CAMPUS DES METIERS ET DES QUALIFICATIONS DE L'INDUSTRIE DU FUTUR

What CAMPUS DES METIERS ET DES QUALIFICATIONS DE L'INDUSTRIE DU FUTUR does

CMQE Industrie du Futur (Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications d'Excellence Industrie du Futur Occitanie) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) established in 2017 and headquartered at Lycée Polyvalent La Découverte in Decazeville, Aveyron. It operates as a designated Campus of Excellence (CMQE) under the French Ministry of Education, coordinating a network of secondary schools, higher education institutions, and training centres across the Mecanic Vallée territory (Lot, Aveyron, Corrèze, Dordogne, Cantal, Haute-Vienne) to align vocational and technological curricula with the needs of regional industrial employers.

The campus's core activities revolve around Industry 4.0 training and career orientation, covering additive manufacturing (3D printing), virtual/augmented reality, predictive maintenance, IIoT, multi-axis CNC machining, digital twins, and AI for decarbonation. It operates shared technological platforms (PFT CONPIM for product design, PFT 4.0 MSP for predictive maintenance) funded through the Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir (PIA 3), and participates in multiple European projects including LCAMP (Learner Centric Advanced Manufacturing Platform, 20 partners across 10 countries), TESS (Trusted European Scholar Data Space), and 3TIndustry4.0. The network serves approximately 2,000 students and apprentices and connects with around 200 member companies and institutional partners.

Revenue derives entirely from public institutional sources — French state funding (PIA 3), Erasmus+ EU grants, Région Occitanie co-financing, and member contributions — rather than commercial sales. All training modules and events are offered free of charge to participants, and the organisation functions as a publicly-funded coordination layer between education and industry. Governance is shared by co-presidents Stéphanie Bronquart and Bernard Dalmon, with a small 7-person core operational team.

Name

CAMPUS DES METIERS ET DES QUALIFICATIONS DE L'INDUSTRIE DU FUTUR

Legal name

Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications d'Excellence Industrie du futur Occitanie

Website

https://cmqindustriedufutur.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CMQE Industrie du Futur is a French non-profit educational network (loi 1901) based in Decazeville, coordinating ~2,000 students and ~200 member companies across the Mecanic Vallée territory to align vocational training with Industry 4.0 employer needs, funded through public grants and European projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Education and Training

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Makerspace, Innovation Lab & Fab Lab Operations (Tools, Safety, Programming) (EDAEAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industry-Specific Technical & Certification Prep (e.g., Construction, Manufacturing, Energy) (EDAGANAN)

Keywords

• Vocational education training
• Industry 4.0 training
• Future industry skills
• Collaborative learning factory
• Industrial workforce development

Headquarters

HQ city

Decazeville

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public funding and government grants: The CMQE is funded through public investment programs including the Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir (PIA / PIA 3) financed by the French State, and European Erasmus+ funding for international collaborative projects. Revenue is not from commercial product sales but from institutional grants, subsidies, and co-financing from regional and national government bodies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

The CMQE Industrie du Futur is a publicly funded non-profit educational network (association loi 1901) headquartered in Decazeville, France, that coordinates vocational and higher education programs focused on Industry 4.0 and Future Industry technologies. It operates as a multi-stakeholder network linking secondary schools, higher education institutions, and training centers with industrial companies in the Mecanic Vallée cluster territory, delivering training pathways (STI2D, Bac Pro, BTS, Licence Pro, engineering), free Industry 4.0 training modules (3D printing, predictive maintenance, VR/AR, IoT), European collaborative projects (LCAMP, TESS, 3TIndustry4.0), and career orientation events.

