Statutes setting up the Plateforme Industrielle et d’Innovation de Caban Tonkin (PIICTO) were signed on September 4 by the port authority together with Kem One, Lyondell Chimie France, Bayer, Asco Industries, Solamat Merex, GDF Suez Thermique France, Evere, Air Liquide and Elengy.
The project is being backed under the regional government’s innovation strategy and also supports the port authority’s aim of development and diversification in the industrial and notably energy-related sectors. Prime objectives include developing a vapours network to realise synergies between producers; identifying synergies in services, utilities and products; industrial and innovation development projects; studying options for the platform’s economic model, organisation and infrastructure; and marketing initiatives including a ‘plug & play’ offer targeted at international players.