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• The Toulouse-based start-up has developed a manufacturing process to produce new-generation bipolar plates in carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material for hydrogen fuel cells,
• 8 million euros will be invested in a new site, also based in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), to set up a first industrial production line.
• Hycco targets production capacity of 165,000 bipolar plates by 2027
• Created in 2019, the start-up employs 17 people.

The Vendée-based leisure group, with two theme parks in Moutiers les Maufaits, invests 5 million euros

O'Fun park and 'O'Gliss , the two theme parks welcomed 320,000 visitors in 2023, including 210,000 for the water park alone.

They achieved sales of 9 million euros for the 2023 season.

20 permanent employees and up to 320 in season.

• Vinventions, 500 employees and sales of nearly 200 million euros
• World's second-largest manufacturer of wine corks
• Plant in Rivesaltes (Pyrénées-Orientales).
• 3.5 billion corks produced by Vinventions last year, 54% in plastic and 43% in metal screw caps
• Preferred for fine wines, genuine cork actually accounts for just 7% of the 20 billion bottles of wine sold every year.
• There aren't enough materials to meet every demand
• Agglomerated corks account for 35-45% of the market.

• The company was founded in 2015.
• It has sales of 4 million euros.
• Adopteunbureau sells furniture salvaged from corporate moves and reconditioned at 30% to 50% less than new.
• Adopteunbureau has 18 employees and has refurbished 450 chairs for the PMU company and equipped 750 complete workstations for Paris Santé Campus.
• Second-hand equipment is plentiful, with 100,000 tons of it discarded each year in France, but only 3.6% is available to reconditioning professionals in 2021.
• The Essonne-based SME Bluedigo has 20 employees and sales of 4 million euros.
• It has furnished 2,000 customers since its creation four years ago.
• New regulations require 20% re-use in public purchases of office equipment.

• The SMB watchmaking company took over Lip in 2014.
• The Lip brand achieved sales of 8 million euros in 2022.
• The Lip watch brand developed an exclusive movement chronograph in 2020.
• The Lip Courage range now includes a model with a steel bracelet, a ladies' model and two new diving watches water-resistant to 200 meters.
• Lip signed an agreement formalizing its title as watchmaker to the Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France in October.
• Lip produced a watch in tribute to the 50-year social movement in a limited edition of 1973 pieces.
• In 2022, Lip sold 70,000 watches, representing growth of 48%.
• SMB is investing half a million euros to restructure its site and acquire new machines by 2024.
• SMB employs 130 people in Greater Besançon, including 60 for the Lip brand.

• One of the last remaining specialists in Aubusson tapestry, this family-run business in the Creuse region of France is building a new workshop dedicated to the production of tufted carpets.
• Since the 1970s, carpets have gradually taken the place of Aubusson tapestry at Ateliers Pinton.
• the spinning mill with 120 employees is still present on the art market with hand-woven tapestries, never produced in quantities of more than eight, based on works by contemporary artists.
• Diversification into Jacquart and high-end tufted carpets generates 6 million euros in revenues out of 10.
• Present in Paris, Dubai, Doha, New York and Hong Kong, the company belongs to the elite of French decorative arts,
• Over 60% of its creations are exported, mainly to hotel designers.

• In Rozelieures (Lorraine), the Grallet-Dupic farm-distillery produces fruit brandies and whisky under the Rozelieures brand
• Investment of 7 million euros for the construction of three cellars,
• Objective: triple the distillery's production capacity to 560,000 hectolitres.
• Investment: 8 million euros devoted to the purchase of barrels and malt, and the creation of four to five jobs by 2024,
• A new step, then, for the Grallet-Dupic farm-distillery, which embarked on the Rozelieures whisky adventure in 2000. The first bottles were sold in Lorraine in 2007.

• Taglab, owner of top-of-the-range Moustache ice cream, aims to expand its franchise network by opening "around fifteen new outlets a year"
• The SME has opened up 20% of its capital to Unexo, Crédit Agricole's investment fund, backed by the bank's Côtes-d'Armor regional branch and BNP.
• Taglab produces 450,000 liters of ice cream a year, with sales of 4 million euros this year (financial year ending September).
• Les glaces Moustache sees its business growing by 15% in 2023, following growth of over 50% in 2022.

• Digital temping platform Iziwork was founded in 2018.
• The start-up has 250 employees. Iziwork was placed in receivership in September.
• Iziwork currently employs 7,000 temps a day.

• &Repeat improves restaurant waste collection with purchase of Groom
• Groom specializes in local waste collection for the catering industry
• The company handles small volumes of waste from twelve &Repeat partner restaurants in the Paris region