Doing business with hemp!
- Vous avez un projet de création d’entreprise dans une filière d’avenir et écoresponsable ?
- Vous souhaitez et rencontrer d’autres professionnels en lien avec la filière chanvre ?
- Are you interested in biobased natural fibres?
La Community of Communes Quercy Rouergue and Gorges de l'Aveyron is organising a " Tto entrepreneurship in the hemp sector". Visit exchange with professionalshear about inspiring projects and imagine the future Business opportunities in the hemp sector in the QRGA!
Hemp
Chanvre Occitan (82)
Speaker: Julien Bonnet, Head of hemp-making
The "agriculture and defibration" projectOccitan Hemp"is VirgoCoop's hemp mill. It converts harvested straw into textile fibre for European spinning mills.
In 2022, Chanvre Occitan enabled 200 hectares of hemp to be produced by farmers in the Lot, Tarn, Aveyron, Cantal, Lozère and Tarn-et-Garonne!
Le chanvre est la plante écologique et « zéro déchet » par excellence, car tous les éléments sont utiles et utilisés. Cultivé aux quatre coins du monde, il existe plusieurs variétés de chanvre. En Union européenne, seules les variétés ayant un taux de THC* of less than 0.2% are authorised for cultivation and seeds must be certified.
France has become Europe's leading producer of hemp, with very substantial production capacity. Given the environmental challenges we face today, hemp is a highly attractive alternative, thanks to its ability to store atmospheric carbon. Its highly interesting agronomic and economic characteristics make it particularly attractive to consumers, brands and manufacturers, who are increasingly looking for bio-based, sustainable materials.
In 2023, the commune of Caylus (82160) is home to the hemp cooperative VirgoCoopstructure recognised of the social economy (SSE). With over 160 members, it is regularly asked about the benefits of hemp for textiles.
VirgoCoop is (re)activating the hemp industry in Occitanie, promoting the revival of a local, organic and fair-trade hemp industry in France.
*THC : Tétrahydrocannabinol, l’une des molécules contenues dans le cannabis ayant des effets psychotropes)
By locating its defibration plant in the QRGA region, VirgoCoop is giving the region a productive primary processing facility.
Whether in the textile industry, the French building and eco-construction markets, bioplastics or mulching... There are so many opportunities to be found in this sector of the future!
To find out more, click here: https://www.virgocoop.fr/
Building
In France, the building sector is at the heart of the strategy to combat global warming, accounting for almost 45% of national energy consumption and more than 25 % of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
L'eco-building involves the use of bio-based materials (of animal or plant origin), which use less fossil energy while limiting GHG emissions. The Climate and Resilience Act and the new ecological regulations impose standards that aim to promote bio-sourced materials as a whole, including hemp.
Hemp is a very good insulation thanks to its thermal and hygrothermal performance and can also be used in the form ofhemp concrete"Lime and hemp mixes (made from hemp chips, a binder and a little water) can be used to make walls and partitions during construction or renovation. As for the hemp-lime mixture, it has the advantage of contributing to the architectural preservation while significantly improving acoustic comfort.
SARL Burg (82)
Speaker: Dominique Burg, Manager
The family general masonry business " Sarl Burg"specialises in all techniques for using hemp lime in walls, roofs and floors.
A strong presence in the QRGA region for 60 yearsSarl Burg is a regional reference on the subject of hemp concrete constructionas well as being a real driving force behind the local economy.
Its low-carbon, zero-waste approach is reflected in its strong commitment to passing on its know-howas well as in a perpetual search forincrease its ecological performance.
Sarl Burg is a member of the national association Building with hemp.
To find out more, click here: https://www.burg-construction.com/
Textiles
Si le chanvre fut l’une des premières sources de textile pour l’humanité, sa production a progressivement été réduite. Face à l’émergence des fibres synthétiques, elle a définitivement été abandonnée dans les années cinquante, faisant disparaître avec elle les savoir-faire en lien avec la filière. De plus, l’industrie textile fait face à la délocalisation massive des industries manufacturières en Asie (Chine et Inde principalement), conduisant à l’utilisation peu éthique d’une main d’œuvre aux conditions de travail indignes.
Today, the textile industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, with a major impact on the ecosystem. According to theADEMEThe sector emits 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHG) every year, representing 2% of global GHG emissions.
Faced with the current ecological challenges, the revival of the hemp textile industry seems to be the obvious solution. What's more, reviving the hemp weaving and spinning industry in France is a real chance to create jobs and reconnect with this precious know-how of excellence that has now disappeared.
