Our mission: At Nord France Invest, we help foreign-owned businesses grow in Hauts-de-France
Our mission: At Nord France Invest, we help foreign-owned businesses grow in Hauts-de-France
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Our winning trio: Market, labor and infrastructures
Choosing Hauts-de-France gives you a competitive edge in three key areas:
- a strategic location that improves your time to market
- abundant labor pools to help you find the right skills
- outstanding infrastructure for seamless, optimum freight transport


Easy recruitment
In Hauts-de-France, you’ll find large labor pools, a wide range of talent, optimum productivity, competitive wages, training resources and much more.
Optimize your operating costs
Hauts-de-France offers competitive operating costs for your business. Find out how we compare to other major regions in Europe.


Areas of excellence
Automotive
Two-thirds of Europe’s automakers—and their subcontractors—are less than one shipping day away

Areas of excellence
Agrifood
Access to leading consumer markets, abundant resources and strong recruiting potential are critical to our success—and yours.

Areas of excellence
Logistics
We’re France’s leading logistics platform, thanks to our strategic location in Western Europe and our outstanding transport infrastructure.

Areas of excellence
Customer relations
We’re France’s top region for customer relations, with over 220 centers and strong recruiting potential.
When you work with Nord France Invest, you’ll have a dedicated contact to help you grow your business in Hauts-de-France. Our services are 100% confidential, free and tailored to your needs.
Got a project? Contact us!
We help you grow your business in four simple steps
Analyze your company profile and priorities
in a detailed set of specifications
Provide industry data and information
on the business environment
Find land and/or buildings
Find partners or acquisition targets
Find critical skills
Welcome you and arrange site visits
Identify and tap into government aid
and other business assistance programs
Interface with authorities to put
formalities on the fast track
Ease you into the local
business community
Help your business grow
into the future
They chose Hauts-de-France
MBK's winning strategy in Hauts-de-France
"Our key advantage is our location: we’re in France and in the heart of Europe."
Francois MAZURE
MBK Industrie’s Managing Director in Aisne
The specialized unit of SKF in Valenciennes
"The local authorities here have always been very supportive"
Gilles OFCARD
Factory manager of SKF's plant in Valenciennes
Kubota: Making Japanese tractors in northern France
"The local government, including the Regional Council, thought highly of this project. They helped us with a lot of the coordination."
Mampei Yamamoto
President of Kubota Farm Machinery Europe SAS (2014-2018)
IBM reflects on success of new service center in Hauts-de-France
"Our Lille center, with its 400 new jobs, rising to 700 or 1,000 is a window on the world for us. These teams give an edge to our value chain."
Nicolas Sekkaki
IBM France CEO
MA STEEL acquires French rail supplier Valdunes
“The local government, including the Regional Council, thought highly of this project. They helped us with a lot of the coordination.”
Wu Liping
President of MG-Valdunes (2014-2017)
GSK looks back on successful decade in Hauts-de-France
"Our Saint-Amand plant is a key producer of vaccines"
Gaël Ruche
Head of GSK’s plant in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (2016-2018)
of foreign-owned businesses
already in Hauts-de-France
recommend the region
(Source: 2017 study by KPMG)
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