Development tools
published on 11/09/2017
As part of its development project, Ardenne Metropole is developing its Le Moulin Le Blanc university site, with the support of the Ardennes’ Departmental Board and the Grand Est Regional Council.
French Ardennes are an industrial area and offer education which has been developed to meet the needs...
published on 07/31/2017
At a business leaders’ meeting in May, the president of Ardenne Métropole, Boris Ravignon, introduced the brand new regional incubator Rimbaud’Tech.
Given that new law dictates regions and main cities to be responsible for economic development, Ardenne Métropole needed to develop a tool which would...
published on 07/31/2017
The Technological Industries’ Training Hub is an integrated regional training organisation. It is part of the national UIMM network developed by and for manufacturers, has three offices in French Ardennes (at Charleville-Mézières and Sedan) and a total of eight in the Champagne-Ardenne region. ...
published on 07/31/2017
French Ardennes are at the forefront when it comes to energy diversification. The area generates energy from all available sources (wind, biomass, hydroelectric and nuclear power). In order to make its production sites sustainable, EDF has embarked upon an extensive modernisation programme in the...
published on 07/31/2017
French Ardenne is an area rich in industry, directly involved in developing tomorrow’s industry in the Grand Est region. But this new axis will not just be focusing on technological advances, such as 3D printing by Platinium 3D (which also has regional backing). It is also a case of helping small...
published on 04/04/2017
Such is the ambition shown by the Ardennes in the contribution coordinated by Ardennes Development for creation of the SRDEII (french acronym for Regional Schema for Economic Development and Internationalisation), which has been voted and implemented by the region. The document was submitted to the...
published on 01/05/2017
Launched in 2005, the IAR competitiveness cluster, based in Laon but rooted in Hauts-de-France and Grand Est regions, is today a global benchmark for innovation and industrial promotion of agro-resources; in other words bioeconomy. As part of its actions to support and develop the Ardennes economy...
published on 05/03/2016
The Business France agency, result of the merging of the French International Investments Agency (Agence française des investissements internationaux, AFII) and Ubifrance, the French agency for the international development of companies, has recently published its annual report on the...
published on 02/23/2016
Ardennes Development’s missions include raising awareness of and appreciation for the competitive advantages of the Ardennes, in terms of economic opportunities and prospects. A range of monitoring and communication tools has thus been created to facilitate access to the area.
Since Q2 of 2015, the...
published on 11/26/2015
Started in October 2011, the Couvin bypass, the last segment of the Rotterdam-Marseille highway on Belgian soil, has just entered its last phase.
For an estimated cost of almost 49 million euros, this phase should be completed in the1st half of 2018, said Maxime Prevot, Wallon Minister for Public...