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| MAIN INSTITUTIONAL
DECISIONS |
DATES |
MAIN ESTABLISHMENTS |
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• Creation of the Regional Planning Committee.
• Adoption of a plan for industrial development at "département"
level.
• Article in Le Monde entitled "The Latin Quarter
in the Fields".
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1960 |
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• Creation of a "département" level Industrial
Zone.
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1962 |
IBM (La Gaude), TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
(Villeneuve-Loubet). |
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• Creation of the Délégation à l'Aménagement
du Territoire et à l'Action Régionale (DATAR) (the
French regional planning authority).
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1963 |
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1965 |
CREATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NICE. The University is officially
created by statute on the 23 October 1965.
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• Debate on scientific research in the French parliament.
• Creation of the Organisation d'Etudes et d'Aménagement
des Alpes-Maritimes (ODEAM). (Study and development organisation
in the Alpes-Maritimes).
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1968 |
The University of Law, Economic Science, and Arts and Sciences
on 3 campuses.
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• Creation of the Bureau d'Industrialisation des Alpes-Maritimes
(the Alpes-Maritimes industrialisation bureau)
• Creation of the Sophia Antipolis Association
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1969 |
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• Creation of the Zone d'Aménagement Différé
(Future Development Area) on the plateau of Valbonne.
• Creation of G.I.E. SAVALOR.
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1970 |
CERGA (Grasse), CNET (La Turbie),
INRA (Antibes), Nice Observatory. |
| • The approval
for the creation of a 2,300 ha, high-level scientific, industrial
and service sector park with international scope to be developed on
the plateau of Valbonne, by the Comité Interministériel
pour l’Aménagement du Territoire (Interministerial committee
for land development).
• Creation of the Syndicat Mixte pour l'Aménagement
et l'Equipement du Plateau de Valbonne (SYMIVAL) (Joint Syndicate
for land development for the plateau of Valbonne)
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1972 |
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| MAIN INSTITUTIONAL
DECISIONS |
DATES |
MAIN ESTABLISHMENTS |
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• The implementation of the Parc International d’Activités
de Valbonne is declared to be of national interest by the Comité
Interministériel pour l’Aménagement du Territoire.
(Interministerial committee for land development). This is then entrusted
to the French Riviera Chamber of Commerce by the SYMIVAL, as project
developer, who then create a delegation for Sophia Antipolis to develop
and market the Science Park. |
1974 |
The first company sets up on the site: FRANLAB, a subsidiary
of the Institut Français du Pétrole (French
Oil Institute). |
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• Creation of the ZAC
(Designated Development Zone) AIR FRANCE (26 hectares).
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1975 |
Relocation of ROHM & HAAS (from ZURICH).
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• Enactment of " CHARTE DU PARC " (Science Park Charter) at
the request of the Environment Ministry, which represents a moral
commitment by all those involved, in terms of development of the
site and preservation of the environment.
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1976 |
ENSMP (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris), CNRS
(National Centre for Scientific Research) Laboratories.
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1977 |
AIR FRANCE’S WORLD RESERVATION CENTRE moves away from Paris.
Opening of the hotel NOVOTEL.
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1978 |
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nice moves from Nice and
founds CERAM.
CIV, Ets LEGRAND, OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DE L'EAU (National Water
Office).
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1979 |
CIRD. |
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1980 |
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT — EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTRE, QUESTEL, TELEMECANIQUE.
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• First housing and office buildings
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1981 |
ADEME, DOW CHEMICAL, CSTB.
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• Decentralisation : handing over of the departmental powers
from the Prefect to the President of the Conseil Général
(General Council).
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1982 |
125 companies, 3,700 jobs.
CRHEA, SOCOTEC, THOMSON SINTRA, ZAMBON LABORATORIES.
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1983 |
+ 23 new companies.
+ 630 new jobs.
CERICS, DOW CORNING INRIA, ISI.
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• Creation of the Fondation Sophia Antipolis to look after
the cultural and scientific activities within the science park.
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1984 |
+ 40 new companies.
+ 672 new jobs.
CISI, INPI, LATAPSES.
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1985 |
+ 118 new companies.
+ 1,435 new jobs.
ACTE BUSINESS CENTRE, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'INGENIERIE DU CNAM,
CERDA, INPI, MATRA COMMUNICATION, MXM LABORATORIES.
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• The communes of ROQUEFORT-LES-PINS and VILLENEUVE-LOUBET
join SYMIVAL.
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1986 |
+ 158 new companies.
+ 672 new jobs.
BIOTOX LABORATORIES, COMPASS DESIGN AUTOMATION, CORDIS, IMRA, SG2
SERVICES, VLSI TECHNOLOGY.
