Axel'One is a French collaborative innovation platform dedicated to chemistry and the environment. Founded in 2011 and based in Solaize near Lyon, it offers shared infrastructure, tools, and expertise across multiple sites to support R&D projects from laboratory scale (TRL 3) to pre-industrial demonstration (TRL 7).
The platform focuses on advanced materials and polymers, smart processes, catalysis, online analysis, and digital solutions. It assists industrial partners from the chemical, pharmaceutical, and related sectors, including textiles, composites, recycling, and energy.
Axel'One participates in public-private consortia and is affiliated with competitiveness clusters such as Axelera.
Also known as Axel One.
EU project to deliver the first continuous process for bio-based aniline, aiming 1.5 m³ semi-industrial demos and a 100% plant-carbon, drop-in MDI feedstock.
