Today, there are many challenges for companies in France’s leading industrial sector. While the energy crisis is having a direct impact on their daily lives and has consequences at many levels, water stress and widespread commodity price inflation are real, LPNs are more than ever looking for solutions.
It is then to respond to this need and present the possible innovative solutions that will change the daily life of the plant that the CFIA has decided to dedicate the theme of its flagship animation «L'Usine Agro du Futur» to the following theme: “Balance sobriety and performance”. It will be addressed through a showroom with different demonstrators, start-ups offering innovative solutions but also a partner space.
Organised in partnership with Bretagne Développement Innovation (BDI), Valorial and the Association bretonne des entreprises agroalimentaires (ABEA).
Three poles are presented during the three days of the show
In addition to this space:
SHOWROOM
Through animations and demonstrators, several technologies and service offerings will be presented on this space to help Breton agri-food manufacturers find solutions to improve their energy efficiency, to optimize their water consumption, to prevent the risks of TMS, to find solutions in terms of traceability and food safety or to imagine new models inspired by the economy of functionality and cooperation.
The SHOWROOM offers demonstrations around 6 themes:
Energy efficiency
How to reduce energy bills and support industrialists in their efforts to save money?

Demonstrator 1: Digital technology at the heart of your energy saving strategy
Demonstrator 2: Energy and environmental supervision of the “Agro-Factory of the Future” plateau
Water
Solutions for reducing and optimizing water consumption, specifically in the cleaning of extremely consumer means of production.
Demonstrator: Optimization of cleaning programs in place (CIP)
Human dimension – prevention of MSDs
Innovative solutions to prevent MSDs, to enable agri-food companies to influence their performance, the retention of their employees
Traceability & Food Safety
Technological solutions of traceability and safety that allow to move towards more sobriety and performance.
Demonstrator #1 - Food traceability - Reconciling cost price, eco-design and transparency of a product for the consumer
Demonstrator #2: Food Safety - eyeCLEAN - Foreign Object Detection
New Business Models - Waste Reuse and Storage
Questioning and rethinking economic models through the approaches of the Economy of Functionality and Cooperation to counter energy and ecological crises.
Demonstrator n°1: Recycling of glassine from the labeling process
Demonstrator 2: Glass bottle delivery, a new territorial approach
CEA Tech Bretagne: disruptive technologies for the food industry
CEA Tech Bretagne works at the service of Breton agribusiness manufacturers to transfer disruptive technologies at the service of their sustainability (environmental, societal, economic) and competitiveness.
VILLAGE FOODTECH
For the 4th time at the CFIA, the partners of the Usine Agro du Futur are offering a FoodTech Village. It brings together a dozen startups and innovative companies that exhibit for the first time on the show. These companies present new solutions to address the problem of "Combine sobriety and performance".
ATHENA RECHERCHE ET INNOVATION
Fermentation process to transform agri-food waste into hydrogen production
SEEKREET
Comprehensive and innovative software solutions and business applications to help companies optimize and improve their internal processes.
INNOVATION HUB
THE PARTNERS IN INNOVATION
The Usine Agro du Futur plateau brings together Breton and Western players who support agri-food companies in their innovation projects. These experts are grouped under the "Innovation Hub" division.
In addition to this space, 2 highlights are to be discovered

A morning of lectures
A morning of conferences dedicated to the theme "Agro Factory of the Future - Reconcile sobriety and performance" will take place on Wednesday 15 March. With the exceptional presence in introduction of Loïg Chesnais-Girard, president of the Brittany region, but also the intervention of key players such as the Carsat and the Agence de L'Eau.

Innovations tours
During 3 days, an expert will guide you through a tour dedicated to "Usine Agro du Futur - Conciliez sobriety et performance" to discover the innovations of exhibitors in terms of equipment & processes.