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ROLLIX, one of the key players in the French offshore wind-turbine sector, has developed pitch and yaw bearings for the new Alstom Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbine — the largest offshore wind turbine manufactured to date.

The card and identification market is expanding fast in France, with many home-grown businesses offering unique expertise in the field of smart-card technology.

Generix Group’s on-demand exchange platform has processed 60 million messages from 20,000 suppliers across 14 countries for Carrefour Group over the past year.

The Pays de la Loire region (in western France) will be present at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 trade show in Amsterdam (in The Netherlands), which will take place between 29 November and 1 December.

Wallix, a European distributor of computer-security software, has announced the launch of version 3.0 of the Wallix Admin Bastion (WAB), its security solution for information systems.

In Cell Art, a biotechnology company specialising in the development of innovative vaccines and antibodies, has announced today the launch of a US$33.1 million research-and-development project — the RN Armor Vax Consortium.

The Medical Technology Cluster (in Saint-Etienne) and the I-Care Cluster (in Lyons) will attend, together with a number of their members, the MEDICA COMPAMED trade show in Düsseldorf (Germany) from 16 to 19 November 2011.

VEECTOR has created the Secure Individual Transport System (or SIT System®). It is an innovative, efficient and user-friendly device that provides safe travel for passengers riding pillion on motorbikes and scooters.

HUET, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of high-performance acoustic- and fire-rated timber doorsets, will be exhibiting on Stand G46 at The Sleep Event.

Les Ateliers du Drugeot SARL, a renowned French manufacturer of premium-quality furniture, will showcase its brand, Drugeot Labo, at Maison & Objet in Paris, between 20 and 24 January 2012.