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AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
LILLE
REGION
IN THE
HEART OF
EUROPE’S
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
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Part 1.0
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
Lille region: a vibrant automotive hub
LILLE REGION
A VIBRANT
AUTOMOTIVE HUB
AN OUTSTANDING LOCATION
AT THE HEART OF A VAST EUROPEAN MARKET
• High-speed train lines
• Nearly two-thirds of European car
manufacturers and many equipment
suppliers are less than a day away
• Future high-speed train lines
• Airports
• Each year, 6 million passenger cars and
commercial vehicles are assembled within
a 700-km radius of Lille – over 80% of total
output in northwestern Europe.
• Large European cities with more
than 1 million inhabitants
• Channel Tunnel
Sunderland
TATA-JLR
Manchester
Halewood
Ellesmere
Port
Crewe-Cheshire
TATA-JLR
Solihull
SIAC-MOTORS
Swindon
Amsterdam
DEN HAAG
GM-VAUXHALL
HONDA
FORD
Woking
MCLAREN
CATERHAM
Dover
Goodwood
Eindhoven
Zeebrugge
BMW
Calais
Oostend
Brugge
Dunkerque
LILLE
St-Omer
Douai
RENAULT
Hordain
BRUSSELS
Dresden
VW
Köln
Aachen
Zwickau
GM-OPEL
Dieppe
Namur
VW
Koblenz
Frankfurt
Rüsselsheim
RENAULT NISSAN
Poissy
Saarbrücken
RENAULT
Reims
Karlsruhe
Batilly
PSA
SMART
Aulnay sous Bois
Nancy
VW PORSCHE
VW-AUDI
Ingolstadt
Rastatt
DAIMLER
Strasbourg
Rennes
Troyes
Stuttgart
Sindelfingen
Hambach
Metz
PARIS
Werk Regensburg
Neckarsulm
Saarlouis
Flins
VW AUDI
FORD
Sandouville
BMW
GM-OPEL
LUXEMBOURG
CharlevilleMézières
PSA
VW
Bonn
MCA (RENAULT)
SEVELNORD (PSA)
Amiens
Eisenach
Mosel
Liège
Rouen
PSA
BMW
VW-PORSCHE
Cambrai
RENAULT
Le Havre
Dortmund
FORD
Genk
Mons
Onnaing
Valenciennes
Maubeuge
Arras
RENAULT NISSAN
VW-AUDI
Leipzig
DAIMLER
Düsseldorf
Born
FORD
TOYOTA
Lens
Béthune
600 km
373 miles
Gent
GEELY-VOLVO
Hazebrouck
Boulogne-sur-Mer
VDL-MINI
VW
Münster
Bochum
Essen
Rotterdam
Dartford
Hannover
Osnabrück
GM-OPEL
LONDON
Wolfsburg
VW
VW-PORSCHE
Cowley-Oxford
Bristol
Southampton
DAIMLER
Hethel
RENAULT NISSAN
Luton
DAIMLER
PROTON
Coventry Northampton
BMW MINI
Ludwigsfelde
VW
ASTON
MARTIN
GEELY
Malvern
Cardiff
Emden
Burnaston-Derby
Nottingham
Castle
Gaydon
Bromwich
Birmingham
Longbridge
MORGAN MOTOR
Groningen
TOYOTA
Bremen
TATA-JLR
VW-BENTLEY
Hamburg
NISSAN
GM-VAUXHALL
DAIMLER
München
BMW
PSA
Mulhouse
PSA
Sochaux
AUTOMOTIVE
PRODUCTION SITES
Source : Automotive Production / Nord France Invest - 2014
Part 2.0
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
Lille Region’s automotive cluster
LILLE REGION’S
AUTOMOTIVE
CLUSTER
FRANCE’S 1ST
AUTOMOTIVE
REGION
(IN TERMS OF
CONSTRUCTION)
• 7 OEM sites
• 30% of French vehicle
production and 40%
of French engine and
gearbox production
• 140 suppliers and
subcontractors
• 120 service providers
• 2014 output
- 555,550 vehicles
- 1,335,000 gearboxes
- 611,350 engines
• Total work force:
60,000 employees,
40,000 working solely in
the automotive industry,
17,661 in assembly plants
THE 7 OEM SITES
(Key figures Dec. 31, 2014, source ARIA)
RENAULT DOUAI
• Workforce: 4,131 employees
• Manufacturing in 2014: 109,120 Scenic,
Grand Scenic and Mégane Coupé-cabriolet.
