PLANT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA is a spin-off of Institut Polytechnique de Lorraine ( INPL-ENSAIA ) at Nancy , France . The privately owned company was founded in July 2005 by Pr. Frédéric Bourgaud, Pr. Eric Gontier, both INRA-INPL specialists on plants secondary metabolites and biotechnology, and Jean-Paul Fèvre, former seeds research director at EURALIS Group.

The PAT project received support from

• OSEO-ANVAR, French National Agency for Research Valorisation through university transfer technology subsidies.
• The Valorisation Office of INPL, Nancy.
• INPL-ENSAIA, Nancy . Technology Valorisation Office and hosting laboratory.
•   INRA-Transfert, Paris .
• INCUBATEUR LORRAIN, regional start-up nursery in Nancy . INCUBATEUR LORRAIN helps private entrepreneurs to build-up start-up from public research activities.
• The Lorraine Regional Council, Metz (PRCE).
• TOTAL Group , the multinational energy company. (Help to start-up).
• GRAND NANCY City (PFIL).

PLANT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA research takes place in INPL-ENSAIA laboratory in Vandoeuvre lès Nancy ( Brabois Research Park ), and main office is hosted by INCUBATEUR LORRAIN in Nancy . Research operations are supervised by Pr. Frédéric Bouragud and Pr. Eric Gontier.

PLANT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA rents INPL-ENSAIA greenhouse and phytotron to develop its research. Another greenhouse in the surroundings of Nancy is setup to develop the production pilot.