FOCUS ON INVESTMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Stéphane GARCIA
Inward Investment Bordeaux Invest Agency
Stéphane Garcia’s career to date is resolutely international in character with 20-year experience in foreign inward investment in France, US and UK. His work takes him regularly to Europe, China and North America. He is inward investment manager at Bordeaux Invest and has worked on more than 100 blue chip inward investment implantation projects.
3. May 2014
BORDEAUX
From the world greatest wines to the
most advanced technologies
从世界上最著名的葡萄酒到最先进的科学技术
一个将经济活力和个人发展相结合的地区
Where quality combines with dynamism and innovation
5. May 2014
5th
French city for higher-level jobs
Greater Bordeaux : 1,000,000
Aquitaine : 3+ million Inhabitants
Dynamism
Facts & Figures
4th
ranked in France for B to B services
4th
French region in terms of industrial
firms
3rd
ranked for business creation
N°1 region forjob creation2009 - 2012
6. May 2014
Dynamism
Major companies
Snecma Dassault
SNPE
LaSer Cofinoga
CEA
Thalès
C Discount
Thalès
EADS Astrium
Getrag Ford Transmissions
Smurfit Kappa
Ceva Santé Animale
Sanofi
First Aquitaine Industrie
Oxbow
Lu…
7. May 2014
Over 400 foreign companiesI
A far-reaching international network
A key transport hub for Europe and the Atlantic
International trade: a historical vocation
Dynamism
A tradition of international
relations and trade
An established, time-tested reputation
8. May 2014
Inward Investment track record
Dynamism
First
Aquitaine
Industries
Top 5Region for FDI2008 - 2012
9. May 2014
• More than 30 direct
international links
from Bordeaux
International Airport,
almost 5 million
passengers
• Regular links by sea
with 300 ports
throughout the
world – 5 terminals
• 22 high-speed TGV
trains daily to Paris in
3 hours (2 hours in
2017)
• High quality network
and Motorway
intersection: 5
motorways
The multimodale transport hub of
South Europe
11. May 2014
Almost 100,000 students
4 universities
18 Grandes Ecoles
Universities and Science
R&D: 11,300 people involved
More than 200 research centers
Presence of leading national organisations
Innovation
N°1 region forexpenditure inR&D
12. May 2014
Life sciences
Digital sector: image technologies
Aeronautics – space
Photonics, Optics – Lasers
High performance materials
Innovation
Key technologies
For centres of excellence
Green technologies
N°1 region forthe creation ofgreen jobs
N°1 region inEurope in termsof aerospace jobs
13. May 2014
The “Route des Lasers”®
The Megajoule Laser: the only one of its
kind in the world: €6.6 billion investment
One of the highest concentrations of laser
firms in Europe
•100 businesses
•200 graduates/year
•10,000 jobs
•600 researchers
National leader in the development of
ultra-short pulse lasers
A fast-growing, high-potential industrial
fabric
Innovation
Unique offer inFrance
14. May 2014
3rd
region for ICT start-ups
3rd
for IT services companies
40 initial trainings - 300 graduates with qualifications
from degree to doctorate level
2,610 companies / Workforce : 23,000 people
A leading hub for training and research
Strong research: 1,000 scientists with
internationally renowned skills
Digital sector
Innovation
A center of excellence: Bordeaux Games
N°1 region forHealth IT
16. May 2014
World leader for AOC Wine
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World N°1producer ofAOC Wines
Every second,14 bottles of BordeauxWine are being openedsomewhere in theworld...
17. May 2014
China - Inward Investment track record
Dynamism
N°1 Regionfor Chinese Investment
19. May 2014
A site listed as World Heritage by UNESCO
Highly attractive cost of living
A city on the move
Longest sandy beach in Europe
Climate similar to northern California
Environment and
quality of life
An exceptional environment
A city for living in
World class sport & leisure facilities
France’s 3rd region for net immigration
20. May 2014
Major Projects
Quays
Tram
City centre renovation
Exhibition centre
Inolia: Broadband scheme
Environment and
quality of life
Airport - Low cost terminal
J Chaban-Delmas bridge…
21. May 2014
Major Projects
3rd
part of the tram
The Digital City
Euratlantic Business District
Bordeaux Spain LGV
Environment and
quality of life
Grand Arena – Concert Hall
…
The Bordeaux Wine Culture &
Tourism Center
22. May 2014
Bordeaux Superstar
“Bordeaux: French region of the future”
Fdi magazine survey - European Cities & Regions of the Future 2004
Bordeaux gets 'Oscar' from Entrepreneurs
“Best city to attract new business & industry”
L’Entreprise Magazine – Dec. 2003
Bordeaux… a city for living
“French managers’favourite city”
Profil Cadre Magazine Survey, Job centre – Sept. 2002
Special Features
Bordeaux is voted...
«The virtuous spiral»
Courrier Cadres – Février 2006
Bordeaux Superstar II
“Top 5: French cities to invest”
Fdi magazine survey - European Cities & Regions
of the Future 2008
Bordeaux Superstar III
“Top 3: European cities for investment promotion”
Fdi magazine survey - European Cities & Regions of the Future 2010/11
Bordeaux Superstar IV
“Best FDI strategy”
Fdi magazine survey - European Cities & Regions of the Future 2012/13
Bordeaux pole position
“Top French city for economic dynamism”
Think Institute survey 2014
Nimen hao.
Wo jiao Mali Dufo.
Wo xuexie le zhongwen, wo jiu hen xihuan le;
Keshi wo bu kan shuo le suoyi wo shuo fawen
Internationally renowned expertise in virtual reality
France’s leading region for Health ICT: almost 50% of the industry’s jobs and turnover nationwide
A centre of excellence in videogames
3rd region in France for call centres
4th region for ICT start-ups
Electronics: 10,240 employees, €1 billion turnover
Strong research: 1,000 scientists with internationally renowned skills
Creation of a Bordeaux Institut Polytechnique
Creation of a CLUSIR Aquitaine (Regional IT Security Club)
Leader of the INTEROP-Vlab (European virtual laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability)
Strong involvement in the “Aeronautics and Embedded Systems” and “Route des Lasers” clusters
Main companies
Electronics: Furuno France SA – Thalès Avionics – Cap Ingelec – A puissance3 – Acteon – Serma Technologies – Temex – Biomédical Electronics – INS Technologies – In Snec – Telecom Design – World Cast Systems – PNY Technologies Europe – Racia Alvar – Xmod technologies
Computer Science: ADDEO – Aquitaine Valley – e-Device – Agfa Healthcare France – McKesson – Immersion – Lumiscaphe – Axyz VisualPix – CVF – @t Internet – BeTomorrow – Mad Monkey Studio SC2X – Deal Informatique – Sage France – Bull – IBM – Alten – NP6 – Asobo Studio – Stantum – Oberthur Card International – Capgemini – Dolist – Cheops Technology – Libcast – Primobox – Sidérion Technologies – Concoursmania – E-Novation – Imagine Editions – Web100T – Cegedim – KiLab – Twin Motion – Tiki Move…
Wine: World capital for wine & spirit AOC (finest wine). 5,500+ castles in the Bordeaux area. 1 / 6 jobs relates direct or indirect in the Gironde County. 50,000 jobs & 400+ wine traders. 1st producer in the world1st region for export – 30% of french production.