Nursery of know, entrepreneurship and innovations, the Agtech zonelocated in the L'Assomption RCM in Quebec, is an area that encompasses the entire ecosystem. to drive the new agriculture.
Visit Zone helps to position the companies (SMEs and large corporations) associated with it favorably, in addition to giving them unique competitive advantages.
Strategically located within the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM), the Zone provides access to the Greater Montreal logistics hub and in the same place:
- research teams,
- a business network,
- to consultants,
- training courses,
- research facilities
- and visibility platforms.
AGTECH news for the start of the 2021 academic year
A first building of 400,000 square feet featuring green roofs, to be built on the site of the former Electrolux factory in L'Assomption, will be inaugurated in summer 2022.
Zone manager Marilou Cyr told La Presse newspaper Other buildings will be added over a period of three to five years. Eventually, we expect between 100 and 150 companies, from start-ups to larger firms, to move in."
Le Grand Colloque AGTECH in October 2021
Zone Agtech is also pleased to announce the holding of the 2nd edition of the Grand Colloque Agtech du Québec (GCAQ)This year's edition of the Québec Innovation Awards will showcase Québec's expertise and know-how in technological innovation in the agricultural and agrifood sector. Presented by the Pan-Canadian Research Centre INOin partnership with Quebec-based Voobanthe event, which takes place from October 26 to 28 in virtual mode, will welcome more than 40 experts in the agricultural industry and technologies innovative agricultural to accelerate the development and integration of new Quebec technologies in the sector.
AGTECH, a business zone dedicated to new technologies in indoor cultivation, field farming and plant bioproducts.
The initiators of the zone
MRC L'Assomption, CIENOV, Ville de L'Assomption, Ville de Repentigny
Some examples of services offered by AGTECH members
LAPALME AGTECHdesign SAMI 4.0 robot for automated vegetable and fruit harvesting (Artificial Intelligence). The farmer will have a tablet and select the size of broccoli he wants. If he wants five, six or seven inches, the robotic arms will only harvest five, six and seven inches. Project in collaboration with Centris Technologies which manages the software application, theNational Optics Institute (INO) and the Center for Robotics and Machine Vision (CRVI).
- Nexus Roboticsnew-generation tools for farmers.
- Alliance SolutionsEngineering and Maintenance, tips to boost productivity.
- Myllennium TechnologiesThe company is a leader in the transformation of agro-industrial residual materials by combining non-recycled plastics and biomass.
- Bioponix, growing system for horticulturists and farmers.
- Winter farman agro-industrial cluster aiming for Quebec's food self-sufficiency.
- HRVSTa vertical agricultural technology company.
AGTECH Gold Partners
LEYTON and Cycle Momentum (Quebec Cleantech Cluster, 1000 organizations)
Silver partners
Harnois Industries and Noovelia
Knowledge and Innovation" partners
- CIEL (Centre de recherche appliquée en lutte intégrée aux ennemis de culture),
- Cégep régionale de Lanaudière (Cursus in environmental horticulture and precision agriculture),
- Bio.enviro.in (Research center for horticulture and circular economies of organic matter),
- Synchronex (Propels the CCTT Agtech hub),
- Institut d'innovations en écomatériaux, écoproduits et écoénergies à base de biomasse (Ecoproducts and eco-energy from biomass),
- Ivado (Over 1,600 data scientists (Artificial Intelligence)),
- Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières
- InnoFibre, Cégep Trois-Rivières
- Water Technology Center
- OPTECH
- CRUL
- IRDA
- Cégep de Shawinigan
- Biopterre
- Merinov
Major industry partners
Novago, Connexion Group, Cascades, Cycle Momentum
Financing and support partners
Ecofuel, Cycle Capital Management, CRIBIQ, Conseil de développement bioalimentaire de Lanaudière
Supporting partners and Media
Lanaudière économique, Table des préfets Lanaudière, Education Lanaudière, AgroQuébec
AGTECH contact details
435 Notre-Dame Street,
Repentigny QC J6A 2T3
T. 450 654-6488
Find out more here how to join or use the services of companies operating there.
SADC Achigan-Montcalm: Who are we?
To help you manage your business efficiently and exploit its full potential, the SADC offers you :
- an array of management consulting
- solutions corporate financing
- and a support for collective projects.
How to find us
As a regional player, we serve companies belonging to one of the following communities from 10 municipalities of the Montcalm MRC as well as municipalities belonging to the L'Assomption RCM (municipalities of L'Assomption, L'Épiphanie and Saint-Sulpice). We also operate for municipalities in the Rivière du Nord RCMSainte-Sophie and Saint-Hippolyte.
In other words, we serve the municipalities of Saint-Hippolyte, Saint-Calixte, Sainte Sophie, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Saint-Julienne, Saint-Esprit, Saint-Roch-Ouest, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Saint-Liguori, Saint-Alexis, Saint-Jacques, Sainte Marie-Salomé, L'Epiphanie, L'Assomption and Saint-Sulpice. However, the municipalities of Repentigny and Charlemagne are not eligible for our financial assistance. Our offices are located at 104, rue St-Jacques in Saint-Jacques.
We believed in their project and they put their trust in us.
Since our creation in 1992, we have supported a large number of entrepreneurs in their business transfer, start-up or growth objectives. These include :
Solnor EnvironnementSolnor Environnement is an expert consultant for contaminated land and geology. Solnor Environnement's core business is the management of projects with a geological component, the analysis and study of soil and water, their decontamination and the environmental analysis of sites.
Lait de poule inc. the maternity and nursing specialist in l'Assomption, offering clothing and textiles for pregnant women and textiles to facilitate breastfeeding.
Brasserie L'Apothicaire of St-Jacques de Montcalm, whose mission is to support an ecosystem of regional microbreweries, and to help and contribute to the emergence and development of local players offering products of excellence.
The integration company Job Access Buffet whose core mission is to provide a gateway to the job market in the catering sector.
While these players belong to a wide variety of economic sectors, the fact remains that our approach, which focuses on the local level and on serious, well-thought-out support tailored to their objectives, has contributed to these successes. success stories. Behind each of these entrepreneurs was a ambitious project, and we are proud to present their success..
SADC can help you develop your business. Call on our team to bring your entrepreneurial projects to fruition.