MCA
• Workforce: 1,834 employees
• Manufacturing in 2014: 138,000 Kangoo
(PCs & CVs), Kangoo Z.E., Mercedes Citan.
SEVELNORD
• Workforce: 2,366 employees
• Manufacturing in 2014: 83,430 Peugeot
Expert, Citroën Jumpy, Fiat Scudo,
Toyota Proace.
TOYOTA
• Workforce: 3,171 employees
• Manufacturing in 2014: 225,000 Yaris.
PSA VALENCIENNES
• Workforce: 2,070 employees
• Manufacturing in 2014:
1.250.800 gearboxes.
FRANÇAISE DE
MÉCANIQUE
• Workforce: 2,779 employees
• Manufacturing in 2014: 611,350 engines.
STA RUITZ
• Workforce: 587 employees
• Manufacturing in 2014: 84,225 gearboxes.
Part 2.1
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
Lille Region’s automotive cluster
LILLE REGION’S
AUTOMOTIVE
CLUSTER
Oostende
Brugge
DUNKERQUE
CH
Gent
Baron
Calais
AN
NE CALAIS
L
Antwerpen
A16
Schaeffler
Calais
Brussel
TGV
SAINT-OMER
A16
Kortrijk
Soliver
Neuville-en-Ferrain
A25
Brussel
A22
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER
A26
Le Touquet
A21
STA
Ruitz
Cadence Industrie
Noeux les Mines
Tech-Form
Auxi-le-Château
Agrati France
Vieux-Condé
A23
Düsseldorf
Köln
Toyota Boshoku
Onnaing
A1
Toyota Boshoku
Somain
Inoplast
Flers en
Escrebieux
Mons
Simoldes
Onnaing
Toyotomi Europe
Onnaing
Mecacorp
Lear corporation
Faurecia
EU-AGCLens
Automotive VALENCIENNES
Feignies
Hénin-Beaumont DOUAI
Petite Forêt
Ogura
Akebono
Benteler
Onnaing
Arras
PSA
Quincy
AGCValenciennes
Automotive
ARRAS
A2
Aniche
SANOH
MAUBEUGE AGCValenciennes
Saint Gobain
Sotexo Faurecia
Automotive
Sienor Faurecia
Aniche
Reichhart Logistik Boussois
Brebières
Lieu St-Amand
Feignies
Eurostyle Systems
Allevard Rejna
SNWM
Lieu St-Amand
CAMBRAI
Douai
Douai
UM Corporation
Biache
A1
0
Tournai
Irausa G.A.
Hénin-Beaumont
LENS
WTX / Maruyasu
Roubaix
A27
FM
Douvrin
BÉTHUNE
Faurecia
Marles-les-Mines
Amiens
Rouen
Paris
LILLE
Reydel
Automotive
Gondecourt
Harnes
Faurecia
Auchel
Plastic Omnium
Ruitz
VALEO
Etaples
Dourdin
Saint André
Bridgestone
France
Béthune
A26
A2
Tremois
Le Cateau
Grupo Antolin
Cambrai
AVESNES
30 km
Gestamp / Sofedit
Gouzeaucourt
Paris
Guilford
Troisvilles
Agrati France
Fourmies
Reims
Major suppliers and OEMs in Lille Region
Classification by Product Nord France Invest EH OCT 2014
Subcontracting suppliers
OEMs
Glazing
Alternators and dynamos
Heating and air conditioning
Exhaust pipes and silencers / Catalytic converters
Tires and air tubes
Suspension springs and torsion bars
Complete dashboards
Braking systems / ABS
Bumpers
Adhesives / Soundproof carpeting
Passenger car seats
Various plastic engine parts
Plastic parts for interior systems
Engine equipment
Textile
Transmission systems
Various metal sheets
and hose equipment
Cutting out and shaping • Fine blanking
Bolts and screws
Research center
Part 3.0
Equipment manufacturers
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS
The sheer size of the automotive industry in the Euro-Region (including Northern France,
Belgium and Kent in the UK) gives automotive manufacturers easy access to a wide variety
of subcontractors and related services.