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| MAIN INSTITUTIONAL
DECISIONS |
DATES |
MAIN ESTABLISHMENTS |
| |
1987 |
+ 88 new companies.
+ 1,590 new jobs.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN, COOPERS & LYBRAND, FRANCE TELECOM
ESPACE ENTREPRISE, GENEVRIER LABORATORIES, MOUGINS SCHOOL,
NCR, NCR France, ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL, WELLCOME LABORATORIES. |
| • Creation
by the Alpes-Maritimes General Council and the French
Riviera Chamber of Commerce of the Société
Anonyme d’Economie Mixte Sophia Antipolis (SAEM).
• Feasibility Study of the Designated Development
Zone - ZAC SAINT PHILIPPE 2 (100 hectares).
• Creation by the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Regional Council of the Route des Hautes Technologies. |
1988 |
+ 94 new companies.
+ 696 new jobs.
ADME BIOANALYSES, AMADEUS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, ANDERSEN
CONSULTING, CODAN, ETSI, INFORAMA, ISTAR, SITA.
CISI becomes CS CISI. |
| • Launch
of feasibility studies to extend the park.
• The University of Nice becomes known as Nice
Sophia Antipolis.
• Creation of the CLUB DES DIRIGEANTS (MANAGERS’
CLUB) |
1989 |
+ 26 new companies.
+ 1,861 new jobs.
ALLERGAN FRANCE, AMADEUS MARKETING, CNET, DOW ELANCO,
ESSI, FRANCE TELECOM, FRANCE TELECOM DELEGATION GENERALE,
RHONE POULENC. |
| • The communes
of OPIO and LA COLLE SUR LOUP join SYMIVAL.
• Approval in principle by a CIAT of the extension
of Sophia Antipolis (twice its surface area). |
1990 |
+ 80 new companies.
+ 1,830 new jobs.
ACRI, AT&T, CERMICS, EAI TECH, NCR EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT
CENTER, THERMATECH, DEPARTMENTAL VETERINARY LABORATORY. |
| • Creation
of the TELECOM VALLEY Association. |
1991 |
+ 37 new companies.
+ 690 new jobs.
AT&T PARADYNE, BIOLANDES PARFUMERIE, DATA MASTER
CLINICAL RESEARCH, ESINSA, FORCING SA, GEOIMAGE, IUP,
OBSERVATOIRE MEDITERRANEEN DE L'ENERGIE, UNISYS.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN becomes ANDERSEN CONSULTING. |
| • Setting
up of the MAISON DE L'ENTREPRISE by the French Riviera
Chamber of Commerce: creating a dynamic environment
for economic activity, putting companies from the Science
Park in contact with companies from the outside, colloquia,
seminars and themed breakfasts.
• Creation of the HI-TECH CLUB. |
1992 |
+ 49 new companies.
+ 298 new jobs.
ALLERGAN EUROPE, BIOLANDES TECHNOLOGIES, CERAM MBDS,
ECOR, INSTITUT EURECOM, FRANCE TELECOM MEDIAGORA, SEMA
GROUP TELECOM, SIGMA TECHNOLOGIES,WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS.
|
| • Creation
of the PERSAN Association. |
1993 |
+ 47 new companies.
+ 202 new jobs.
ASCOM SOPHIA RESEARCH LAB., HILL'S PET NUTRITION, HYDRON,
INLN (CNRS), SII, THOMSON MICROSONICS.
Merger of FORGING SA and DATA MASTER CLINICAL RESEARCH
to form FDM PHARMA.
ZAMBON disappears while INPHARDIAL ZAMBON PROMEDICA
is created.
TELEMECANIQUE is bought out by SCHNEIDER GROUP. |
| • Creation
of the MITSA Club.
• Creation of the DATA BASE FORUM Club.
• Creation of the IMET Club.
• The setting up by the Route des Hautes Technologies,
of two Technological Consultants, one specialised in
Information Sciences and the other in Health Sciences. |
1994 |
+ 55 new companies.
+ 235 new jobs.
ESPRI CONCEPT, EUROMIPS SYSTEMS, IDEFI (CNRS/UNSA),
QUEST INTERNATIONAL FRANCE, SHIVA, SIP SOFTWARE, SMITH-KLINE
BEECHAM CLINICAL.
WELLFLEET is bought out in 1994 and becomes BAY NETWORKS.
The SCHNEIDER GROUP is bought out and becomes AEG SCHNEIDER.
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| • Sophia
Antipolis SAEM becomes SAEM Sophia Antipolis Côte
d’Azur and its scope covers the whole Département. |
1995 |
+ 40 new companies.
+ 430 new jobs.
ALCYONIS, BOUYGUES TELECOM, CARMA, CICOM ORGANISATION,
CISCO SYSTEMS EUROPE, LIVE PICTURE DEVELOPMENT.
