where power electronics
innovation thrives
About
In a rapidly changing global context, power electronics has become one of the key strategic challenges for Europe’s technological sovereignty. It plays a central role in the electrification of applications and the reduction of CO₂ emissions by enabling more efficient and sustainable management of electrical energy. Through its applications in transportation, renewable energy, and smart grids, it contributes to accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy.
To address these challenges, the Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region has created the Power’Occ initiative, led by the AD’OCC agency, to bring together a diverse ecosystem of companies, research laboratories, training organizations, institutions, and industry leaders at the forefront of innovation. By encouraging collaboration between stakeholders from various sectors (aerospace, space, defence, automotive, rail, energy management), Power’Occ fosters a dynamic environment for the development of key projects.
Objectives
- Stimulating innovation and economic growth by encouraging the emergence of ambitious projects and strategic consortiums
- Connecting research & industry by accelerating the technological transfer from research to industrial applications
- Attracting, training & retaining the best talents to build tomorrow’s expertise today
- Promoting the regional power electronic sector at national & European level by highlighting Occitanie’s excellence in innovation
Key figures
Ecosystem
- 80 companies operating in the field of power electronics
- 5 specialized university programs in electronics
- 7 research laboratories
- 2 technical centers
Directory
The Power’Occ directory highlights the skills and expertise of key players in the power electronics sector based in the Occitanie region in France, while making them easier to access.
If you are involved in research and/or industry, and offer products or services related to power electronics in Occitanie, feel free to contact us to be included in this directory.
Carole Delga, President of the Occitanie - Pyrenees/ Mediterranee Region
“The Occitanie Region has a particularly rich and well-structured ecosystem in the field of power electronics. This sector of excellence relies on strong cross-industry collaboration between key sectors such as defence, aerospace, transportation, and renewable energy. It plays a central role in the energy transition thanks to its expertise in energy conversion and intelligent energy management.
Driver Driven by around one hundred stakeholders – including industrial companies, research laboratories, training organizations and technical centers – the sector is balanced between Toulouse, Montpellier and the wider regional territories. It covers the entire value chain and stands out for its innovation dynamics, growth potential and its ability to create skilled jobs.
The Occitanie Region is fully committed to this strategic sector, led by the AD’OCC agency as part of the Regional Innovation Strategy. Power’Occ aims to sustainably structure the regional ecosystem, with the clear ambition to position the Occitanie Region as a European leader in power electronics.”
Carole Delga, Former Minister, President of the Occitanie Region and of the AD’OCC agency
Flagship Projects
PROOF : « Platform of Reliability tOOls for Failure analysis dedicated to wide bandgap devices »
A platform responding to the urgent need for renewable energy development to protect the environment. (Grenelle laws, H2020, COP21…). Closely linked to academic research and the regional industrial base, it focuses on analysing and developing new wide‑bandgap semiconductor components (gallium nitride, silicon carbide, diamond).
Hosted at LAAS‑CNRS, it aims to characterise, study and improve these devices, which represent a technological breakthrough for multiple industries and applications such as automotive, telecommunications and aerospace.
Funding
5 founding members contributed to the funding, together with the Occitanie Region, as part of the ‘PRRI’ calls (now known as PRIO), for a total of approximately €2.4 million.
Founding members
LAAS-CNRS, Continental, IRT Saint Exupéry, Thales Alenia Space, STMicroelectronics, Spherea.
More info: https://wp.laas.fr/proof/
GANRET
The GaNRET project focuses on assessing the reliability of gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor technology. Its main objective is to enable the integration of GaN-based power electronics into the electric mobility supply chain across multiple sectors, while meeting stringent reliability requirements.
Funding
France 2030.
Partners
SAFRAN, AIRBUS, AIRBUS DS, VITESCO, THALESALENIASPACE, STM, Nucletudes, ALTER, TRAD, ICAM, SATIE, AMPERE, IES, LAAS, CEA, DGA
NOTE: IRT-SE is FILAE programme manager and GANRET project administrator
Plateforme DepTH-LAB
Developed by ICAM, this research platform measures critical temperatures in components, modules and PCBs, and characterises innovative cooling technologies in controlled environments. Positioned between wide‑bandgap device packaging and thermal control technologies.
Funding
€325k from PRRI (Occitanie Region).
2025 Members
Schaeffler/Vitesco, Liebherr Aerospace, IRT Saint Exupéry.
Collaborative projects: IPCEI PWEVTF, FIGANE, GaNRET, RECET4RAIL, SiCRET+, THERMIX, etc. The platform is open to other industrial users.
More info: https://en.icam.fr/research/depth-lab/
SiCRET+
The SICRET+ project (spanning four years) focuses on the reliability of power modules integrating multiple silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET chips. More specifically, the SICRET+ project investigates the impact of module design parameters on their reliability, with the ultimate goal of identifying the most influential parameters and providing recommendations to balance the stresses experienced by the individual chips. Targeted applications include the automotive, railway, aerospace, space, power grid, and industrial sectors.
Funding
France 2030.
Partners
IRT Saint Exupéry (project lead), ALSTOM, AIRBUS, SAFRAN, VALEO, SCHNEIDER, and others.
SEMA
The Joint Laboratory SEMA is a collaborative CNRS initiative that unites research teams from LAPLACE, LAAS-CNRS, and design teams from NXP Semiconductors. Its mission is to address the challenge of operational safety in power electronics for autonomous electric vehicles. The lab is organized into six working groups, each focusing on key areas such as power management in electric vehicles, functional safety, precise control of wide-bandgap components, robustness and reliability of embedded systems, and autonomous driving technologies.)
Annual budget
€1.2M
Funding
ANRT, CNRS, Toulouse-INP, University of Toulouse, NXP Semiconductors.
More info: https://www.sema.cnrs.fr/
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Contact
Get in touch if you’re interested in joining the regional Occitanie power electronics innovation thrives, have an innovation project, aim to expand your buisness in the region, or require assistance in structuring your projet, finding partners, pr securing funding etc…
Steering Committee :
• Corinne ALONSO, Laurent BARY, Hugues GRANIER, Karine ISOARD, Rislene KOURDI, Frédéric MORANCHO (LAAS/CNRS)
• Yves ANGUENOT, Bruno DAHAN, Philippe PONS (Aerospace Valley)
• Vincent BLEY, Marc COUSINEAU, Marie-Laure LOCATELLI, Nicolas ROUGER (Laplace)
• Jean-Louis CAZAUX, Michel PERREL (Thales Alenia Space) Jean-Luc CHARLET, David LOPEZ (NXP)
• Fabio COCCETTI, Marina LABALETTE (IRT Saint-Exupery)
• Olivier CREPEL (Airbus)
• Maxime DEBIENNE, Franck EDELAAR (Cluster Totem)
• David ELIZALDE, Jerome GUEUNIER (Actia)
• Jose FERRAO, Paul-Etienne Vidal (UTTOP / PRIMES)
• Jean-Pierre FRADIN (ICAM)
• Mathieu GAVELLE (CEA)
• Elsa GIRAUD (Université Montpellier)
• Laurent GUILLOT, Eric MOREAU (ST MicroElectronics)
• Thibaut KEIN (Cirtem)
• Philippe LABAN (Synergie CAD)
• Franck LAPORTE (Annealsys)
• Dominique MARTINEAU (Schaeffler)
• Mireille MAURY (DREETS)
• Eric POIRIER (Serma)
• José REBEJAC, Sébastien SALAS (Captronic)
• Frédéric TILHAC (Alter Technology)
• Xavier TOUSSAINT (Région Occitanie)
• Pierre BENAIM, Frédéric SAMSON (AD’OCC)
