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KEY FIGURES 133,000 1.5 local companies A GDP of € million of salaried 3.7 and non-salaried jobs 107 million billion inhabitants 7th 2nd French region for French region for employment in th total surface area industry (% of total employment). 5 6th French region for the number agricultural region of jobs in industry (in agricultural th added value) 8 region in terms of both population and produced wealth

Ranked 1st French region for quality of life A territory of engagement and trust (+19% new craft businesses openings between January 2013 and July 2016) An exemplary culture of partnership The lowest unemployment rate in

HUMAN AND DEMOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL

2040 forecasts: 4,400,000 Laval inhabitants (+26%)

Le Mans +30 000 people every year 3 rd youngest region in France (25% of less than 20 y.o. people) High school graduation rates exceed the national average

La Roche-sur-Yon

Source : Observatoire régional économique et social - www.ores.paysdelaloire.fr © Stéphanie Villion | CCI | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion PAYS DE LA LOIRE IN FRANCE

5th agricultural region (in agricultural added value)

Renowned vineyards: st nd & 1 2 ranked French region in region for the share of agricultural button mushrooms cultivation holdings having received the Red Label 3rd 2nd 2nd ranked region for for cattle breeding agribusiness region in terms ornamental horticulture of number of salaried jobs 3rd 2nd 2e region for organic farming for milk production IRUVHDዾVKLQJ in terms of its share of surface area used

6th French region in terms of the total number of industrial jobs total 1st 1st 1st 2nd region in naval construction region for shipbuilding French trading market region for furnishing in terms (salaried employment) for lumber of salaried employment

/HDGHULQWKHዾHOGRI st nd lifting and handling th 1 2 equipment 5 European economic hub region in manufacturing region for ICT for making kids clothing of metal products in terms of the number of salaried employment

4th French region chosen by French people for tourism

1st French region for horse race

1st sports region in France

Source : Observatoire régional économique et social - www.ores.paysdelaloire.fr © Stéphanie Villion | CCI Pays de la Loire | Juin 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion BUSINESS CLUSTERS: CHALLENGES AND EFFICIENCY

9 labelled centres 13 regional clusters of excellence of compagnies

ATLANPOLE BIOTHÉRAPIES ADN OUEST Innovation along the entire Valuing digital technologies and related occupations bio-medicine value chain ATLANBOIS ELASTOPÔLE Promoting the Pays de la Loire’s wood industry Innovation in rubber ATLANSUN and polymer industries Bringing together economic stakeholders (manufacturers, research laboratories EMC2 DQGVXSSOLHUV LQYROYHGLQWKHዾHOGVRI ,QQRYDWLRQLQWKHዾHOG photovoltaics and thermal electricity of materials processing CAP ALIMENT ID4CAR Acting together for food innovation Innovation in the CDM ዾHOGRIYHKLFOHV (Committee of Metallurgy Development). Identifying and getting ready to conquer IMAGES ET RÉSEAUX new markets ,QQRYDWLRQLQWKHዾHOGV of digital technologies CLARTÉ and imaging Virtual reality applications and business services DESIGN’IN MER BRETAGNE Design innovation in Pays de la Loire ATLANTIQUE Tackling, through innovation, GÉRONTOPÔLE the new challenges of Preparing companies for the conquest of sustainability and security QHZPDUNHWVLQWKHዾHOGRIDFWLYHDJHLQJ NÉOPOLIA S2E2 Gaining new markets by making ,QQRYDWLRQVLQWKHዾHOGV FRPELQHGRዽHUV of electricity and smart grids for better energy management NOVABUILD Gathering and strengthening Pays de VALORIAL la Loire’s building industry stakeholders Innovation in food and to enable them to carry out their transition food-packaging industries toward eco-construction NOVACHILD VÉGÉPOLYS Action and innovation for child welfare Production (through conception and cultivation practices) of PROXINNOV environmentally and health Uniting companies in the development friendly specialised plants of their robotic automation projects WE NETWORK Bringing together stakeholders of the Pays de la Loire’s electronics industry

Source : CCI Pays de la Loire - Feb. 2017 © Stéphanie Villion | CCI Pays de la Loire | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion Saint-Nazaire

LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE Nantes AN ATTRACTIVE DEPARTMENT AROUND NANTES ST-NAZAIRE, EUROPEAN METROPOLIS

million +380,000 1.3 inhabitants inhabitants expected by 2040 36% of the Pays de la Loire population

An important ecosystem of businesses with +52,500 574,000 RጀFLDOO\UHJLVWHUHGFRPSDQLHV working people in Loire-Atlantique

