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The chemical industry is one of the main players in the French economy, and one of the most innovative.
As a historically industrial region, Hauts-de-France is one of the world’s leading producers of chemical products.
Chemical companies here are much larger than the national average, giving our region the 3rd-highest number of industry employees in France:
The region’s industrial ecosystem in chemicals is widely diversified, with innovative, fast-moving SMEs operating alongside large French and international groups. These businesses work together, drawing on synergies to improve production and innovation capacity all along the supply chain.
Major producers of commodity, fine and specialty chemicals:
Fast facts from FEBEA [Fédération des entreprises de la beauté], the French trade association for the cosmetics industry:
Did you know that Hauts-de-France is among the major cosmetic-producing regions in France?
Hauts-de-France ranks third in French cosmetics with:
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Sophie, Project Director, and Eddy, Project Manager, specialize in investment projects in the Chemicals sector. They can help you find the right location in the Hauts-de-France Region.
Contact them, describe your project, and they’ll get you started as quickly as possible!
A true chemical powerhouse, the Hauts-de-France region has built up a strong, diversified industry. In this ever-growing market, entrepreneurs who want to expand will find a complete ecosystem and development opportunities.
As environmental standards rise, businesses are revisiting their operations and adopting more eco-friendly practices–and that makes biobased chemistry the way of the future.
Hauts-de-France is the leader in biomass development, with some of the country’s most vibrant players in bioeconomics and biobased chemistry.
We have the advantages you need to grow your green chemistry business:
The Hauts-de-France industry is moving upmarket, backed by these major players:
Hauts-de-France is Europe’s leading source of beets, potatoes, wheat and endives—to name just a few—and accounts for 15% of Europe’s total agricultural output. Big producers include:
B4C is France’s leading bioeconomy cluster—a pacesetter in Europe and around the world.
Its members include agricultural cooperatives, research facilities, universities, businesses of all sizes, public sector entities and more, with operations ranging from upstream agricultural activities to marketing finished products.
B4C covers every aspect of the production and development of biological resources—from farm, forest and ocean, including by-products and waste—for use in food, industry and energy.
The bioeconomy spans extremely diverse markets, including:
The Extractis institute develops plant biomass extraction and fractioning processes from laboratory to production plant, specializing in nutraceuticals, cosmetics and chemical intermediates.
Extractis uses scale-up tools to extract useful compounds at the lowest cost—without harming the environment.
SAS Pivert uses a biorefinery model to develop industrial products and processes for chemicals, plant nutrition and health, and human and animal nutrition.
Its BIOGIS Center—a unique multi-disciplinary development platform for chemistry and biotechnology—provides support from the innovation process up to industrial development.
Improve is Europe’s #1 open platform dedicated to developing the proteins of the future.
It specializes in human and animal nutrition, cosmetics and agricultural materials, with expertise extending from fundamental research to market launch.
Codem specializes in sustainable construction and innovative eco-materials. Expertise and equipment come together in a uniquely complementary way, guiding your business toward large-scale production through:
Shared services, easy access, road/rail/water transport, and affordability are just a few of the benefits when you locate in a plug-and-play chemical park. In Hauts-de-France, Lamotte Industrial Park and Industrial City Dunkerque are already boosting the French economy, and other large industrial sites are preparing to welcome new chemical businesses.
Integrated chemical parks are hubs that host a variety of chemical companies using a shared industrial network.
Located in industrial areas, these Seveso-compliant sites offer shared services so you save time and cut investment and operating costs. And with their pooled resources, you can optimize collaboration on the formalities required to start up a new business.
On-site utilities: fluids, energy, effluent and waste treatment
Reduce costs: steam treatment, effluent treatment, surplus heat
Share services and infrastructures: land, buildings, equipment, laboratories, technical platforms, pilot projects, co-working spaces, etc.
Simplify your procedures and join a safety culture: HSE, SEVESO, regulatory skills, integrated safety and security management
Share an industrial network: suppliers, subcontractors, customers, logisticians, R&D centers, training centers, and gain access to European partnerships.
Scope for developing a value chain—upstream and down: provide your own raw materials or use products made at the park
Today Hauts-de-France has two integrated chemical parks—Lamotte Industrial Park and Industrial City Dunkerque—with all the resources you need to get your operations off to the best possible start.
Located near Compiègne, just north of the Paris region, Lamotte Industrial Park is a 45-hectare upper-tier (“high”) Seveso site that’s home to four companies including Weylchem, which manages the park and owns its infrastructures.
Weylchem is also the world’s top producer of glyoxal and glyoxylic acid, making both on site along with other specialty chemical intermediates.
And Merck Performance Chemicals (Germany), Archroma (Switzerland) and PQ Corporation (USA) have been grown their operations at Lamotte.
Under the Plan for the Prevention of Industrial Risks signed by these four companies, Lamotte can accommodate new chemical/green chemical manufacturers and has 15 hectares available for sale or rent.
Benefit from shared services and utilities:
ICD is a multimodal industrial hub located within France’s third-largest port—Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque—whose links to export markets offer a host of opportunities.
Built on a 70-hectare site, ICD has 52 hectares available for rent on the western side of the port, immediately adjacent to the inland waterway network and container terminal.
Outstanding access
This 100% multimodale park has excellent links to all forms of transport:
You’ll be in good company
The site’s industrial environment is made up of major French and international companies:
Wages, rents, land prices… the Hauts-de-France region offers real competitiveness for your operating costs.
Are you looking for a location that will give you access to a pool of available, qualified employees, while keeping your payroll costs under control?
Compared to its French and European competitors, the Hauts-de-France region is highly competitive.
Total annual cost for a qualified worker
The Hauts-de-France region has plenty of land available.
You’ll find land in rural areas at very competitive prices (from 5 to 10 euros/sq m/year).
If you prefer to take advantage of existing buildings, here’s an overview of rents for a site of over 5,000 sq m.
Rent for industrial site of over 5,000m²
As France’s second-largest region for education, the Hauts-de-France is both young and densely populated. This breeding ground for start-ups, from PHDs to chemical technicians, means you can start your operations without delay, at the heart of a job pool trained for the jobs of tomorrow.
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Four renowned schools train future engineers specialized in the chemical sector:
L’Université Technologique de Compiègne (UTC)
A public engineering school with a 4,400 students, the UTC has a 3 chemistry specialized courses:
École supérieure de chimie organique et minérale (ESCOM)
ESCOM (600+ students) is a state-approved leading school for chemical engineers, which has been training engineers in 6 specialties since 1957:
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL)
A chemical engineering school which has been operating for over 125 years, the ENSCL trains ultra qualified profiles in 3 main domains:
L’Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
The UPJV offers a wide range of multi-disciplinary degree courses, from bachelor’s to doctorate, as well as specialized courses such as a Bachelor’s degree in Bio-industries and biotechnologies – Biorefinery from plant to product.
