Members of GIP CHEMPARC

- French Government and the financial support of the European Union - Aquitaine Regional Council (Le Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine) - General Council of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department   (Le Conseil Général des Pyrénées-Atlantiques) - Community of Lacq Municipalities (Les Communautés de communes de Lacq) - Manufacturers within the chemical industries trade association   (U.I.C.: L’Union des Industries Chimiques) - Service sub-contractors (Association Lacq Plus) - Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Pau-Béarn and Bayonne Pays-Basque - Industrial advisory, technology transfer and training organisations - Unions representing the personnel

  

Research centres

R University of Pau and the Adour (L’Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour : UPPA)

- 33 research teams of which 15 working in science and technology,
750 research and teaching staff, 13000 students,
- A major research federation, the multidisciplinary institute of environmental and materials research (IPREM) which unites three teams bringing together state funded (CNRS) and university (UPPA) research workers,
- Engineering and industrial technology graduate school (l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Technologies Industrielles).

R Lacq Research Centre (Le Groupement de Recherches de Lacq : GRL)

One of the ARKEMA Group’s six research centres located around the world.

It represents a major part of the research for ARKEMA’s thiochemicals business unit, for Ceca and for Altuglas International. It represents an innovation centre in the following domains:
- Development of ultra selective molecular sieves capable of separating isomers and gases,
- Synthesis of block copolymers leading to nanostructural materials with exceptional properties,
- Development of manufacturing processes for the production of carbon nanotubes. Start-up of an 8 T/year pilot plant in February 2006, unique in Europe. 

R French Petroleum Institute (l’Institut Français du Pétrole: IFP)

The IFP makes available its resources in the following five areas of excellence:

- analytical and physical chemistry,
- fine chemicals,
- chemical and process engineering,
- environmental science,
- materials and polymers.