Our purpose
To foster innovation, connect talents, promote plant resources and showcase expertise.
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PhytoArk supports innovative projects, accompanies the development of real solutions and brings together a community of specialised stakeholders. By showcasing local expertise and plant resources and promoting their use in the bioeconomy, whilst providing an environment conducive to experimentation, it boosts the attractiveness of the region and raises the profile of the natural ingredients, food, cosmetics and sustainable technologies industries.
Our ambition: to transform ideas, plants and technologies into tangible innovations that create value for the economy, the region and the plant-based sectors.
PhytoArk supports innovative projects, accompanies the development of real solutions and brings together a community of specialised stakeholders. By showcasing local expertise and plant resources and promoting their use in the bioeconomy, whilst providing an environment conducive to experimentation, it boosts the attractiveness of the region and raises the profile of the natural ingredients, food, cosmetics and sustainable technologies industries.
Our ambition: to transform ideas, plants and technologies into tangible innovations that create value for the economy, the region and the plant-based sectors.
A place where innovation takes root
A place where innovation takes root
PhytoArk is a place dedicated to innovation involving natural ingredients, which has fostered an innovation ecosystem centred on plant resources in Valais.
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Located in Conthey, it offers a combination of technical facilities (extraction platform, formulation laboratory, processing technologies), a network of experts and tailored support. With a focus on health and the environment, it supports the development of innovative products in the dietary supplements, cosmetics and food industries as well as the emerging sectors of sustainable agriculture and food.
At the heart of an innovation ecosystem that it has helped to shape for over a decade, PhytoArk facilitates access to expertise, infrastructure, and cantonal innovation, with a view to supporting the development of projects across the region.
Located in Conthey, it offers a combination of technical facilities (extraction platform, formulation laboratory, processing technologies), a network of experts and tailored support. With a focus on health and the environment, it supports the development of innovative products in the dietary supplements, cosmetics and food industries as well as the emerging sectors of sustainable agriculture and food.
At the heart of an innovation ecosystem that it has helped to shape for over a decade, PhytoArk facilitates access to expertise, infrastructure, and cantonal innovation, with a view to supporting the development of projects across the region.
Who we help
Who we help
For those who turn ideas into real solutions.
Start-ups, SMEs, researchers and entrepreneurs: PhytoArk provides support to all projects that innovate using natural raw materials. Whether you want to create a product, test a process or develop a new model, you can count on us every step of the way from idea to market.
Fertile ground for your projects
Fertile ground for your projects
The resources you need to make your ideas a reality
- Easy access to key services: extraction, formulation, pilot production and full-scale production
- Tailored support from the strategy through to the market launch
- Direct access to academic, business and institutional partners
- An opportunity to become part of a network of active stakeholders and benefit from synergies
- Active support in identifying, structuring and accessing suitable funding Our services