The State subsidizes several companies in La Manche for their innovative projects

The Wednesday January 22, 2025the Secretary General for Investment in charge of the France 2030 plan, Bruno Bonnell, was passing through the Channel to discover three of the subsidized companies by this state aidin response to their innovative projects.

Winners of a call for projects, they were awarded a sum of “ 35 million euros since 2021», according to the Manche prefecture.

From 1978 the Dielen laboratory stands out for its the independence of its research and by the exclusivity of its patentsof innovation for its range of food supplements . “Previcaments”, Bruno Bonnell nicknames them, making the connection between preventionet medications.

Dielen, health with natural origins

Indeed, thanks to expertise in the development of original marine active ingredients from co-products of French fishing this company, which displays an increase of 81% of are turnoverbetween 2021 et 2023 put on industrial remains of fish caught in Scotland and transformed into Brittanyto create bioactive marine active ingredients.

Obtained using a process patented by Dielen, they allow the manufacture of food supplements aimed at improve sleepthe cholesterol levelthe digestion…

Our research has been the subject of 14 publications in international scientific journals and is the origin of 7 innovation patents.

“This market is growing over the years, which is one of the reasons why France 2030 focused on it,” comments Bruno Bonnell, who has obviously studied this issue.

A reflection which was also echoed by Paul Violette, the general manager: “It gained 7% in 2024. For our part, our growth is 25% in the pharmacies . »

Algae and job creation

Faced with this growing success Dielen decided to turn to another sector – different from l’animalwith co-products from fishing – that of vegetal with Algaïa, the leading algae processor in France.

If the processing of these takes place in the Finistère the proximity of the research and development center of this young companyestablished since 2016 in Saint-Lô is a significant asset for this new partnership .

Called “Activalgae”, the project will see the light of day thanks to help from a consortium composed of these two companies, accompanied by the University of Artois, the Pasteur Institute of Lille and the University of Lille.

The principle would remain the same as what the Dielen laboratory already does with materials of animal origin, and “opens the way towards a new therapeutic treatment», supports Bruno Bonnell.

The “Activalgae” consortium – including marketingis planned for 2033 – would thus receive nearly 1.78 million euros out of the 2.8 million needed for the project. With the key, 27 positions createdfor Dielen and 12 for Algaïabetween 2029 and 2035.

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