Why the Ardennes ?
AN IDEAL GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION RIGHT IN THE HEART OF INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
THE ARDENNES IN A FEW FIGURES
A strong industry
Company creation in the Ardennes : an important progression
An important positive trade balance…
... testifying an effective competitiveness !
A LAND OF QUALITY
Yesterday
• Qualified experienced manpower who perpetuate know-how.
The Ardennes is a department with a strong industrial tradition (metallurgy). Very early, massive investments enabled the modernisation of production, the increase of added value and made the Ardennes a pioneering department in the field of technological innovation.
Today
• Know-how in the Ardennes is diversifying and adapting to the demands of the world market.
With 24% of the active population in industry, the Ardennes today produces high technology parts for the automotive industry, railways (TGV high-speed train) the aeronautical industry (Airbus, the Ariane rocket) due largely to extensive opening towards the outside world through exports and the arrival of foreign firms, but also due to considerable commitment of Ardennes firms with relation to quality.
Tomorrow
• The networking of productive systems, organised industrial poles, collaborative engineering, high-level training: The Ardennes is focusing on new technologies to ensure the future.
Complementarity, association of skills enables reinforcement of partnerships, thus ensuring an adequate response to the demands of corporate purchasers in a context of globalisation and faced with very strong competition. The development of research, innovation and higher education in the Ardennes is the winning card for the future of industrial firms in our département.