WELLCOME LABORATORIES becomes GLAXO WELLCOME after
the buy out. |
| |
1996 |
+ 37 new companies.
+ 879 new jobs.
ASCEND COMMUNICATIONS, ECHO, FORE SYSTEMS, GEOSCIENCE
AZUR (CNRS), GLOBAL CONCEPT FINANCE, LIVINGSTON ENTREPRISES,
MEMSOFT-MULTILOG EDITION, MULTIMEDIA MARKET, THOMSON
MARCONI SONAR.
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL becomes ROCKWELL SEMI CONDUCTORS
following a merger.
GLAXO WELLCOME is bought out and becomes ELAIAPHARM.
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| • Signature
of the "boosting" charter by the partners
of Sophia Antipolis.
• Creation of the EUROSUD 155 Club.
• Creation of the Direction des Pôles de
Compétences Technologiques (Areas of Technical
Expertise Division) (CCINCA).
• Sophia Antipolis is equipped with a 155 Megabyte
ATM platform.
• The SYMIVAL is now called SYMISA |
1997 |
+ 21 new companies.
+ 1,508 jobs.
ALLIED SIGNAL, CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, FOCUS IMAGING,
MENTOR GRAPHICS, OBJECTIVE SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS, ORACLE
EUROPE, QUALCOMM EUROPE, TREMA LABORATORIES, WORLD TRADE
CENTER.
BIOLANDES TECHNOLOGIES becomes BIOLANDES PARFUMERIES.
CORDIS is bought out by ELEKTA.
COMPASS DESIGN AUTOMATION is bought out and becomes
AVANT! |
| |
1998 |
+ 35 new companies.
+ 1,700 new jobs.
BIONATEC, EDF ENTREPRISES MEDITERRANEE, ISDNET, LPG
SYSTEMS, LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, NICOX, ODISEI, REALVIZ,
ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, SIEMENS, SAP, TANDEM.
FDM PHARMA is bought out and becomes VALORUM.
BAY NETWORKS is bought by NORTEL NETWORKS.
LIVINGSTON ENTERPRISES is bought out by LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES.
CIRD becomes GALDERMA RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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1999 |
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT is bought
out by COMPAQ.
ELEKTA is bought out by NMT NEUROSCIENCES.
FRANCE SG2 is bought out by the EXPERIAN GROUP.
ROCKWELL SEMI CONDUCTORS becomes CONEXANT SYSTEMS following
a merger. |
| • Sophia Antipolis
celebrates its 30th birthday. |
2000 |
|
| • Côte
d’Azur Développement is appointed by the
SYMISA to take responsibility for the marketing and
external communications for Sophia Antipolis.
• Jean-Pierre MASCARELLI, President of Côte
d’Azur Développement, becomes President
of SAEM Sophia Antipolis Côte d’Azur and
the first Vice-President of SYMISA, who is in turn presided
over by Charles GINESY. |
2001 |
Mannesmann VDO Car is bought
out by Siemens and becomes Siemens VDO Automotive.
Marconi becomes Marconi Communications.
Thomson-csf Microsonics becomes Thales Microsonics.
|
| • The birth
of the Sophia Antipolis Urban Authority, consisting of
the following 14 communes: Antibes, Bar-sur-Loup, Biot,
Chateauneuf de Grasse, La Colle-sur-Loup, Gourdon, Opio,
Roquefort-les-Pins, Le Rouret, Saint-Paul, Tourettes-sur-Loup,
Valbonne, Vallauris, Villeneuve-Loubet, with authority
over Sophia Antipolis from 1st January 2002. |
2002 |
+ 33 new companies.
+ 1,326 new jobs.
AEQUALIS, AGENORD, AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERACTIVE TRAVEL
GROUP, AMO FRANCE, FULLFIL NET, GFI INFORMATIQUE, IKON,
IMAGINE BROADBAND, PRAIRIE.COM, SKYWORKS SEMICONDUCTORS,
SOMA CFTI, STMICROELECTRONICS, TTP.COM... |
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2003 |
+ 15 new companies.
+ 724 jobs.
AMEC Spie, Axylog, CDIS Centre de Distribution, Carrefour
Direction Régionale, Change Point EMEA - CompuWare,
CK2 Security, MMA, New Work, Parallel Design, Septuor
Consulting, SDIS OS Service Patrimoine, Thales Safare,
UDS International, Visteon.
· The opening of
the INRA Research Center, which reunites the existing
Sophia teams and those from Antibes (ie. over 200 people).
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| • Creation
of two mixed organizations - Sophia Alpes-Maritimes
and Sophia
Alpes-Maritimes Promotion - dedicated to the economic
development of the Côte d'Azur. |
2005 |
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