A major infrastructure hub Répartition des établissements par grands secteurs • 1st airport in Western France • 1st harbour of the Atlantic coast 1% • Connected to the main national railway lines Construction Area • Located on the French route of estuaries 6% 10% (going from Dunkirk to Hendaye) 6% Wholesale trade An attractive territory given the sheer 8% Industry

number of projects/investments to come: Business services 38% Trade and retail services • "Grand Ouest" Airport Hotel and accommodation • Improvement of Nantes train station 31% businesses • New teaching hospital in Nantes Catering sector ଀7ZRRዽVKRUHZLQGIDUPV • Relocation of the 2nd biggest wholesale market in France Tourism: a major economic sector, a rich heritage

• The coastline: La Baule, Presqu’île Guérandaise, Côte de Jade • The natural and cultural heritage: Castles, natural parks, marshes and salt water marshes, vineyards… • The events: la Folle Journée, Estuaire, les spectacles Royal de Luxe, les Escales… • The places: Escale Atlantique, les Machines de l’Ile, le Lieu Unique… Competitive facilities and networks:

• Renowned and labelled centres of excellence (labelled centres of excellence) • High-level facilities: Cyclotron Arronax, Technocampus, Cancéropôle du Grand Ouest • Large-scale projects: IRT Jules Verne (new materials), PRI (Regional Plateforms of Innovation) • Active networks (ADN’Ouest, NAPF, Club environnement, la vigne numérique, EntrepeNantes...) • Prestigious schools: AUDENCIA, Centrale Nantes, Mines de Nantes, ONIRIS, ICAM, École de Design Nantes Atlantique...

New perspectives with new industries

• Creative and cultural industries: facilities supporting creativity (Île de Nantes – The District of creativity) • Digital industry: French Tech label, Nantes has the most important growth in digital employment in France • Health and biotechnologies: Nantes’ teaching hospital is ranked 2nd nationally in terms of transplants • Renewable Marine Energies (RMEs): 1st)UHQFKLQGXVWULDOFHQWUHIRU50(VVWXGHQWVLQYROYHGLQWKLVዾHOG | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion

Source : CCI Nantes St-Nazaire (data au 31/12/2016), except autoentrepreneurs, INSEE (data 2013) -ET-LOIRE Angers A FLOURISHING ECONOMY

th nd 22 French department 2 806,000 in terms of population growth most populated department inhabitants (5,000 additional people per year) in Pays de la Loire +28,000 companies Anjou at the heart of Pays de la Loire

Distribution of companies by sector Diversity of economic activities: • Agriculture, 3% • Industrial sectors, 10% • Tertiary sector. Industry The industrial sector employs close to 51,000 people. 32% Services Market activities represent close to 28,000 business 25% Trade and more than 161,000 jobs.

Construction Area

30% Agriculture

Fields of excellence

VEGETALS ELECTRONICS & IT Végépolys, France’s biggest and globally Loire Electronics Applications Valley (LEAV). oriented cluster for specialised plants. Some examples of companies: BODET, Some examples of companies: BRIANT, GROUPE ELOANE, ANJOU ELECTRONIQUE, MINIER, VILMORIN... BULL, THALÈS COMMUNICATION...

AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY BANK, INSURANCE, PENSION PROVISIONS Some examples of companies: BIOFOURNIL, Some examples of companies: AXA, GROUPAMA, COINTREAU, BRIOCHES PASQUIER, CHARAL, MALAKOFF MÉDÉRIC, CNP ASSURANCES, CAISSE DES BONDUELLE, VEUVE AMIOT... DÉPÔTS ET CONSIGNATIONS, EUROP ASSISTANCE...

RUBBER AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES METALS - AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 1st ranked department in Western France Some examples of companies: SCANIA, VALÉO, Some examples of companies: NICOLL, FOUNDATION BRAKE FRANCE, PCM TECHNOLOGIES, CARPENTER, MICHELIN, PAULSTRA... MANITOU, THYSSEN ASCENSEURS, BUCHER VASLIN...

