TOTEM, is Occitanie’s intelligent and sustainable mobility cluster.
The TOTEM Cluster was created at the end of 2020 to federate companies, research and training institutions, institutions & communities, economic development structures, professional organizations, and professional partners, to develop collectively and with audacity the land and maritime transport systems in the Occitanie Region (south of France, Toulouse main city). The aim is to make Occitanie a Mobility Valley.
- An initiative of companies and supported by the Regional Council of Occitanie, Toulouse City Council and the French State,
- Resulting from the merger of Automotech, Mipirail and the Automotive France clusters,
Nowadays, TOTEM represents :
- More than 50,000 jobs
More than 1,500 prescriber and customer contacts
Our mains missions are :Â
Business
To contribute to reach new markets to maintain and develop employment, as well as to promote diversification of the companies, to meet the challenges and the specificities of each sector.Â
Innovation
 To accelerate the transition to intelligent and sustainable mobility through innovations, experimentations, leading to the implementation and to showcase TOTEM’s know-how and technologies
Industrial performance
To raise the awareness and to support the transformation of the sector in improving the competitiveness of individual companies: the industry of the future (factory 4.0/5.0, automation, robotization…), digitization, organization, supply chain (sovereignty, relocation, …)
Skills and training
To facilitate the transmission of knowledge and to anticipate new skills to deal with economic, technical, and normative adaptations. To learn to adapt and to get ready for the future across the entire value chain (upstream in industry and downstream in the service sector, including maintenance).
Our 3 strategic industries :
- Railway Sector
Metros, Light rail, Regional & Intercity, High-speed trains
- Â Automotive Sector
Automotive, Buses, Coaches & Trucks, Eco-mobilities
- Maritime Sector
Naval Ship Building, Nautics, Renewable Energies
The automotive industry in Occitanie
50 years of Automotive history in Occitanie
40 years of fruitful collaboration industry / labs / universities and worldwide recognized R&D labs
More than 14,000 jobs in the upstream chain (excluding temporary workers)
- 6,000 jobs for Tier 1 supplier
Recognized competence center
- 2nd largest region in electrical and electronic sectors in France with more than 3,200 jobs.
- Renault Software Factory R&D site (280 jobs) dedicated to connectivity and artificial intelligence for autonomous driving
- Continental Group worldwide competence center of for image processing.
- NXP Development center of Automotive Division, a Group’s worldwide excellence center
- Succes of EasyMile in the ground driverless sollutions.
Mobility solutions test park & racing circuits
- Nogaro : with a unique geopositioning tool, a race car drinving simulator, and a test bench for shock absorption
- Albi : with H2 specialisation
- Alès, dedicated to moto & car racing industry
- EMBLEMATIC PROJECTS – Francazal Mobility Park
Notable companies present in Occitanie
Potential structuring projects for automotive players in Occitanie
Software Define Vehicle
Power concentration, reduced number of ECUs
Eco-design
Optimization of the use of raw materials
Bio-based or recycled materials
Optimizing the production and use of circular economy parts
Parts from the circular economy
Recycling of battery materials
Connectivity: harnessing the potential of 5g+, 6g networks & newspace
Smart hub, autonomous shuttles, hub and autonomous logistics
New automotive services business models
Integration of BEVs in the smart grid
Grid capability optimization
Harnessing the potential of quantum computing in mobility
Low TRL // POC & commercial potential
The railway industry in Occitanie
The railway industry in Occitanie accounts for almost 10,000 employees (operators excluding SNCF staff), within over 100 businesses.
The Occitanie also benefits from the presence of 3 major manufacturers
- Alstom manufactures traction systems for rolling stock in Tarbes (65) and design electrical engineering in Toulouse (31)
- CAF, the Spanish group, assembles tramways and refurbishes railway rolling stock in its Bagnères de Bigorre plant (65)
- Siemens Mobility has set up the worldwide headquarter for automatic light rail activities in Toulouse (31)
A fully integrated ecosystem for Rail Industry Excellence
Our regional companies strategically operate across the entire value chain
Potential structuring projects for railway players in Occitanie
Industry & Infrastructure of the future
Global modernization
Climatic risk resilience
Sovereignity
CO2 free Train
Diesel to H² prolusion / Efficiency
Environmental impact reduction
Intramodality
Energy resilience
Smart Train
Digitalization & cybersecurity
Availability & reliability
Inclusive mobility
Modal transportation report & High service level
Safety & security
Connectivity for providing services to users
Why to choose TOTEM for the railway sector ?
1. Saving time
You have at hand a wide range of qualified and experienced suppliers in the railway sector, who provide you with tailor-made solutions, in accordance to railway standards, and ready to support you during your project. For each individual supplier, you have access to their company profile, expertise, references, and you have a privileged interlocutor to discuss your needs. Then, you can easily start doing your sourcing strategy with TOTEM!
2. Cost optimization
Improve reliability, optimize maintenance management, reduce the frequency of breakdowns and failures in technical services to improve maintenance costs and cost of ownership. Gain in industrial performance, and opt for economical, long-lasting solutions.
3. Innovations
Up-stream, take advantage of our innovations to integrate them into your offers, personalize and differentiate yourself from the competition – be unique! with your customers.
To get in contact with cluster TOTEM :
RAILWAY SECTORÂ
AUTOMOTIVE SECTORÂ
Franck EDELAAR
Managing Director
+33 (0)7 82 88 31 17
franck.edelaar@clustertotem.fr
 Maxime DEBIENNE
Facilitator
+33 6 52 52 18 07
maxime.debienne@clustertotem.fr