Inovallée

Inovallée (contraction in French for the words innovation and valley) is a science park located at Meylan and Montbonnot-Saint-Martin near Grenoble in France.

Created in 1972 with the acronym ZIRST,[1][2] it becomes Inovallée in 2005 and houses primarily companies in the fields of information and communications technology. In 2014, there are more than 362 companies and 11,174 people working in the park.[3]

Inovallée also benefits from the close proximity of Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble Institute of Technology and the Polygone Scientifique.[4]

Companies and institutions

The major companies located at Inovallée are Xerox research centre europe,[5] Orange labs, Dolphin Integration, Mirantis, Schneider Electric, Salesforce.com[6] and also the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation.

References

  1. ↑ acronym ZIRST.
  2. ↑ lesechos.fr, A Grenoble, la ZIRST va étendre sa zone d'influence. (French)
  3. ↑ lessor.fr, Inovallée confirme sa forte attractivité (French)
  4. ↑ Inovallée
  5. ↑ greenit.fr, Air Liquide teste le coach personnalisé Print Awareness Tool de Xerox. (French)
  6. ↑ lemagit.fr, Salesforce ouvre un centre de R&D à Grenoble. (French)

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Coordinates: 45°12′35″N 5°47′50″E / 45.2097°N 5.7972°E / 45.2097; 5.7972

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