FASHION TOURISM Nova Child is a cluster of companies is listed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. working on child welfare. Main sights: TERRA BOTANICA, CHÂTEAU Some examples of companies: D’ANGERS, BIOPARC DE DOUÉ-LA-FONTAINE, ABBAYE GROUPE ZANNIER (ONE STEP, JEAN BOURGET, IKKS, ROYALE DE FONTEVRAUD, PARC ORIENTAL DE MAULÉVRIER... CATIMINI), VUITTON, ERAM, GBB, BOPY, LONGCHAMP... © Stéphanie Villion | CCI Pays de la Loire | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion

Sources : INSEE - CCI Maine-et-Loire - CCI INFO ECO Laval A LAND OF TRADITIONAL KNOW-HOW

Distribution of companies by sector 307,000 inhabitants • 1h10 away from by train • High-quality transport infrastructures 11% ଀$VSHFLዾFZD\RIOLIHDQGDSUHVHUYHGODQG Industry and Agriculture • The lowest unemployment rate in France 13% Construction Area 43% Trade businesses +10,120 Services 33% 39% industrial jobs

଀'LYHUVLዾHGDQGJHRJUDSKLFDOO\ZHOOVSUHDGLQGXVWULHV • Home to companies renowned for their products (brands: PRÉSIDENT, LES FROMAGES VIEUX PANÉ, BABYBEL, CHAUSSÉE AUX MOINES, LES TOILES DE MAYENNE, LES VÉHICULES GRUAU OU LES CAMPINGS-CAR RAPIDO).

Fields of excellence

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING FOOD INDUSTRY Some examples of companies: MPO, IMAYE GRAPHIC, Mayenne’s 1st industrial sector IMPRIMERIE JOUVE, FLOCH, MP3 PLV, PUBLI DÉCOR... 3rd French department for beef meat production 5th French department for milk and pork productions Some examples of companies: LACTALIS: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ST 1 EUROPEAN COMPAGNIE OF FOOD’S INDUSTRY Some examples of companies: COFIDUR, (PRÉSIDENT, CHAUSSÉE AUX MOINES), BONGRAIN THALES, SELHA, CIMEL, ELEKTO, TME... (LE VIEUX PANÉ), BEL (BABYBEL), VAUBERNIER, SOCOPA, VOLAILLES REMI RAMON, MONBANA... METALLURGY AND METALS PROCESSING Some examples of companies: DIRICKX, ROSSIGNOL CAR MANUFACTURING AND SUBCONTRACTING (ARMOIRES TOILETTES, POUBELLES), SEB-MOULINEX, Supplier of major French and European automobile SALMSON, PROMOTAL... manufacturers. PLASTICS INDUSTRIES AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS Some examples of companies: VALÉO THERMIQUE MOTEUR, MANN+HUMMEL, RAPIDO, GRUAU, LEJOINT FRANÇAIS, Some examples of companies: PLASTIMA, SPO, TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE... EUROPLASTIQUES, MAINE PLASTIQUES, SOTIRA... OTHER INDUSTRIAL LEADERS CLOTHING, TEXTILE AND LEATHER PRODUCTS SÉCHÉ ENVIRONNEMENT : N°3 FRENCH COMPANY IN WASTE Some examples of companies: LONGCHAMP COLLECTION AND TREATMENT - CORDERIE LANCELIN (ROPES (MAROQUINERIE), FONLUPT, ATELIERS STYL COUTURE, SIDMA FOR SAILING, AERONAUTICS) - NAUTIRAID : N°1 IN FOLDABLE (ROBES ET CHEMISIERS POUR DIOR, CHANEL, HERMES...), KAYAKS - ÉLEVAGE JANVIER - GYS - GLAXO SMITHKLINE, SERAP TOILES DE MAYENNE, MAILLE CREATION, TDV INDUSTRIE, INDUSTRIE, TRANSPORTS BREGER, TRANSPORTS BOUVIER, TISSUS D’AVESNIERES CEVA SANTÉ ANIMALE...

Companies, laboratories, research centres and higher education schools work together in 3 competitive centres

IDforCar, EMC2 (Ensembles Mécaniques Composites Complexes), Images et Réseaux © Stéphanie Villion | CCI Pays de la Loire | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion

Sources : CCI Mayenne - CCI INFO ECO QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

584,000 +17,000 A hub of railway inhabitants companies lines and highways

A wide-range of economic activities

Distribution of companies by sector A WIDE-RANGE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Source : RCS 01/01/2016 • Advanced breeding and farming activities • Local and long-established food and automotive 14% industries Production and Industries ଀$VLJQLዾFDQWQXPEHURILQGXVWULDOVXEFRQWUDFWRUV 10% Construction Area • The number of service companies has been 43% growing for 30 years Business services – Wholesale trade • A well above the average commercial density

Retail sector – Trade 33%

A land of industry

AUTOMOBILE FOOD INDUSTRY 6DUWKH૷VዿDJVKLSLQGXVWU\ Specialised value chains in meat and milk productions Original equipment manufacturer Some examples of companies: LDC, SOCOPA, Numerous subcontrators FROMAGERIE BEL, CHARAL, YOPLAIT, GROUPE BAHIER... Some examples of companies: RENAULT, CLAAS TRACTOR, GKN DRIVELINE, NTN TRANSMISSION EUROPE, VALEO, HUTCHINSON…

ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION CARDBOARD AND PAPER PRODUCTION, PRINTING Some examples of companies: LEGRAND, SOURIAU… Printing of Harry Potter books Some examples of companies: ARJOWIGGINS, ALLARD EMBALLAGES, BRODARD ET TAUPIN...

