AUTOMOTIVE

Northern France lies at the heart of the automotive market, less than one shipping day from two-thirds of Europe’s automakers—and their subcontractors. It’s the perfect place to launch your operation, find partners, and enter the market.

KEY FIGURES

• 3 international automakers with 7 manufacturing sites
• Over 550 automotive equipment manufacturers, suppliers and subcontractors
• Over 50,000 jobs
• 31% of all vehicles made in France
• 600 000 engines and 1.3 million gearboxes produced each year
• Nearly two-thirds of Europe’s automakers are within 500 km

LAGIS — automation, IT engineering and signal lab

L2EP — power electronics/powertrains

IFSSTAR — French institute for science and technology in transport, development and networks

IEMN —electronics, microelectronics and nanotechnologies institute

CISIT — international campus for transport security and intermodality

C3T — technological expertise in land transport

CRITT M2A — regional center for innovation and technological transfer in engines and automotive acoustics

CREPIM — research and study center for fireproofing processes (materials)

University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis

Ecole des Mines de Douai — industrial engineering

And many more

• 6 million inhabitants
• 33% of the population is under 25
• 2,000 students enrolled in mobility-oriented programs

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Mécanique Energétique (ENSIAME) in Valenciennes — energy mechanics / engineering
• Ecole Centrale de Lille — engineering
• Ecole des Mines de Douai — industrial engineering
• Hautes Etudes d’Ingénieur (HEI) — advanced engineering
• Institut Catholique des Arts et Métiers (ICAM) — engineering
• Institut Supérieur de Design (ISD) — advanced design for transport systems