Tissages d'Autan workshop (81)
Speaker: Mathieu Ebbesen-GoudinDevelopment Director
The Tissages d'Autan workshop masters specific know-how on the weaving 100% hemp cloth, or blended with wool, linen or organic cotton. Following in the tradition of the first Levis Strauss jeans, the workshop specialises in the manufacture of a denim fabric made entirely from hemp fibre.
This family-run workshop dates back to 1937, and is the heir to the skills of weavers Xavier Pistre and Éric Carlier, key players in the Castres-Mazamet textile region.
L’atelier Tissages d’Autant fait partie intégrante de l’écosystème VirgoCoop.
To find out more, click here: https://tissagesdautan.com/
Entrepreneurship
⁜ La création d’une entreprise vous tente mais vous n’êtes pas encore vraiment décidé(e) ? Il vous manque « la bonne idée » pour songer sérieusement à vous lancer ?
⁜ Do you already have an idea, but haven't yet turned it into a concrete project?
⁜ Are you an entrepreneur but want to challenge yourself with other creative ideas to reinvent yourself?
In an ideation process, anyone can come up with ideas and become creative, but it's thanks to the power of the collective that theinnovation.
What's more, for a project to become a reality, the idea must reveal a genuine business opportunity!
« Business opportunities« : Meeting between a idea and the socio-economic reality willing to receive the company.
Through two group workshops created for you and led by Blue Ocean (31) et l’Adefpat (81), échangez avec d’autres personnes sur les manières d’exploiter les opportunités d’affaires que représente le développement d’une filière chanvre en QRGA.
Océan Bleu supports all types of company or organisation in their strategic thinking about creation or development. We use participative methods to facilitate exchange and co-construction.
L’Adefpat est une association de formation-développement accompagnant la réussite des projets de créateurs ou chefs d’entreprises sur les territoire ruraux depuis 1983. Implantée dans 6 départements d’Occitanie, elle est active auprès de 40 collectivités et 12 organisations économiques adhérentes.
During the day, you will also have the opportunity to meet the various acteurs locaux de l’accompagnement à la création d’activité, all in one place to help you develop your project:
- CCQRGA Economic Development Department
- Chambre des Métiers et de l’Artisanat 82
- Chambre de Commerce et d’industrie 82
- Agence de Développement Économique Occitanie (Ad’Occ)
- Rural Employment and Training Area (EREF)
- ADIE (Association pour le droit à l’Initiative Économique)
Professionals will be on hand to listen to you, give you an outside perspective and help you think things through.
Dare to do business in the QRGA!
Registrations
Registration is free, but mandatory. Places are limited, please register before 12 April 2023
Contact
Cécile MARSTEAU
Reception Policy and Economic Development Department
Community of Communes Quercy Rouergue and Gorges de l'Aveyron
07 76 11 42 30 / developpementeco@cc-qrga.fr
Course of the day
Coffee reception
- Opening speechby Joël Lagneau - Federation InterChanvre
- Conference "The VirgoCoop project and its Chanvrière centre "with Julien Bonnet - Occitan Hemp
- Workshop 1: Identify your ideas
- Conference "Building hemp"and discussions with Dominique Burg - Sarl Burg
- Buffet offered
- Conference "The Hemp textile"and discussions with Mathieu Ebbesen-Gourden, Development Manager - Tissage d'Autan
- Workshop 2: Imagine your projects
- Professional speed dating
- Closing aperitif
Speakers
Specialists renowned for their expertise in hemp and its applications (textiles, construction) will be talking to the public about the development of the industry and their inspiring projects.
Specialists renowned for their expertise in hemp and its applications (textiles, construction) will be talking to the public about the development of the industry and their inspiring projects.
Hemp
Julien Bonnet
Manager of Chanvre Occitan hemp plant (82)
Building
Dominique Burg
Manager SARL Burg (82)
Textiles
Mathieu Ebbesen-Gouden
Atelier Tissage d'Autan (81)
Hemp
Joël Lagneau
InterChanvre
Hemp
Julien Bonnet
Manager of Chanvre Occitan hemp plant (82)
Building
Dominique Burg
Manager SARL Burg (82)
Textiles
Mathieu Ebbesen-Goudin
Atelier Tissage d'Autan (81)
Hemp
Joël Lagneau
InterChanvre
Event organised by the Community of Municipalities of Quercy Rouergue and Gorges de l'Aveyronas part of the BpiFrance "Entreprendre au cœur des territoires" and the OCCRE (Occitanie Création Reprise Entreprises) led by theAdefpat.
Partnerships
During the day, you will also have the opportunity to meet local support professionals à la création d’activités, réunis en seul lieu pour vous aider à démarrer/développer vos projets !
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