Overview

The main areas of excellence

• Automotive Industry / Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautics / Space
  1st regional employer, more than 68,000 jobs.
• Agribusiness and Agro-industry
  Ranks 1st or 2nd in many industries in France, 330 companies, 35,000 jobs.
• Electronics / IT / ICT
  Electronic payment systems, secure data transmission. Onboard electronics.
• Oil and Chemicals
  Number one French centre for refining, 35% of the country’s capacity, 235 companies, 20,000 jobs.
• Life Sciences (Drugs, Healthcare, and Cosmetics)
  2nd highest industrial concentration in France.
• Logistics
  Port Complex - Number one in France and number four in Europe, handles 50% of France’s maritime foreign trade.

 

The other industries

• Plastic Processing
  Polymer processing for the automotive, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, agribusiness, and others.
  Upstream chain: manufacturing plastics for oil industry (Arkema and ExxonMobil Chemical).
• Materials and their Applications
  Boating and Sailing (Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre)
  Aeronautics and Space (Snecma, Aircelle)
• Packaging
  Plastics, cardboard and glass.
  The Glass Valley Industrial Cluster, the world’s number one manufacturing centre of glass bottles for perfumery and cosmetics.
  "Packing and Packaging Engineering", Training department, 4th largest of its kind in France.
• Environmental Sciences and Technologies
  Environment Control.
  Recycling and Industrial Waste Treatment.
  Industrial Safety.
• Boating / Sailing
  A growing industry.

 

Tomorrow's innovations and technologies

Normandy boasts 3 major Universities (Rouen, Caen, Le Havre), 70,000 students, 6,000 foreign students, 130 research laboratories, 4,500 teachers and scientists, 9 engineering schools, 5 business and management graduate schools, 11 Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Centres (CRITT).

The main innovative industries are:

 

• Electronic payment systems, secure data transmission
• Medical imaging
• Engines and combustion mechanisms
• Embedded electronics for automobiles, planes, and logistics
• Environmental Sciences and Energy
• Life Sciences applied to Food-Processing
• Plastic Processing and New Materials
• Environment Control

 

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