The Northern France region counts over 140 tiers-1, -2 or -3 equipment manufacturers.
The diversity of their offer, comprising first-class French and foreign equipment manufacturers,
lets manufacturers benefit from the most cost-effective purchasing policies.
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS
TIERS-1
AGC AUTOMOTIVE
Automotive Glass
AGRATI Retainers, screws
AKEBONO BRAKE Brake pads
BRIDGESTONE
Tire manufacturing
LEAR CORPORATION
JIT plant for complete seat units
GROUPE FAURECIA
Bumpers, dashboards, door panels
GRUPO ANTOLIN (2 sites)
Plastic components for vehicle interiors
GESTAMP Assembles dashboard
cross members and bumper beams by MIG
welding and resistance welding
GROUPE TRÈVES
Headrests and carpets for passenger cars
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Bumpers and plastic fuel systems
REYDEL AUTOMOTIVE
Dashboards, door panels
TOYOTA BOSHOKU Car seats
TOYOTOMI EUROPE
Pressing and cutting parts
SCHAEFFLER CHAIN
DRIVE SYSTEMS Drive chains
SIMOLDES
Plastic parts, door panels, cabinets, wheel
arches and various interior and exterior parts
SNWM Manufacture of parts and
bodywork and vehicle weldments.“Body
in white” subsets by stamping and welding
assembly for the European automotive
industry.
VALEO Alternators, electric starter
motors and DC generators
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INDUSTRY
Part 3.1
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INDUSTRY
Equipment manufacturers
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS
TIERS-2 + 3
CREATIQUE TECHNOLOGIE
Electricity/electronics
DOURDIN
Stamping, surface treatment, assembly,
studies, engineering, testing printing,
adhesive films
DELZEN
Die-cut, stamped and assembled metal
parts and products
DUFLOT
Nonwoven needlepunch specialist, thermal
and acoustic insulation
DYLCO
Technical textile solutions
GALLEZ
Parts development, design and construction
of injection tools
KNAUF
Alveolar foam specialists, injection extrusion,
thermoforming/foaming, custom die cutting of
expanded polystyrene, molding alveolar foam
LOBEL
Precision and high-precision engineering.
(+/- 2 microns). Tooling, wear parts, complete
assemblies, and testing systems
MADER
Paint and highly technical composites
NIEF PLASTICS
Injection of thermoplastics, assembling,
US welding, gas injection
TECHFORM
Powertrain components
WTX/MARUYASU
Hoses, pipes and ducts for vehicles
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Part 4.0
French Competitiveness Clusters in the Lille region. Dedicated to the automotive sector.
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
FRENCH COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS
IN THE LILLE REGION
DEDICATED TO THE
AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Mission: to increase the competitiveness of companies by developing
synergies between private sector research, public research and
training centers, around collaborative R&D projects.
i-TRANS
UP-TEX:
Anchored in Northern France, i-Trans
brings together large companies, SMEs
and laboratories of all backgrounds in
ambitious innovation joint projects, resulting
in industrialized or marketable products and
services.
• A major textile region (1,000 companies,
25,000 jobs) where the textiles of the
future are being developed today.
Catalysing innovation and
enhancing competitiveness.
A catalyst of innovation
Specialist for innovation management,
i-Trans offers high added value services
to entreprises and academic structures
to develop finance and structure new
Research and Development capabilities in
5 priority areas:
• Freight
• Mobility
• Railway Infrastructure
• Rolling Stock
• Automotive.
5 major challenges for surface
transport to tackle through
collaborative innovation
- reduce energy consumption
- reduce environmental impacts
- develop performance and reliability
- strengthen safety and security
- improve design and acceptance.
Keys figures (as of January 31th 2015)
• 202 R&D projects, representing
investments totaling €1,2 billion
• 16 structural resource projects
• 19 training programs in higher education.
For more information,
visit www.i-trans.org
Lille Region’s high-performance
textile cluster.
• UP-TEX is a platform of technological
expertise, R&D and training designed
to meet customers’ textile needs,
particularly in the automotive industry.
It currently focuses on three R&D
specialties including innovative materials
(nonwoven, agro-fibers, etc.) and new
functions such as intelligent textiles.
• 750 researchers are at work on textile
projects, including 120 on materials and
new performances.
