Our partners: an essential network to support industries and companies 

FRD-CODEM develops and mobilizes a network of key partners (technical centers, industrialists, academics, competitiveness clusters, associations, institutions, etc.) to provide the best possible support to industries and companies. 

FRD-CODEM is also involved in a number of regional and national networks.

The 4FM partnership laboratory

4FM( FARE & FRD-LAB common laboratory for Future Fibres and Materials) is a laboratory without walls created between the FRD-CODEM technology resource center and UMR FARE of INRAE and URCA.

4FM is developing a strategy aimed at providing farmers and manufacturers with innovative solutions for new strategies in integrated quality management of biomass and lignocellulosic fractions, from the field to finished products. These solutions, including Decision Support Tools (DST), are based on the use of rapid, reliable and reproducible techniques, adapted to the intrinsic heterogeneity of plant resources, as well as to the multiplicity of transformations and the diversity of application markets and their specificities.

Ambition Bioeconomy Hauts-de-France

At the service of businesses, Ambition Bioéconomie Hauts-de-France is supported by six leading partners covering the entire bioeconomy chain, from biomass production to finished products, including the removal of technological and economic barriers to processes, as well as an understanding of marketing aspects and consumer needs. and consumer needs. Ambition is a powerful force for accelerating the strengthening, attraction and creation of companies in the region.

FRD-CODEM is a member of Ambition Bioéconomie, along with Bioeconomy for Change which runs it, Adrianor , Agro-Transfert , Extractis , ITerra , Fibois Hauts-de-France and the CRITT Polymers . FRD-CODEM also has direct links with the Materials and Circular Economy Ambition, in particular with EuraMaterials , TEAM2 the CD2E the CETI , ...

Our involvement in networks

FRD-CODEM is heavily involved in regional, national and European networks promoting the use of plant fibers and the development of eco-materials:

  • Member and Chairman of the Agro-materials Commission of the Bioeconomy For Change Competitiveness Cluster
  • Member of the Pôle Européen du Chanvre
  • Member of the scientific committees of ITM Nord-Europe, InterChanvre and Construire en Chanvre
  • Member of Ambition Bioéconomie Hauts-de-France
  • Member of the technical usage section of the Alliance du Lin et du Chanvre
  • Members of the Build&Connect, TEAM2 and Euramaterials competitiveness clusters, the CD2E, Construire en Chanvre, RFCP, Guilde Sable Vert and GDR MBS associations, as well as the Alliance HQE and Hub des Prescripteurs Bas Carbone networks.
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Our research and study partners

As part of its activities and support needs, FRD-CODEM relies on a network of research and study partners:

  • Technical centers or test laboratories
  • Companies ranging from VSEs to large corporations
  • Academic laboratories (universities, engineering schools, public bodies, etc.)
  • Associations or organizations representing specific sectors, stakeholder groups, etc.
  • Institutions and funders

Our shareholders

Our shareholders are strongly involved in the Bioeconomy, whether in :

  • Agricultural cooperatives, producers and primary processors (La Chanvrière, Vivescia, Interval, Lin Industriel Picard, Groupe Coopération Forestière, Afyliance, Val France, Depestele, L.A. Linière)
  • Technical support for the bioeconomy (InVivo's Agrosolutions, Agro Industrie Recherches et Développement)
  • Consular chambers (Chamber of Agriculture of Aube and Haute Marne)
  • 2nd and 3rd transformation players (Eco-technilin)
  • Financiers committed to the bioeconomy (Sofiprotéol, Crédit Agricole)
  • Research and education players (UniLaSalle)


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