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The Initialis Science Park is a business incubator and science park located in Mons in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia (Belgium). The science park is associated with the two universities present in Mons; the University of Mons and the University of Louvain (UCLouvain FUCaM Mons). The science park comprises two technopoles: Multitel, which groups telecommunications, signal and image processing and Materia Nova, which groups research and development on new materials such a ceramics.

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