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98 Technopolitan actors

Distribution of the companies:
By localization By Statutes
ESTER ressource building
ESTER Park
private companies
Organisms / Associations / Diverses
By activities By manpowers
Biology, Health
Engineering Techniques
Industry and Tertiary Industrial Sector
Higher Education, Research
Services to companie
1 to 9: 52
10 to 50: 22
more than 50: 3

Cumulative figures
1992 1
1993 7
1994 18
1995 27
1996 33
1997 43
1998 50
1999 58
2000 76
2001 74
2002 77
2003 84
2004 98

Evolution of creation





1077 employements

Year Employements Evolution
1992 120  
1993 170 +50
1994 250 +80
1995 360 +110
1996 450 +90
1997 540 +100
1998 640 +100
1999 730 + 90
2000 930 + 200
2003 1020 + 90
2004 1077 + 57


Evolution of direct employments on the technopolis:

2815 students

CCI Formation  
Long cycle 218
Short cycle 1066
Language Study Cycle 1100

ENSIL 476 
(University Year)  
1996 250
1998 330
2000 390
2002 476
2004 431

Repartition by speciality inside ENSIL:

Water and environment: 141
Electronic, communications: 110
Water and waste treatment: 100
Mecatronic: 80



ESTER

Architects: Yves Bayard and Jacques Charon
Built by: city of Limoges
built under contracts by: SELI
SHON: 9 600 square meters

Rented space 6 600 square meters
(100% of converted space)

Offices: 4120 square meters
Workshops: 1410 square meters
Restaurant: 630 square meters
meeting spaces: 320 square meters
Technical premises: 120 square meters



ESTER Park

ESTER Limoges Technopolis is inside a ZAC of more than 120 ha, divided in 3 areas of 40 ha each, in which the area is committed to SELI (Limousin Equipment Public Company) by Limoges City.

ESTER Satellites

1998 Office Building ANTARES 1000 m2
1999 Office Building
BOREAL		 1500 m2
2001 Office Building CASSIOPÉE 2000 m2





Evolution of daily average attendance of ESTER Restaurant from 1996 to 2004.




1991 -> Creation of ZAC of Limoges Technology Park

1992 -> Laying of the foudation of ESTER by Hubert Curien, Research Ministry LEGRAND's SITEL opening

1993-> ESTER inauguration by Alain Rodet, Deputy-Mayor of Limoges

1994 -> Creation of the "Business Incubator"

1996 ->ENSIL's opening on the technopolis, (Limoges Graduate School of Engineering)

1997 -> Setting up of the Delegation for the Development of Limoges Technopolis and the Limousin Region

1998 -> ESTER becomes full member of France Technopolises and member of IASP (International Association of Science Parks)

2000 -> Setting up of the "AILE" Incubator on the ESTER site

2004 -> The ESTER building gets the "Heritage of the 20th Century" label - Setting up of the permanent dlegation of the city os SETO (Japan)

2005 -> ESTER is audited by "France Technopole Entreprises Innovation" and retains its "Technopolis" label
E.S.T.E.R Limoges Technopole - 87069 Limoges cedex
Tel: + 33 (0) 555 42 60 00 - Fax: + 33 (0) 555 42 60 05 - Email: ester@tech-limoges.fr
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