A land of services

INSURANCE & CALL CENTRES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Some examples of companies: Development, software testing for healthcare MMA ASSURANCES, MONDIAL ASSISTANCE, B2S… professionals… © Stéphanie Villion | CCI Pays de la Loire | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion

Sources : INSEE, CCI Le Mans Sarthe - CCI Info Eco La Roche-sur-Yon VENDÉE A STRONG IDENTITY, AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

er Les Sables d’Olonne, +181,878 1 th French Fish inhabitants French department 4 auctions in value expected by 2020 (+28%) in terms of campground capacities French leader in aluminium carpentry A balanced demographic distribution 662,122 +23,000 90% inhabitants in 2014 companies of micro-sized enterprises (<10 employees)

Fields of excellence

FOOD INDUSTRY OTHER LEADERS A crucial economic sector with 30% of total salaried employment Mechanics: DEFONTAINE, BOUY… Some examples of companies: SODEBO, FLEURY MICHON, Electronics: TRONICO, SCHEIBER, .. LA BOULANGÈRE, BARILLA, MIE CÂLINE, DOUX… Furnishing: GAUTIER, ….

1$9$/૧૧5(&5($7,21$/%2$7,1* Distribution of companies by sector 2QHRIWKHዿDJVKLSLQGXVWULHVRI9HQG«HLQFOXGLQJJOREDOO\ recognised shipbuilders 3% Some examples of companies: JEANNEAU, BENETEAU, 14% NAVALU, OCEA… Construction Area

TOURISM Trade A major economic activity 48% Industrial Sector Littoral: Les Sables d’Olonne, St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, St-Jean-de-Monts 28% Littoral heritage: , , L’Ile d’Yeu Services Events: Le Grand Parc du (voted the world’s best park), Agriculture Vendée Globe (a major sailing competition) 7%

7 major employment hubs

30% 10% of industrial jobs Construction Area

18% Trade A positive evolution 42% of salaried emploment Industrial Sector

Services

+3% 30% Agriculture between 2009 and 2015 © Stéphanie Villion | CCI Pays de la Loire | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion

Source : CCI de Vendée - CCI INFO ECO La Roche-sur-Yon VENDÉE A STRONG IDENTITY, AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

er Les Sables d’Olonne, +181,878 1 th French Fish inhabitants French department 4 auctions in value expected by 2020 (+28%) in terms of campground capacities French leader in aluminium carpentry A balanced demographic distribution 662,122 +23,000 90% inhabitants in 2014 companies of micro-sized enterprises (<10 employees)

Fields of excellence

FOOD INDUSTRY OTHER LEADERS A crucial economic sector with 30% of total salaried employment Mechanics: DEFONTAINE, BOUY… Some examples of companies: SODEBO, FLEURY MICHON, Electronics: TRONICO, SCHEIBER, .. LA BOULANGÈRE, BARILLA, MIE CÂLINE, DOUX… Furnishing: GAUTIER, ….

1$9$/૧૧5(&5($7,21$/%2$7,1* Distribution of companies by sector 2QHRIWKHዿDJVKLSLQGXVWULHVRI9HQG«HLQFOXGLQJJOREDOO\ recognised shipbuilders 3% Some examples of companies: JEANNEAU, BENETEAU, 14% NAVALU, OCEA… Construction Area

TOURISM Trade A major economic activity 48% Industrial Sector Littoral: Les Sables d’Olonne, St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, St-Jean-de-Monts 28% Littoral heritage: Marais poitevin, Noirmoutier, L’Ile d’Yeu Services Events: Le Grand Parc du Puy du Fou (voted the world’s best park), Agriculture Vendée Globe (a major sailing competition) 7%

7 major employment hubs

30% 10% of industrial jobs Construction Area

18% Trade A positive evolution 42% of salaried emploment Industrial Sector

Services

+3% 30% Agriculture between 2009 and 2015 © Stéphanie Villion | CCI Pays de la Loire | June 2017 de la Loire | CCI Pays © Stéphanie Villion

Source : CCI de Vendée - CCI INFO ECO

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