Product overview

CMQE Industrie du Futur (Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications d'Excellence Industrie du Futur) is a French educational network based in Decazeville, Occitanie, focused on training students in Sciences and Technologies of Industry and Sustainable Development (STI2D). The campus functions as a coordination and support network for secondary schools, higher education institutions, and training centers across the Lot and Aveyron departments, working in partnership with industrial companies in the Mecanic Vallée cluster. Rather than offering a unified software product, the campus provides educational programs, training pathways, and organizes industry-oriented initiatives including technology days, discovery workshops, European projects (LCAMP, TESS, 3TIndustry4.0), and career orientation events. Key training topics include additive manufacturing/3D printing, predictive maintenance, virtual/augmented reality, cybersecurity, and digital manufacturing technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TESS – Trusted European Scholar Data Space: European data space initiative for vocational education and training involving partners from Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Estonia, and Finland, with a 36-month duration.
• LCAMP – Learner Centric Advanced Manufacturing Platform
• 3TIndustry4.0

Products and services

• STI2D Secondary Education Pathway
• LCAMP Collaborative Learning Factory
• 3TIndustry4.0 Training Modules
• TESS European Scholar Data Space
• Topological Optimization and Additive Manufacturing Training Module

Quantifiable outcome

• Network grew with 'nett progression des adhésions' (significant increase in memberships) noted in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TESS – Trusted European Scholar Data SpacecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026A 36-month European initiative creating a transnational data space for vocational education and training (VET). Partners from Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Estonia, and Finland collaborate to improve data collection, interoperability, and ethical data use in education. Coordinated by Innovalia Association (Bilbao, Spain). The CMQE is a French partner in this project.
• Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025IMT is the institutional partner leading the MACMIA project (Competences and Jobs of the Future in AI), an 'Appel à Manifestation d'Intérêt' under France 2030. Through MACMIA, IMT recruits a pedagogical engineer to support the dual-competency 'AI & Industrie du Futur' training pathway in which the CMQE is a participant.
• LCAMP (Learner Centric Advanced Manufacturing Platform)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022A 4-year European project (launched June 2022, €4 million EU subsidy via Erasmus+) involving 20 partners from 10 countries. Coordinated by Tknika (Spain), it aims to create a reference platform for advanced manufacturing 4.0 and operates a Collaborative Learning Factory. The CMQE and Mecanic Vallée represent France. CMQE co-hosted the January 2023 steering committee in Toulouse.
• 3TIndustry4.0minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020A European cooperation project (Erasmus+) creating free online Industry 4.0 training modules for teachers and company trainers. Five partners from Germany, Spain, and France develop modules covering 3D printing, predictive maintenance, VR/AR, cybersecurity, IoT, Lean 4.0, and AI. The CMQE contributed to the additive manufacturing/topological optimization module. Coordinated by Mecanic Vallée.
• Mecanic ValléecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Mecanic Vallée is the primary industrial ecosystem partner of the CMQE Industrie du Futur. It is a cluster representing approximately 160 companies and 40 partners (institutional and training) across 6 departments in the mechanical engineering sector. Together they organize events, manage European projects (LCAMP, 3TIndustry4.0), and coordinate the Cordées de la Réussite program. The CMQE and Mecanic Vallée jointly represent France in the LCAMP project.
• Tknika – Centre Basque de Recherche sur la Formation Professionnelle (Espagne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTknika is the coordinating entity of the LCAMP project. As a leading European vocational education research center based in the Basque Country (Spain), it leads the pan-European network of Centers of Vocational Excellence in advanced manufacturing.
• PFT CONPIM (Plateforme Technologique pour la Conception de Produits Industriels multi-sites)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA multi-site technological platform covering five educational establishments (including Lycée Monteil and Lycée La Découverte). PFT CONPIM provides shared access to advanced manufacturing equipment (including a Markforged 3D printer, CNC machines) and organizes joint technology days (3D printing, laser welding, VR/AR, digitalization). The CMQE co-organizes New Technologies Days with PFT CONPIM.
• Curt Nicolin Gymnasiet (Finspång, Suède)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Swedish technical secondary school that collaborates with the CMQE on international pedagogical projects. In January 2025, a Swedish delegation (led by Raymond Svejd, director) visited the CMQE; in May 2025, students from Curt Nicolin Gymnasiet joined French STI2D students at Lycée La Découverte for collaborative 3D modeling and cultural exchange. Both institutions participate in the LCAMP consortium.
• FANUC FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFANUC, specialist in industrial automation systems, partnered with the CMQE and Lycée Monteil to host the 'L'industrie fait son show!' discovery event — the first stop of the FANUC Tour Éducation. Over 300 students attended the two-day event in November 2023, exploring industrial automation career paths.
• Région OccitaniecoreOthersRégion Occitanie co-finances the CMQE's activities, particularly orientation events like 'Je dis Industrie' (alongside France Travail, UIMM Occitanie, and Mecanic Vallée). The region also organizes the TAF (Travail-Avenir-Formation) job fairs where the CMQE participates.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi)coreOthersFrance Travail is a regular co-organizer of recruitment and orientation events ('Je dis Industrie') alongside the CMQE, Région Occitanie, UIMM, and Mecanic Vallée. It connects the CMQE's training offerings with job seekers across the Lot and Aveyron territories.
• Innovalia Association (Bilbao, Espagne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovalia is the coordinator of the TESS (Trusted European Scholar Data Space) project. Based in Bilbao, Spain, it serves as the primary contact for the 36-month initiative involving partners from 6 countries working on vocational education data interoperability.
• Chrysalis Pépinière d'Entreprises (Decazeville)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness incubator in Decazeville that partnered with the CMQE on the 'Challenge à la création d'entreprises' — a PIA 3 initiative to develop entrepreneurship culture among students. Hosted the prize-giving ceremony and provided mentorship to student teams.
• Ad'OccminorOthersRegional economic development agency that contributed to a technology conference at Lycée Champollion on the topic of Industry 4.0, providing expertise on the future of industrial transformation in Occitanie.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GRETA: A national network of continuing education groups hosted by French secondary schools. Comparable because GRETA groups deliver initial and continuing vocational training using the same public-school infrastructure model, often in the same STI2D and industrial disciplines as the CMQE.
• AFPA: France's national agency for adult professional training, delivering vocational programmes across all sectors. It is a broad incumbent because it offers overlapping continuing-education services to job seekers and career changers—one of the CMQE's secondary segments—at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• UIMM Formation: The training arm of the French metallurgy industry union (UIMM), which runs a national network of industrial training centres and apprenticeship programmes. It is a broad incumbent because it operates at much greater scale than the CMQE but addresses the same workforce-upskilling gap in the metalworking sector.

