History
Construction phase





2018
Submission of AgroTechnoPôle project to IRICE call for proposals

2019
Supported by
CR AURA (IRICE)
French government (FNADT)
CD 03 (via CAP20-25)
01/01/2020
Fusion INRA-IRSTEA

Creation of INRAE
13/02/2020
Mobilisation of Innovative Companies
2020
Strengthening of ATP positioning
Serving the agro-ecological transition
2020
Sherpa-Engeneering's interest in the Test activity as an OPERATOR
+ decision to set up an associated partnership laboratory (LPA) with TSCF and Inrae
Deployment phase (2021 - 2024)
2021
Membership/support of first 4 Referral Companies
Late 2021
Launch of 6 Working Groups to define the Sections (Infrastructures) of the AgroTechnoPole
CR AURA (IRICE)
French government (FNADT)
CD 03 (via CAP20-25)
March 2022
AgroTechnoPôle Consortium Agreement signed by Members

- Academic (7)
- Referral companies (4)
- Collective Professionals (4)
16/06/2022
1st COS ATP meeting
2022
Charter signed with Innovative Enterprises

On 14 June 2022, the AgroTechnoPôle’s Strategic Orientation Committee (COS) met for the first time under the chairmanship of Mr Christian HUYGHE (INRAE Scientific Director) and his vice-chairman Gilbert JOUAN (Managing Director BUREL PRODUCTION) at its privileged site at INRAE Montoldre (03).
Dec 2022
SEMAE - Interprofession des Plants et Semences - joins ATP as a Professional Collective Member

13 March 2023
Official signature of the LPA i-SMART

By Mr Atilla YAZMAN - Chairman of SHERPA-Engineering and Emmanuel HUGO - Chairman of the Centre Clermont-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes