Danone, DMC join forces to create new biotech centre

Danone, Michelin, DMC Biotechnologies, and Crédit Agricole Centre France come together to create the Biotech Open Platform to bolster the development of advanced fermentation processes, particularly precision fermentation.

With an investment of over €16 million in the first phase, the industrial and technological platform will be located in Clermont-Ferrand within the Parc Cataroux Center for Sustainable Materials in France, an innovation accelerator supported by Michelin.

The Biotech Open Platform is also supported by several public and private institutions: the University of Clermont Auvergne, the company Greentech, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Clermont Auvergne Métropole.