Usine Agro du Futur - hall 6
Innovation, performance and transitions
The agri-food industry faces many challenges: productivity, attractiveness, sustainability and energy transition. The Usine Agro du Futur (Factory of the Future) platform, returning to CFIA Rennes 2026, will highlight concrete solutions to support this transformation towards operational excellence.
In partnership with Valorial, ABEA and Agence Bretagne Next, and with the support of the Brittany Region, this 450 m² platform will offer an immersion into the heart of industrial performance technologies and approaches: automation, real-time supervision, digitalisation, continuous improvement, energy efficiency, lean manufacturing, and more.
The Showroom
A circuit of innovative demonstrations exploring innovations organised into four thematic areas:
- Automation, digitalisation and energy management
- Industrial maintenance
- Cleaning and water savings
- Sanitary quality
AUTOMATION, DIGITISATION AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
CLEANING AND WATER SAVINGS
HEALTH QUALITY
The FoodTech Village
A larger space dedicated to start-ups and innovative companies unveiling new solutions in equipment, processes, packaging, ingredients and digitalisation.
EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES
PACKAGING AND PACKAGING MATERIALS
INGREDIENTS & PAI
DIGITISATION
Our partners
Bretagne Next Agency
A regional economic development agency funded by the Brittany Region, Bretagne Next, which stands for New Economy, Expertise and Transitions, aims to anticipate economic changes and position Breton companies at the forefront of digital, energy, food and industrial transitions and sovereignty, with the ambition of structuring sectors of the future for Brittany: cybersecurity, smart agriculture and biocontrol, the agro-factory of the future, sails and technologies, marine energies, renewable hydrogen, etc. Bretagne Next also coordinates the Relocalisons.bzh project, manages the Bretagne brand and co-runs the EEN network.
Valorial
Valorial is an innovation cluster specialising in sustainable agricultural and agri-food innovation, which brings together, animates and challenges 400 members through its Club Inno de l'Agro and its range of tailor-made advice and services. Its mission: to stimulate responsible food innovation by challenging the innovations of companies, research, transfer and teaching players.
Valorial accelerates the transition of these sectors towards sustainable models by connecting and advising members of its community in the Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire and Normandy regions, while also operating on a national and international scale. It has 20 years of expertise in the service of food progress, with more than 650 R&I projects supported since 2006.
ABEA
The Association Bretonne des Entreprises Agroalimentaires (ABEA) is the professional representative of the Breton agri-food sector. With 250 members and 55,000 employees, the ABEA defends the collective interests of businesses, coordinates the network of professionals throughout the region and develops the economic, social and environmental performance of its member companies and cooperatives.
Its objective is to bring agri-food issues to the attention of public actors while bringing together professionals in the sector. It represents food companies and cooperatives, from small businesses to large groups, and covers the entire region of Brittany across all sectors.