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5 reasons to choose Normandy

Numbers

1st

leading French port complex with HAROPA (combining Le Havre, Rouen and Paris) being ranked 5th on the European scale.

35%

of its GDP coming from exports.

+ de 800

foreign companies with bases in Normandy.

20%

of its regional value-added coming from industry (source INSEE).

5 reasons to choose Normandy

Our solutions

Invest in a dynamic region, open to Europe and the world

Your project, our solutions

What are your needs? Start-up, SME, medium-sized company or large multinational, the Invest team will advise and guide you and help you find the best opportunities, whatever your needs may be.

MADE-TO-MEASURE GUIDANCE

SET-UP / EXTENSIONS

AD Normandie undertakes a monitoring of your set-up and teams to facilitate your arrival in the region.

PARTNERSHIPS AND R&D

Are you looking for an economic, commercial, technology or financial partnership? Here, you will find all the different organisations which are able to meet your needs.

SKILLS

You have a difficulty with recruitment? You want to find the best way to build your teams ? Normandy has a deep well of talents to meet your needs and guidance to help you.

Let’s talk about your project

Our solutions

Our Invest team works hand in hand with businesses and investors from outside the region at each and every stage of their project in Normandy: set-up, extension, relocation, partner and skill searches… What are your needs?

Step 1

Your needs

We welcome and help you define your needs: opportunity analysis, human resources, real estate search… As well as all the administrative formalities at every stage of your relocation process.

Step 2

Connections

We organize tailor-made visits to discover our region. We establish initial contacts with potential partners for your project by mobilizing the players in the regional ecosystem, our financial backers and business introducers.

Step 3

Our guidance

The whole of the Invest team is at your side to meet your needs and expectations, with free, personalised guidance in total confidence.

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Activity Areas

Normandy brings together many different sectors of activity, which is part of the richness of the region. These offer competitive and strategic advantages in terms of innovation, growth and employment.

Discover all areas

Directly access our activity areas pages :

Energy and transition Mobility of the future Aeronautics, space, defence and security Agri-food and the bio-economy Pharmaceuticals and health Cosmetics Supply Chain & Logistics Tech & digital Horse and animal health

Energy and transition

Mobility of the future

Aeronautics, space, defence and security

Agri-food and the bio-economy

Pharmaceuticals and health

Cosmetics

Supply Chain & Logistics

Tech & digital

Horse and animal health

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Success Stories

Find all the latest information, news and press articles about Normandy’s economic development, as well as the stories from investors who have chosen our region for their set-up, take over or expansion projects.

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24.11.23

A €90 MILLION DECARBONISATION INVESTMENT NEAR ROUEN

Normandy is once again leading the way in energy transition and decarbonisation – and the Sein...

Energy and transition

17.11.23

Revolutionising Arterial Detection in France: Arterya's Blood'Up Concept Redefines Efficiency, Accuracy, and Patient Comfort

In France, it is estimated that an arterial detection is carried out every three seconds. Around 12 ...

Pharmaceuticals and health

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Currently

The best large economy is France, with two gold medals and three silvers

A recent article in ‘The Economist’ ( Which EU county is winning our economic pentathlon? (economist.com)) looked at how different economies across the European Union were facing up to five major challenges: demand, debt, demography, decarbonisation and decoupling (from the world’s autocracies).