics, microelectronics and photonics

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur leads the French and Southern-European regions for microelectronics.


There are over 80 regional SMEs in the photonics and image processing sector employing some 2 500 people.

The development of these trades relies on regional technological interface bodies:

The Var is home to many skills uncluding telecommunications and networks, electric cables, optics, photonics, electronic components and research and development centres.

Some of the firms and establishments

  • Groupe Circet: telecommunications and networks.
  • Lapp Muller: electric cables.
  • Micro BE: electronics and computer engineering office.
  • Optis: software and studies to simulate and analyse light and optics.
  • Techtonic: R&D into microelectronics and onboard computing.
  • Transfix: electric cables.
  • Vishay: electronic components.
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