PIICTO

Platform for Industry and Innovation at Caban Tonkin

Created in September 2014, the PIICTO association brings together the industrial entities located on the Platform of Caban Tonkin and the Marseille Fos Port Authority to collectively structure the activities of the platform with the goal of improving competitiveness, furthering industrial development and fostering innovation.

A tool for industrial and energy transformation

While contributing to the economic development of the Fos area and the preparation for the industry of the future, PIICTO also aims to become a benchmark for port innovation and competiveness in the South of Europe.

This broad ambition is structured around a number of distinct objectives:

• To strengthen the trust between various local stakeholders (industrial actors, local community, port authority, public services, etc.)
• To continue the current dynamic of industrial and environmental transformation (implementation of synergies and services that will benefit both industries and the territory as a whole)
• To invest in innovation and to provide opportunities to experiment by offering a stable framework for the reception of new projects with the potential to create value and jobs

Innovation within PIICTO

In accordance with its statutes at the time of its creation, the PIICTO association developed an ambitious innovation initiative called INNOVEX.

As part of the Innovex initiative, the association’s stakeholders welcome, support and develop various innovation projects in the fields of energy transition and smart grids (Jupiter 1000 project, Flow Box project, etc.), renewable raw materials and the circular economy ( VASCO2 project, Icare project, Vabosco project, etc.) and safety/security.

These semi-industrial demonstrators are either located on a 12-hectare area in the platform (like the Jupiter 1000 pilot) or directly within the existing industrial sites on the platform (like FlowBox, Vasco2, etc.).