News : MINATEC

“Our sample preparation training course is unique in France” In November 2012, LMGP will offer its transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample preparation course for the fourth time. What makes the course unique? The training course covers various sample preparation techniques suitable for both solid and divided samples, such as: tripod mechanical polishing; ionic thinning; focused […] >>

If you are not familiar with the research being done at Paris-based CEA-LIST, then stop by the MINATEC showroom to discover the research center’s models, videos, and demos. Several of the LIST-developed technologies being showcased stand out from the “products” familiar to Grenoble-based labs. Just a few examples include: augmented reality for sales reps; virtual […] >>

Quebec’s INRS* university will grant MINATEC Director Jean-Charles Guibert an honorary doctorate degree at the Entretiens Jacques Cartier colloquium in Lyon on November 18, 2012. Prior to his tenure as Director of MINATEC, Mr. Guibert was an accomplished lithography researcher with some 20 patents to his name. Mr. Guibert also made significant contributions to France’s […] >>

MINATEC Entreprises, a majority government-owned company, elected a new Chairman at its September 7, 2012 Board of Directors meeting. Alain Cottalorda, 66 years old, will replace Geneviève Fioraso. Mr. Cottalorda is currently mayor of Bourgoin-Jallieu, a representative on the Isère General Council, and President of the Porte de l’Isère intermunicipal authority. He has also been […] >>

Enertecs, a start-up that specializes in nickel-zinc batteries, has just set up shop in the MINATEC High-tech Building as part of a partnership with CEA-Liten. Enertecs is a subsidiary of Paris-based SCPS, which led a breakthrough in nickel-zinc batteries by successfully resolving the cycling problems inherent to these batteries. The company is now leveraging Liten’s […] >>