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CMA CGM opens Manchester high tech hub

[ October 26, 2023   //   ]

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, opened CMA CGM Group’ss Zebox UK startup accelerator at Portland Street. It becomes the sixth innovation hub for the accelerator founded in 2018 by CMA CGM chairman Rodolphe Saadé.

The hub will accelerate decarbonisation and operational optimisation through technological breakthroughs in the supply chain industry, especially artificial intelligence.

It joins Zebox’s headquarters in Marseille, France, and hubs in the Caribbean (Guadeloupe), Ivory Coast, USA and Asia Pacific region (Singapore). Globally, the initiative has already worked with over 250 startups and 20 corporate leaders, and has facilitated more than 340 collaborations.

The hub will support the UK and Northern Europe’s most promising startups and connect them with corporate partners.

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