[Automatic translation follows] The Pays de la Loire region brings together 5 departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée. It has 3.7 million inhabitants spread across 1,357 municipalities. It is a territory balanced between rural areas and urban areas, organized around 7 large urban areas (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the first port on the Atlantic coast. Its economic dynamism is a real strength which allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Facilitator of Maritime Innovation in Brittany and Pays de La Loire Created in 2005 to provide new responses to increasingly pressing global competition, the competitiveness clusters' primary purpose is to propose a new industrial policy. Competitiveness clusters aim to boost the innovation capacity of businesses and develop growth and employment in promising markets. An essential lever Competitiveness clusters thus promote the development of collaborative research and development projects, they support the growth of their member companies in particular by marketing new products, services or processes resulting from research work. Thanks to the clusters, the companies involved can …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

L'agence de développement économique de la Région Bretagne | 📩 Suivez notre actu : https://www.bdi.fr/fr/newsletter/ Bretagne Development & Innovation (BDI) agency of Bretagne French Region Created and financed by the Regional Council, Bretagne Développement Innovation (BDI) is the agency serving the Breton economy. It reinforces the attractiveness of the territory, anticipates and accelerates the transitions of the regional economy, with and for companies. Its 5 priority sectors are: - competition sailing - cybersecurity - marine renewable energies - digital technology for the food industry - smart grids Its 4 transversal projects: European Projects Creativity and design Territorial marketing Engineering and …

[Automatic translation follows] The Ecological Transition Agency! ADEME in brief The Ecological Transition Agency participates in the implementation of public policies in the areas of the environment, energy and sustainable development. It makes its expertise and advisory capabilities available to businesses, local authorities, public authorities and the general public, to enable them to progress in their environmental approach. The Agency also helps finance projects, from research to implementation, in the following areas: waste management, soil preservation, energy efficiency and renewable energies, material savings raw materials, air quality, the fight against noise, the transition to the circular economy and the fight …

Sectors: National and local authorities

Better Ways Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, serves more than 420 ports around the world across 5 continents, with a fleet of around 623 vessels. The Group transported 21.7 million TEU containers (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2022. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a global logistics player which transported 522,000 tonnes of air cargo and more than 22 million shipments of inland freight, and its air cargo division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is constantly innovating to provide customers a comprehensive and increasingly efficient offering, …

[Automatic translation follows] Account of Bpifrance, the Public Investment Bank. Bpifrance, a public investment bank, supports companies, from start-up to stock market listing, from credit to equity. A privileged contact, Bpifrance offers financing or investment solutions in each region adapted to each stage of the life of companies. As a partner bank for entrepreneurs, Bpifrance supports them over the long term to support their growth and competitiveness. The teams are at the heart of the regions, throughout the territory, through more than 50 regional locations. Financing SMEs, Business Creation, International Development, Investment, Creation/Transmission, Innovation, Support, Acceleration, and Export Guarantee

Sectors: Bank