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INVESTING IN LORRAINE
7 decisive arguments, 1 convincing record of achievements and 1 efficient interface!- A wonderful location in Europe
- A dense, high performance communications network
- Expanding strategic sectors
- A young population and qualified labour
- An attractive industrial and service sector property market
- Favourable legal, tax, customs and social conditions
- Aid and financing packages offering great incentives
- Many companies have already successfully set up in Lorraine
- ADIELOR interface
A wonderful location in Europe
Located right on the backbone of Europe, between London and Milan, where the Continent's greatest industrial, technological and scientific potential lies, Lorraine is at the very heart both of the European dynamic and of the world's largest market: 380 million consumers in the Europe of 15 countries which will have 455 million inhabitants when 10 new countries join in 2004.
A dense, high performance communications network
The facilities here are well above the European average:
- there is a large motorway infrastructure with perfect connections to the north of the best maintained and most fluid network in Europe,
- there are numerous sites which are ideal for logistics activities such as the multimodal platform in Nancy, the Eurotransit platform in Ennery, the Pôle Européen de Développement (European Development Centre) or the Metz-Nancy-Lorraine airport site, etc.
- wide-ranging access routes helping to decisively optimise procurement, storage and distribution parameters,
- TGV (high speed train) links and connections
- high capacity ports and a network of canals offering a wide range of facilities,
- 3 airports and growing airport potential,
- a productive cross-border dynamic
Expanding strategic sectors
Excellence in Lorraine: a leading environment and positions in numerous conventional and advanced sectors within its economy…
A young population and qualified labour
Depending on the sector of business, Lorraine can offer labour costs which are 15 to 40% below those in Northern European countries. In terms of productivity, the region's labour force made a huge contribution to France being ranked second in 2002 by the World Competitiveness Yearbook, ahead of Italy, Germany, Spain and Great Britain: as shown by
An attractive industrial and service sector property market
Lorraine has diversified and attractive potential for setting up new operations by acquiring or leasing existing buildings, whatever your area of business.
Favourable legal, tax, customs and social conditions
French tax legislation has traditionally always favoured investments in businesses, regional development and international expansion, etc.
With the aim of offering businesses a real service, the French customs have come up with procedures which accelerate and simplify the formalities for both bringing goods into the country and then moving them from place to place…
France has social legislation which protects employees' rights but which is still realistic in terms of the actual economic issues faced by businesses, etc.
Aid and financing packages offering great incentives
There is a very wide range of aid packages available to businesses in France. It offers financial support for a huge number of business projects, etc.
Many companies have already successfully set up in Lorraine
In 2005, Lorraine moved up to 5th place in the national league table of the most popular regions among foreign investors, after the leading regions of Ile-de-France and Rhône-Alpes and after the regions of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Midi-Pyrénées strongly favoured respectively by the development of Toyota and that of the aeronautical pole.
Lorraine 29 new foreign projects are employing 1 974 people including 1 393 new and 582 maintained employees.
Lorraine counts 561 foreign companies which gather over 69 000 employees.
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