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Maroquinerie Thomas is investing €6M in a factory in Arras
03 Oct 2018 | Front page, Investment
Leading European luxury goods subcontractor Maroquinerie Thomas has chosen Hauts-de-France for its future manufacturing site, with plans to invest €6M and create more than 250 jobs within the next four years....

BASF invests €1M on its Gravelines site
26 Sep 2018 | Front page, Advanced Materials
BASF Agri-Production is a subsidiary of the German group BASF, which produces most of the crop protection products marketed by BASF France’s Agro division. The Gravelines plant is expanding its production...

EcoPhos reinvests €35 million back into Hauts-de-France
17 Sep 2018 | Front page, Investment
With the first EcoPhos factory in Dunkirk now up and running, the Belgian phosphate company is already planning to open a second one!

Decathlon tests an inland waterway service between Duisburg and Delta 3
06 Sep 2018 | Front page, Green Business
After covering more than 10,000 km by train from China, Decathlon is diving into inland water transport to move its containers between Germany and Hauts-de-France.

Hauts-de-France ranked France’s #1 region according to IBM
06 Sep 2018 | Front page, A region on the move
According to the annual study by IBM Global Business Services, the Hauts-de-France Region is the top region for foreign investments in France.

Innosphère: shared innovation monitoring platform
07 Aug 2018 | Front page, A region on the move
Innosphère is a platform from CCI Hauts-de-France that makes it easy to access information about innovation in the Region.

Start of work for Refresco in Hauts-de-France
31 Jul 2018 | Front page, Health Nutrition, Investment
Following the €97 million investment announced at the start of the year, work to construct a new Refresco manufacturing unit in Nord (Le Quesnoy) has begun!

AgriLab: Agriculture 2.0 in Hauts-de-France
16 Jul 2018 | Front page, A region on the move, ICT, Health Nutrition
Located on the UniLaSalle site (Beauvais), AgriLab is an all-new collaborative innovation centre for the agriculture sector in Hauts-de-France.

Japanese company Takara Foods sets up business in Hauts-de-France
04 Jul 2018 | Front page, Health Nutrition, Investment
For its first location in Europe, Takara Foods, the Japanese agrifood company, has chosen Hauts-de-France!

New research facility for Kubota in Hauts-de-France
05 Jul 2018 | Front page, Investment, Mobility
The Japanese company Kubota is investing in Hauts-de-France for the creation of its European R&D center. A hundred jobs will eventually be created there.

Barilla invests €2 million in Hauts-de-France
10 Jul 2018 |
Barilla France has announced a plan to invest €2 million in its Harrys product manufacturing plant in Onnaing (near Valenciennes) in order to develop its new line of organic sandwich bread, a highly...

International investments in Hauts-de-France rewarded
10 Jul 2018 | Front page, A region on the move
Find out which five foreign companies were recognized in Amiens on June 29, at the Hauts-de-France International Investment Awards 2018 ceremony! A close look at the event’s success.

FEAL returns for a 3rd event
04 Jul 2018 | Front page, Mobility, A region on the move
The European Automotive Forum in Lille was held on June 20-21, with more than 200 attendees. The return of an event that has consolidated its reputation in the heart of France’s top automotive region:...

Hauts-de-France in pole position for investment by Renault
21 Jun 2018 | Front page, Mobility, Investment
Automobile manufacturer Renault has chosen France as an industrial base for its electric vehicles. More than €1 billion will be invested by 2022, on its top four production sites: Douai, Maubeuge, Flins and...

Hauts-de-France, specialists in sustainable transport
04 Jun 2018 | Front page, A region on the move, Mobility
Created in 2009, Transalley (Sustainable and Innovative Mobility Technology Park) has not stopped developing. Review of a cluster with international ambition and its future facilities for supporting...

NTN is investing €14m in Hauts-de-France up to 2021
29 May 2018 | Front page, Mobility, Investment
Japan's NTN group is planning considerable investments in Hauts-de-France: €4 million between 2018 and 2020, 10 million up to 2021 (and then 36 million up to 2031). These investments aim to modernise the...

International Investment Awards 2018
22 May 2018 | Front page, A region on the move, Investment, Promotion
Come and meet the 5 international companies that have made their mark on Hauts-de-France in the last three years thanks to their investments, Friday 29 June at the Quai de l’Innovation in Amiens!

New CMA CGM maritime connections at the Port of Dunkirk
15 May 2018 | Front page, A region on the move
CMA CGM Group is expanding its maritime links between Asia and the United Kingdom and Benelux markets, including a port of call at the Port of Dunkirk.

Lenze awarded the label "Vitrine de l’industrie du future"
27 Apr 2018 | Front page, Mobility, A region on the move
Located in Hauts-de-France, the German company Lenze, specialised in the manufacture of geared motors and speed variators, was awarded the label "Vitrine de l’industrie du future" by the Future...

Arques, top production site for tomatoes north of Paris
17 Apr 2018 | Front page, Health Nutrition, Investment
Thursday, the 11th of April saw the inauguration of the tomato greenhouses of the Belgian investors Vandevelde in Hauts-de-France, the largest production site in the north of France.