MecaLab

An innovation laboratory at the heart of Mecaware's development strategy

FUNDERS

BPI through the "Deeptech development aid" scheme

Project purpose

The MecaLab project aims to provide Mecaware with its own R&D capabilities by setting up an in-house laboratory and recruiting qualified technical teams. This innovation center will allow the breakthrough technologies developed by the company to mature, with the aim of bringing them to market on a large scale.

The MecaLab is a development center for Mecaware's core competencies, meeting R&D needs in several complementary areas. The laboratory brings together synthesis, analysis, separative techniques and electrochemistry, providing all the tools needed to :

  • Accelerate R&D on battery material recycling, for internal and collaborative projects.
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  • Provide internal support for scaling up technologies through the creation of demonstrators and pilots.
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  • Broadening the scope of intervention in the battery value chain, with a broader vision towards new sectors.
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  • The completion of this project marks the creation of a strategic tool at the heart of Mecaware's industrial transformation, linking academic research and technology industrialisation. It will also facilitate the scale-up of existing and future technology components.
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Project objective

  • Create the "MecaLab" R&D laboratory at a new site in Vénissieux, including fitting out premises and moving equipment.
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  • Equip the laboratory with state-of-the-art instruments and equipment for chemical and electrochemical analysis and research.
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  • Recruit and develop R&D teams.
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  • Accelerate R&D innovation in battery material recycling, contributing to the energy transition and the development of new industrial solutions.
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  • Support for the scaling-up (from grams to kilograms) of battery recycling and manufacturing technologies.
Angélique Jallais

Angélique Jallais

Project Manager

Results
already achieved

  • Delivery of the Chemistry R&D laboratory for Mecaware at the Vénissieux technical center.
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  • Relocation of equipment from the former Axel'One site to the Vénissieux technical center (USIN).
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  • Recruiting and building laboratory teams, to support growth and continuous innovation.
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  • Structuring and start-up of R&D activities at the new site, with a focus on strategic battery recycling projects.

Project roadmap

September 2022

Project launch

February 2023

Start-up of associated BPI "MecaLab" project (ADI Deep Tech grant)

June 2023

Work begins in Vénissieux

December 2023

R&D Chemistry laboratory moves to Vénissieux technical center

Year 2024

+9 people recruited and +2,200 experiments carried out

Year 2024

+9 people recruited and +2,200 experiments carried out

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