TEAM²
an Innovation hub dedicated
to green technologies for
Recycling, Waste Recovery and
Recyclability of materials.
Among their strategic axis: Organic
materials such as waste from plastics,
biomaterials, composites and also rubber
or textiles.
Initiative: Integration of recycled plastics
in the automotive sector.
For more information,
visit www.team2.fr
Today, UP-TEX counts 138 members,
100 companies, 19 research and
training institutions, more than 30 R&D
projects in the field of transport.
For more information,
visit www.up-tex.fr
MATIKEM
an Innovation hub dedicated
to the materials, chemical and
green chemical industries.
Among their strategic axis: plant-based
materials for the automotive industry.
Initiative: new materials for lightweight
vehicles.
For more information,
visit http://en.matikem.com
Part 5.0
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
Research and training in our region’s automotive industry
RESEARCH AND TRAINING
IN OUR REGION’S
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
RESEARCH
GROUPS
SERVING
BUSINESS
CISIT
International Campus on Safety and
Intermodality in Transportation
including 12 research labs from regional
and national institutions and 2 technical
centers and 400 people in all
•A
n interdisciplinary campus in the heart
of a region known for its automotive
prowess, combining the development
of research skills with innovative
technology
• Positioning in keeping with Europe’s
Horizon 2020 roadmap
• Strong ties to its ecosystem (regional
automotive excellence cluster, ARIA,
i-Trans, Transalley technopark and
industrial partners)
• Focus on research and innovation
projects targeting the highest levels of
safety and the lowest environmental
impact:
1 - Reliable, safe and lightweight
materials and structures
2-O
ptimal vehicle energy management
3 - Intelligent, safe and secure mobility
4 - Morpho-adaptative safety and human
factors
• The vision to become a vanguard
European research center, innovating
to create tomorrow’s vehicles.
www.cisit.org
WORLD-CLASS
RESEARCH
LABORATORIES
Over 1,000 people work at around
20 research laboratories in Northern
France’s automotive sector, including:
LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201
(CISIT) Automation Laboratory,
mechanics and industrial IT and Human.
IEMN UMR CNRS 8520
Microelectronics and nanotechnology
institutes electronics.
IFSTTAR (CISIT) Communication,
PRIVATE R&D
ON SITE AT
AUTOMOTIVE
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS
CRISTAL UMR CNRS 9189
FRANÇAISE
DE MÉCANIQUE
DTPCIM - ÉCOLE DES
MINES (CISIT) Mechanical
engineering, polymers and composites.
tracking, monitoring, analysis and
evaluation of safety features for rail
and guided transport systems, efficient
mobility for passengers and goods.
Center for Research in Computing, Signal
and Automatic of Lille.
LML (CISIT) Mechanical engineering.
UVHC University of Valenciennes
and Hainaut Cambresis. Specializing
in transport, with longstanding joint
projects between companies in the
transport sector and the university.
Designated an Innovative Campus for
Sustainable Transport by the French
government, with the creation of a
Sustainable Transport Institute and
International Management Institute.
EFFICIENT
TECHNICAL
CENTERS
SERVING
BUSINESS
C3T VALUTEC (CISIT) Center
for Technological Competences in Land
Transport - Overall comfort of vehicles
(safety - collision, braking, assistance for
design and manufacturing, etc.).
CRITT M2A (CISIT) Regional
Center for Innovation and Technological
Transfer for Engines and Automotive
Acoustics - Test resources for the
development of complex functions used
in automotive engines (anechoic chamber,
modeling, Turbocharger test center,
calculations).
CREPIM Research and Study
Center on Fireproofing Processes
used for Materials. Fireproof formulas,
assessment of fire behavior of materials,
standardization, regulation.
Engine development / Engine plant.
REYDEL AUTOMOTIVE
Technical center specializing in the
design of the dashboards of the future.
VALEO
Development of alternators.
MECAPLAST
(Groupe Centre Technique)
Technical center specializing in the
design of intake plenums for engine
injection systems.
EU-AGC AUTOMOTIVE
Production of prototype lines for complex
windshield manufacturing.
WESTAFLEX/MARUYASU
Hoses, pipes and ducts for vehicles.
ALLVARD REJNA
SUSPENSION
Components, stabilizing bars and springs.
