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Ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new Interscience plant and R&D centre

Ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new Interscience plant and R&D centre

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Published on 9 June 2023 Ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new Interscience plant and R&D centre

Interlab - Interscience

The first stone was symbolically laid on Friday 2 June 2023 on the site of the future buildings in Puycapel.

Emmanuel Jalenques

“We are delighted to be expanding our plant in Puycapel. We’re going to be able to double the surface area of our R&D offices, our production volumes and our storage and logistics logistics space. We are also delighted to be constructing buildings that will be 100% energy self-sufficient, and entirely carbon-free.„

says Emmanuel Jalenques, co-director of the company Interlab / Interscience.

All the company’s employees were honoured to receive Mr Wahid Ferchiche, sub-prefect of the Aurillac district ; Mr Bernard Delcros, senator ; Mr Stéphane Sautarel, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional councillor ; Mr Vincent Descoeur, member of parliament ; Mrs Dominque Beaudrey and Mr Florian Morelle, Cantal departmental councillors ; Mr Michel Teyssedou, President of the Communauté de Communes de la Chataigneraie Cantalienne ; Mr François Danemans, Mayor of Puycapel, at the ground-breaking ceremony.

François Jalenques

François Jalenques (1928-2012)
Physicist, Founder of RIBER and Interscience

The family company, founded by François Jalenques in 1979, now employs 170 people, including 100 at its historic site in Puycapel, where the company has its roots.

This project will also create around a hundred additional jobs in the Cantal region, as well as in its subsidiaries in the United States, China, Singapore and France.

A particular attention has been paid to the ecological footprint of the project, designed by Atelier Camino of Montsalvy, as well as its integration into the local environment.

New Interscience plant and R&D centre

•3000 m² additional area
•2x production volumes
•2x R&D workspace
•100% energy autonomy
•100% green energy

New Interscience plant and R&D centre

•1600 m² solar panels
•2x more storage
•100% wooden structure
•100% waste sorted
•100% local wood heating

Jules Jalenques

“We designed the buildings in collaboration with the employees. This will enable us to offer a high quality of work, particularly in production where the workspaces will be air conditioned. All our profits are reinvested 100% in improving our work tools.„

explains Jules Jalenques, co-director of the company Interlab / Interscience.

New Interscience plant and R&D centre

•11 meters under ceiling, convection and natural light
•Building designed with employees
•Air-conditioned workstations
•Canadian well for natural cooling
•Soundproof workstations

New Interscience plant and R&D centre

•100% made in France
•170 employees worldwide
•100 employees in Puycapel
•80% production exported in 130 countries

The Communauté de Communes de la Chataigneraie Cantalienne, chaired by Michel Teyssedou the project in the form of a relay workshop, in conjunction with the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region, the Cantal Département and the Prefecture. This project is also supported and accompanied by the BPI and the government’s Plan de Relance. This new investment is estimated to total around 10 Million €.

Communauté de communes Châtaigneraie Cantalienne