about us PRÉSENTATION
Le pôle cristal
The Pôle Cristal is a testing and innovation center located in Brittany, specializing in refrigeration and HVAC engineering.
We support professionals, machine manufacturers, service companies and industrial operators in their development strategy.
Our work helps validate technological choices, speed up product development and strengthen the skills of our clients’ and partners’ teams.
Committed to human values, our multidisciplinary team of engineers and technicians works with a methodology based on dialogue and co-construction.
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ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT
OF YOUR PRODUCTS
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BRING Your innovation
PROJECTS TO LIFE
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BETTER UNDERSTAND the REGULATORY
CONTEXT
The Pôle Cristal is a member of the Association Française des Centres de Ressources Technologiques (AFCRT, the French Association of Technology Resource Centers). It is the umbrella organization with the largest number of technology transfer and innovation structures in Europe, with 75 Technology Resource Centers (CRT) and Technology Dissemination Centers (CDT), all accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI). Our network covers all fields of economic activity, from industrial production to services, with outstanding expertise in digital technology, optics, lasers, virtual reality, communication, food processing, agro-bioresources, chemistry, metallic materials, non-metallic materials, biomaterials and biomedical, plastics and polymers, construction, and transport equipment and leisure, among others. Our structures help boost industrial competitiveness and increase employment and economic development at the regional, national and international levels. Discover the professions of the CRT- and CDT-accredited structures.