SCHAEFFLER CHAIN
DRIVE SYSTEMS
Use of new materials for products
developed by the company (mechanic
chains, hydraulic tensioners).
Part 5.1
Research and training in our region’s automotive industry
RESEARCH AND TRAINING
IN OUR REGION’S
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
A WIDE RANGE OF
TRAINING SCHEMES
Engineering schools, universities
and professional training institutions
in Northern France offer most of the
automotive industry courses available
in France – both for undergraduates and
continuing professional development,
including combined apprenticeship/
classroom programs.
Some of the top-tier engineering schools
with offerings tailored to the automotive
industry include:
ENSIAME
(National Graduate School of Energetic
Mechanics) in Valenciennes.
Structural dynamics, crashes, acoustic
and vibroacoustic analysis, transport
aerodynamics, propulsion of land vehicles,
mechatronics and embedded systems,
modeling and optimization of production
systems.
HEI
(Higher Engineering Studies) in Lille.
Mechanical engineering & design, Master’s
degree in innovative technology for transport
systems. Mechanical design, electrical and
automated power systems, Mechatronics, etc.
ISD
(International School of Design) in
Valenciennes. Transport: focusing
on emotion and mobility. Design and
development of equipment, forms, internal
and external structures of vehicles, under
hood design (automotive), advance design,
etc..
ENSAM - Paris Tech
(National School of Arts and Industry) in
Lille: Expertise in the 3rd year of Land
Transport Vehicle Engineering (or “TETRA”).
Specialist Masters in “Electric Vehicle
Engineering”.
ECOLE CENTRALE
DE LILLE
(Engineering school ranked among the
top 15 engineering schools in France,
established 1854). Several options in the
automotive sector, including advanced
mechanics, production systems engineering,)
and electrical power.
POLYTECH’LILLE
Training “engineer-architects’ in the design of
mechanical systems. Sectors concerned are
mainly transport and energy.
ECOLE DES MINES
DE DOUAI
Trains engineers, managers, and operational
staff in specialized fields through majors and
options, developing dual areas of expertise
(including preparation for corporate roles:
R&D, logistics, purchasing, etc.).
In addition to engineering degrees,
Northern France offers a wide range of
professional courses for undergraduates,
as continuing education basis and
through combined apprenticeship/
classroom programs. Candidates train
to become technicians in all areas of
automotive engineering, from metallurgy
and mechnical engineering to bodywork,
plastics, industrial maintenance and
methods, mechanics and maintenance
of transport vehicles, and more.
271 TRAINING CENTERS
& 494 COURSES
In addition to undergraduate training,
Northern France offers a wide range of
continuing professional development options
in fields related to the automotive industry
(iron plating, painting, assembly, programs
for fork-lift truck drivers and warehouse
managers and staff*).
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Lille region a leader in developing clean vehicles
LILLE REGION
A LEADER IN
DEVELOPING
CLEAN VEHICLES
A pioneer
in electric-powered
mobility
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Already a major presence in Northern France,
where it operates four factories, Renault/
Nissan has signed a letter of intent with the
region for electric vehicles. The agreement
provides for the launch of preliminary studies
to back a regional plan to develop electric
vehicles for personal and business use.
Included in the project are the appointment of
a project leader for electric vehicles, a review
of the region’s electric vehicle fleet, and
plans to install recharging facilities. Medee,
the competitiveness cluster dedicated to
energy-efficient electric powertrains, and
transport cluster i-Trans will be providing
support, particularly in areas relating to
training and technology.
develop electric cars and
TOYOTA MOTOR
MANUFACTURING
FRANCE
At a press conference in September 2012,
Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota
Motor Europe announced that its OnnaingValenciennes site had been selected for the
production of a small hybrid vehicle.
On this occasion, Mr. Makoto Sano,
President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing
France, explained the reasons for the choice.
“I would first like to emphasize how proud
we are that our site has been chosen. It’s
a source of pride for all staff members
at Onnaing-Valenciennes. Toyota Motor
Manufacturing France will be the first site in
France and the second in Europe to produce
hybrid electric vehicles, consolidating
its place within Toyota’s European
manufacturing system.
Subsidiary MCA in Maubeuge pioneers
large-scale production of electric vans.
Renault’s Kangoo Express ZE is the
first electric van developed by a volume
manufacturer for large-scale production.
