Lyon Business Advice for Health, Chemicals and Industry Firms

• Health and life sciences

  The Lyon investment agency describes a health ecosystem built around the Gerland biodistrict and the Bioparc. Pharma, biotech, diagnostics, medical devices and dermocosmetics are all present. Smaller laboratories and device makers tend to sell into long approval and purchasing cycles.

• Chemistry and the environment

  The Axelera cluster brings together the chemical and environmental sectors around the city. Specialist chemical producers, testing laboratories and suppliers of equipment and services work in its orbit, usually as sub-contractors to larger plants.

• Digital technology and simulation

  Lyon's own promotion lists the Vaise digital district for ICT and digital entertainment, alongside clusters for digital technologies and digital simulation. Software and services firms here are often small teams serving a handful of industrial or public clients.

• Textiles, polymers and mobility

  The same agency names clusters for textiles, polymers and mobility, and describes a diversified industrial network. Workshops that mould, weave or machine parts commonly depend on a few buyers for most of their orders.

• 01Device makers and laboratories often face slow purchasing cycles, so cash is spent on development long before orders confirm.
• 02Sub-contractors to larger plants commonly rely on one or two buyers, which exposes them when a customer re-sources.
• 03Technical founders frequently keep key decisions in their heads, which slows hiring and delegation.
• 04Small software and engineering teams can find it hard to price project work against the effort it really takes.

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• Healthcare
• Manufacturing
• Technology
• Professional services

Trades to start from

• Medical device manufacturers
• Genetic and speciality testing labs
• Chemical manufacturers
• Textile manufacturers
• Plastic injection moulding units
• Software development companies
• Industrial automation companies

• Business Strategy

  Mapping which buyers account for most revenue helps sub-contractors decide where to widen the customer base.

• Business Process

  Recording batch, test and release steps helps laboratories and moulders hand work between people without losing records.

• Business Audit

  A look at margin by project shows software and engineering teams which contracts cover their real effort.

• Business Coaching

  Standing calls give technical founders a place to practise delegating decisions they have always made themselves.

1. First call by phone or video, to hear how your business runs and what is stuck.
2. A written scope that says what we will look at, what you will receive and what we need from you, with the fee written in your own currency.
3. Your first sheet: the one page of numbers or decisions that the work starts from.
4. A review rhythm agreed with you, so the work is checked against what actually happened.