Emerging players

• Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT): A leading French group of engineering and business schools that co-leads the MACMIA project with the CMQE on AI and Industry 4.0 dual skills. Emerging player because IMT is the anchor partner in the joint AI training pathway and shares the CMQE's experimental pedagogical platform approach.

Direct peers

• AFPI (Association pour la Formation Professionnelle et Industrielle): A network of French professional training associations affiliated with UIMM that delivers industry-specific continuing education and apprenticeship training. It is a direct peer because both organisations provide vocational training pathways tailored to industrial employers, with shared curriculum and equipment access models.
• Tknika: The Basque Country's vocational education research and innovation centre, which coordinates the LCAMP European project in which the CMQE participates. Tknika is the most direct peer because it operates as a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) for advanced manufacturing in a region with a similar industrial profile (aerospace, machine tools) and shares the same multi-stakeholder training-network model.
• Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications d'Excellence Aéronautique (CMQE Aéro): One of the other Excellence-labelled CMQE networks in Occitanie, focused on aerospace. Direct peer because it operates the same government-labelled model (PIA co-funding, multi-stakeholder governance, European projects) in a closely adjacent industrial vertical within the same region.
• Innovalia Association: A Spanish research association that coordinates the TESS (Trusted European Scholar Data Space) project alongside the CMQE. Direct peer because Innovalia operates a comparable multi-stakeholder model bridging vocational education, industry, and digital transformation at European scale.

Others

• Mecanic Vallée: The industrial cluster that is the CMQE's primary strategic partner. It is an 'others' peer because, while not a training provider, it co-manages the same European projects (LCAMP, 3TIndustry4.0), shares overlapping members and governance, and represents the demand-side employer ecosystem the CMQE serves.

Regional players

• Pôle Formation UIMM Occitanie: The regional branch of the UIMM's training network operating in the same Occitanie territory. Regional peer because it competes for the same employer-sponsored apprenticeship funding and overlaps with the CMQE's industry 4.0 training portfolio, but is structurally separate from the PIA-funded CMQE network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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