Mass production started in mid-2011.
DBT
An SME based in Douai
in 1990, Douaisienne de
Basse Tension (DBT) is the
French leader in the field
of transformers. Thanks to
this experience and its close
relationship with the electricity
provider EDF, DBT has also
developed a complete range
of retractable systems and
terminals for power distribution
in public areas, as well as
access control systems via
retractable terminals in urban
areas
Part 7.0
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
Automobile associations at your service
ASSOCIATIONS
AT YOUR SERVICE
SUSTAINABLE & INNOVATIVE
MOBILITY CLUSTER
AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATIONS
ASSETS:
• Applied research laboratories.
• Technology platforms.
•C
ommon spaces for companies,
researchers and universities.
TRANSALLEY
Business and science park dedicated to
innovative mobility in Valenciennes.
INVENTING TOMORROW’S
TRANSPORT SOLUTION
The place for innovative companies, R&D
activities and key operators of sustainable
and innovative mobility (railway clusters
automotive cluster, scientific cluster…).
Transalley offers services and tools to
grow companies and innovate.
TransAlley is home to: the i-Trans
cluster,one of the five national automotive
competitiveness cluster, CISIT, Pôle
Automobile, Sustainable Transport
Institute and others.
• Dedicated space for businesses
(business centers).
• Incubator.
•V
alenciennes University is renowned
internationally for its excellence in
transport fields.It includes a campus
entirely focused on sustainable
transport issues, combining science
and management.
LOCATION:
•T
ransalley Technopole, Valenciennes,
covering 34 hectares, 180,000 sq
m SHON, adjacent to the university
campus, and bringing together research
and training center, established
companies, start-ups and institutions
in the transport sector.
ARIA
A private association for manufacturers
in the automotive sector, founded in 1996.
It currently has around 130 members,
including:
• automakers.
• equipment manufacturers (both suppliers
and subcontractors).
• capital goods suppliers.
• universities, high schools, schools
and consultants working in or with the
automotive sector.
www.aria-automobile-nord.com
www.transalley.com
AUTOMOTIVE
CLUSTER
“Supporting the automotive industry
in Northern France by promoting its
development and laying the foundations
for the future”.
After 10 years of working closely to
promote businesses in the automotive
sector, ARIA members– including
representatives of the French State,
regional and industrial groups–launched
the Northern France Automotive Cluster.
www.poleautomobile-npdc.fr
AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY
LILLE REGION,
AT THE HEART OF EUROPE
78 MILLION
CONSUMERS
>A
REGION OPEN TO THE
WORLD: HOME TO OVER 1,600
INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
EMPLOYING 97,000
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180 MILES /
300 KM
LONDON
TGV AMSTERDAM
Dunkerque
Antwerpen
Belgium BRUXELLES
Calais
Armentières
Boulogne/Mer
St-Omer
LILLE
Béthune
TGV
BRUSSELS 35’
Lens
Valenciennes
Arras
CHANNEL
Douai
Cambrai
Le Havre
Germany
2H40
Zeebrugge
TGV
LONDON 80’
Netherlands
Rotterdam
>O
UTSTANDING
INFRASTRUCTURE,
INCLUDING PORTS,
AIRPORTS & HIGHWAYS
KÖLN
TGV KÖLN
2H35
>E
XCELLENT LABOUR
RELATIONS
Maubeuge
France
>A
N INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
LUXEMBOURG
> E XCEPTIONAL R&D
RESOURCES
TGV CDG AIRPORT 50’
TGV PARIS 60’
PARIS
>O
VER 55,000 JOBS CREATED
BY INTERNATIONAL
COMPANIES IN THE LAST
20 YEARS
CDG AIRPORT
> QUALITY OF LIFE:
A LIVELY CULTURAL SCENE
& ENDURING TRADITIONS
Strasbourg
WE TAKE BUSINESS
TO HEART!
THE INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY FOR NORTHERN FRANCE
Espace International, 299 boulevard de Leeds 59777 LILLE - France
tel: +33 (0) 359 562 300 / email: [email protected]
www.nordfranceinvest.com
Partner
Co-financed by
Elke HANSEN
PROJECT MANAGER
phone +33 (0)3 59 56 23 28
mobile +33 (0)6 89 88 44 79
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