CERN’s Technology department has just signed a collaboration agreement with the MINES ParisTech engineering school (École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris) and ARMINES, the organisation that manages the school’s research partnerships. The École des Mines and ARMINES are very active in the field of applied research in collaboration with industry, covering fields of expertise as diverse as energy, materials science and applied mathematics. This multidisciplinary approach and common research interests have led to the establishment of a framework collaboration agreement with CERN. For several years, CERN’s Technology department has been stepping up its cooperation with national laboratories and institutes.