Visit from the Secretary General for Investment and the Prefect of the Region as part of the SCRAPCO2MET project

On Friday March 29, 2024, Mecaware welcomed Bruno Bonnell - Secretary General for Investment, in charge of steering France 2030, Fabienne Buccio - Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, as well as its industrial and financial partners.

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This visit is in line with the France 2030 plan, of which Mecaware is a prizewinner with its _ScrapCO2METcollaborative project: industrialization of an in situ recycling process for gigafactory scrap and reincorporation of metals into the value chain.

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A producer of strategic metals by recycling technological waste using a disruptive and virtuous chemical process, start-up Mecaware has already secured €50 million since its launch in 2020, from a pool of investors and the French government. Further accelerating its development, it aims to become a major player in the recycling of electric batteries and the production of strategic metals in France and Europe. This is a crucial issue for our country's sovereignty over strategic metals and for reindustrialization.

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Supported by Mecaware, ScrapCO2MET is a collaborative project involving Verkor, MTB and the academic laboratories Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires (ICBMS - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1/CNRS/CPE Lyon/INSA Lyon) and Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et de Physicochimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces (LEPMI - CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes/Université Savoie Mont-Blanc). The project will add a circular economy component to the fast-growing battery manufacturing sector, enabling the production of 7,000 tonnes a year of recycled strategic metals on an industrial scale, in particular lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese.

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"France 2030 has enabled us to mobilize key partners to address the issue of resource sovereignty in the energy transition from a territorial perspective. France 2030 is also a mark of confidence that generates significant leverage for the financing of our development. Bruno BONNELL honors us with his visit and has seen that, at MECAWARE, we're making progress!

Arnaud Villers d'Arbouet,
co-founder and CEO of MECAWARE

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We would like to warmly thank our institutional, industrial, academic and financial partners for their presence during this strategic visit: Mme Catherine Staron, Vice-President of the AURA Region; Mme Charlotte Crépon, Sous-Préfète du Rhône; M. Bruno Bernard, Président de la Métropole; Mme Michèle Picard, Maire de Vénissieux; M. Gilles Moreau et M. Louis Roche, Verkor; M. Jean-Philippe Fusier et M. Thomas Michaud, MTB; M. Olivier Dugrip, Recteur de l'Académie AURA; M. Frédéric Fleury, Président de l'Académie AURA. Frédéric Fleury, President of Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ; M. Théo Rivoire, Directeur de Cabinet Adjoint Académie AURA ; Mme Sophie Jullian, SATT Pulsalys ; M. Stéphane Simoncini, Crédit Mutuel Innovation ; M. Laurent Monnin (excused). Laurent Monnin (excused), SGPI2-France 2030; Ms Johanne Ulrich, EIT InnoEnergy; Mr Nicolas Penet, UI Investissement; Mr Jonathan Guichard, BPI France; Ms Sarah Asseo and Mr Olivier Gillet, ADEME; as well as the entire Mecaware staff, who made the visit an outstanding event.