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ESTER’s services
 
- The Business Incubatorwhich welcomes start-ups :
  • Provides :
    • Premises adapted to each demand with special rates for a limited time,
    • Administrative services with shared expenses,
    • Aid in management and technology,
  • Fosters :
    • Exchanges among entrepreneurs,
    • Privileged relations with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Limoges and Haute-Vienne.

- The Technology Incubator :

  • Selects new projects in research laboratories,
  • Helps researchers in their commercial, industrial, technical, and financial procedures,
  • Provides new entrepreneurs with access to a network of scientific skills corresponding to their activities.

- The Center for Technology Transfer in Ceramics (CTTC) :

  • Works out or improves any new ceramic product while respecting the specifications,
  • Develops low-cost industrial solutions for ceramic parts,
  • Makes prototypes and pre-series,
  • Guarantees technology transfer between research and industry,
  • Finds new activities.

- Limousin Technologie , which acts as an interface between businesses and technology offer :

  • Informs about current technologies and local resources,
  • Advises and guides firms in developing their technological projects through personalized interviews,
  • Develops local projects in different areas (the building industry, public works, renovation, wood, construction, mecatronics),
  • Provides aid in collective experimentation of new technologies.

- Limousin Participations , which specializes in venture capital :

  • Provides financial guidance in starting up, developing, or taking over local businesses,
  • Brings advice and objective industrial analyses in the medium term,
  • Respects the entrepreneur’s autonomy.

- Caféine, which is a cooperative society :

  • Has the same role as the Business Incubator but works on cooperative start-ups,
  • Assesses the practicability of a business project (its economic potential, for instance),
  • Hosts start-up businesses, both for legal and accounting purposes,
  • Hosts start-up businesses, both for legal and accounting purposes.

- The Association for the Employment of Executive Staff (APEC) :

  • Gives access to numerous job offers and to information on recruiting firms,
  • Guides job seekers in shaping their professional careers or finding a new job through personalized advice,
  • Provides all the necessary information to work out a professional strategy or write a CV,
  • Publishes a weekly paper, “Courrier Cadres” (“Executive Mail”), which features numerous classified ads in various sectors, as well as informative reports.
Other services will soon be made available by the Delegation for the Development of the Limoges and Limousin Science Park: a transit office, which should open soon; a videoconference center both for ESTER and exterior users.
Expert-consultants from various sectors will also be available to listen and give advice to all members of the Science Park.
 

"ESTER, which is like a toolbox for economic development, hosts several dynamic organizations. Work teams are dedicated to giving personalized advice and assistance, and thus to guaranteeing success!".

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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