Ganil

Name

Ganil

Legal name

GIE GANIL (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds)

Website

https://ganil-spiral2.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nuclear Research Facility

NAICS

Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (334517), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Research & Test Reactor Operations (Non-Commercial Power) (EUACADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nuclear Materials Testing, Assay & Characterization Services (NDA/NDE, radiochemistry, materials analysis) (EUAKAIAL), Radiation Detection Instruments & Systems (Portal monitors, spectrometers, contamination monitors) (EUAKAIAK), Radioisotope Production (Reactor/Cyclotron/Gamma) (HLAIAGAD)

Keywords

• Nuclear physics research
• Ion beam accelerators
• Particle accelerator services
• Radioactive ion beams
• Nuclear spectroscopy instrumentation

Headquarters

HQ city

Caen

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GANIL operates large-scale ion accelerator facilities for nuclear physics research and interdisciplinary science, combining traditional cyclotron accelerators with the SPIRAL2 superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC). The facility provides international researchers with access to intense ion beams across a wide energy range, advanced spectrometers and detector arrays, and dedicated experimental areas such as NFS (Neutrons for Science) and S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer). It also delivers ion beam irradiation services for industrial applications including electronic component testing, polymeric membrane irradiation, radiation biology, and materials science.

Product overview

GANIL (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds) is a French national research facility providing accelerator-based ion beam infrastructure for nuclear physics and interdisciplinary research. The facility operates two main accelerator systems: the original GANIL cyclotron complex and the newer SPIRAL2 linear accelerator (LINAC) installation. Research instruments include advanced spectrometers and detector arrays such as VAMOS++, AGATA (gamma tracking), ACTAR TPC (3D imaging detector), LISE, NEDA, DIAMANT, EXOGAM, FATIMA, MUGAST, and MUST2. The SPIRAL2 installation houses specialized experimental areas including NFS (Neutrons for Science) and the S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) for superheavy element research, with DESIR under construction. GANIL offers access to international researchers through proposal-based beam time allocation, and provides industrial services including ion beam irradiation and technology transfer in ion source, vacuum, and mechanical manufacturing technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IDEAAL: European project (International DEvelopment of gAnil-spirAL2) aimed at developing GANIL infrastructure with ESFRI SPIRAL2 facility for long-term sustainability as a European research institute.

Products and services

• GANIL Facility (Cyclotron Complex)
• SPIRAL2 Installation (LINAC)
• Neutrons for Science (NFS) Facility
• S3 Super Separator Spectrometer
• Industrial Ion Beam Services
• ECR Ion Sources Technology Transfer
• Target Laboratory Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 200 international researchers accommodated annually for experiments
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and regional.

• IBS (Institute for Basic Science, South Korea)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2019Korean research institute signed MoU with GANIL in October 2019 establishing technical and scientific cooperation framework for nuclear physics research.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese UniversitiesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 April 2018First China-France Joint Nuclear Physics Symposium held at GANIL in April 2018 to structure collaborations with Chinese nuclear physics laboratories including Beijing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Institute of Modern Physics.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEA is one of GANIL's two parent organizations (tutelles), providing significant funding, scientific expertise, and operational support. CEA staff contribute to accelerator operations, instrumentation development, and research programs at the facility.
• CNRS/IN2P3 (Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNRS-IN2P3 is GANIL's second parent organization (tutelle), providing national coordination for nuclear physics research and funding through France's primary research organization.
• GSI (Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman research institute for heavy ion research, collaborator on IDEAAL project and international nuclear physics collaborations.
• IFJ (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolish partner in IDEAAL project for developing GANIL infrastructure and international collaborations.
• NucleopolisregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional innovation cluster in Normandy bringing together research organizations and companies in nuclear sciences. Co-organizes events including technology transfer workshops with industry.
• Université de Jyväskylä (Finland)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinnish university partner in MITICANS project (Manipulation of Ions in Traps and Ion sourCes) for developing ion source and trap technologies, part of PICS international cooperation funding.
• ANU (Australian National University)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranco-Australian collaboration for quasi-fission studies conducted at ANU accelerator facility, demonstrating international experimental partnerships.
• RIKEN (Japan)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJapanese research institute collaborating on nuclear structure experiments including Samurai collaboration for fluorine-28 studies and loan of CRYPTA liquid hydrogen target for LISE experiments.
• NuPECC (Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee)regionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean nuclear physics committee providing strategic guidance and reports including 'Nuclear Physics in Everyday Life' publication.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves2 records

Broad incumbents

• CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research operating the LHC complex and ISOLDE/CERN-MEDICIS radioactive-beam facility. Comparable as a large-scale European nuclear/particle physics user facility with shared instrumentation, detector technology, and transnational access programs; broader scope than GANIL's heavy-ion focus.

Direct peers

• TRIUMF: Canada's particle accelerator laboratory, operating a main 520 MeV cyclotron and ISAC radioactive beam facility. Comparable as a national accelerator-based nuclear physics laboratory offering rare isotope beams and interdisciplinary research with industrial and medical applications.
• JINR (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research): International intergovernmental nuclear physics laboratory in Dubna, Russia, operating the NICA and U-400 cyclotrons. Comparable as a multinational heavy-ion research facility serving a global user community in nuclear structure and superheavy element synthesis.
• INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS): Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics laboratory in Catania, operating the K800 superconducting cyclotron and future FRAISE project. Comparable as a national European heavy-ion accelerator facility for nuclear physics and applied research; participates in EU transnational access programs alongside GANIL.
• Argonne National Laboratory (ATLAS facility): US DOE national laboratory operating the ATLAS superconducting linear accelerator for heavy-ion nuclear physics. Direct peer as a national accelerator user facility serving the nuclear structure and astrophysics communities with superconducting LINAC technology comparable to SPIRAL2.
• GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung: Germany's national laboratory for heavy-ion research, operating the existing GSI accelerators and the future FAIR facility. Directly comparable as a flagship European heavy-ion physics user facility with a similar scientific mission in nuclear structure and exotic nuclei; active IDEAL partner with GANIL.
• FRIB at Michigan State University: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a US Department of Energy flagship user facility for rare isotope research. Direct peer as a next-generation superconducting LINAC delivering rare isotope beams for nuclear structure, astrophysics, and societal applications; primary future competitor for GANIL's user community.
• RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science: Japan's primary heavy-ion accelerator facility for nuclear physics, with RIBF and RRC. Closely comparable to GANIL as a national heavy-ion user laboratory with exotic-nuclei research programs; long-standing collaboration with GANIL on Samurai, CRYPTA target loans, and nuclear structure experiments.

Peers

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Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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