Seine-Saint-DenisParis Region, FRANCE

S u m m a r y

Paris Region

• Location• Key facts• Assets• The working population, researchers

and students• Tourism and life quality• Clusters• ICT sector

Seine-Saint-Denis

• At the heart of European economic development

• Network of transportation infrastructures • 2 exhibition grounds• Second overall university facilities in Paris

Region• 6 major economic poles• Sectors

• The Aeronautical and airport facilities• Health and life science• Film making, multimedia, Digital life• Automotive industry

• The real estate market• An international business park : Paris Nord 2• Financial assistance• Seine-saint-Denis Avenir: The partner of your

development

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Paris Region: Key facts

• 8 « départements » • 11,4 million inhabitants

• 670 000 companies

• 5 700 000 million jobs

• 17 universities

• 600 000 students

• 20,000 engineering degrees granted by year

• 80,000 researchers

At the heart of Europe and on the doorstep of Paris' urban centre Seine-Saint-Denis – North East Paris Region

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Paris Region: Assets

• One of Europe’s top two destinations

• Privileged access to the European market

• Highly developed network of transportation and communication infrastructure :

The airports : Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Paris-Le Bourget,

75 millions passengers every year, 530 cities in 135 countries

The High Speed Train: TGV putting the region within a few hours of 145 French destinations and the major European capitals

Local transport system : 16 Metro lines and 300 stations, 5 Regional Express Train…

• The largest number of business premises in Europe

• The city with the greatest number of international organisations

Paris Region A strong skills base

• Paris region attracts the working population, researchers and students :

The biggest European student centre, with internationally renowned universities and engineering and management « Grandes Ecoles »: Sorbonne, HEC, ESSEC, Centrale, Polytechnique, École des Mines…

Over 25% of the French student population International students account for 20% of postgraduate population

• Paris Region is home to a highly qualified population with an international outlook :

Senior managers and high-level academic professions account for more than 25% of the working population

724,000 international workers of whom 64,500 international managers, more than 100 nationalities

High productivity workforce The region concentrates 26.4% of all pure business start-ups registered in France

Paris Region attracts the working population, researchers and students

• Paris Region, leading European research and development centre

France ranks in fifth place worldwide for research and development maters

Amount spent on R&D: 14.5 billion euros/year

80 000 researchers, 10,000 international researchers in Paris Region in public laboratories (source : Fondation Nationale Alfred Kastler)

2nd european region for the scientific research publications

Largest hospital network in Europe:39 establishments with 25,000 beds

Paris Region Tourism and quality of life

• A leading conference and exhibition destination

• One of the most pleasant places to live and work

• 42 millions tourists each year

• 11.3 millions visitors for business events each year

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• 75% of the area is made up of parks, woodland, vast forests and rural zones

• It boasts excellent infrastructures recognised as some of the best in the world, particularly in the field of transport, telecommunications, health

• According to WHO (The World Health Organisation), France ranks in second place worldwide for the quality of its health system

International locations in 14 European metropolitan areas

Paris Region, Greater London and Catalonia together account for almost half of international business locations.

• The 25 countries of the European Union together accounted for about 45% of total foreign direct investment inflows in 2006.• In 2006, France attracted 88 billiards dollars of foreign investments and ranks in 3d place worldwide (after USA and UK) and in first place in Europe (Source UNCTAD: United Nations conference on trade and development)

Headquarters – Fortune 500 World Ranking

Paris Region is the second biggest business location

hub after Tokyo for the world’s 500 biggest

companies.

Paris Region

Strategic functions : Breakdown of strategic function in Paris Region over the period 2000-2004Paris Region is the leading location in Europe for the setting up of R & D centres, second for headquarters and third for services centres.

Breakdown of investments by sector as a % of total investments

Source : Ernst and Young European Investment Monitor 2006

Source : Ernst & Young European Investment Monitor 2006

Paris Region

Source of investments

Source : ARD/IFA, May 2006

Paris RegionICT sector

J obs in ICT companies in Three Regions423 000

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500 000

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Source : GARP, PREDA, OI

• 8 000 companies, 15 000 locations

• 423 000 jobs

• 54 500 jobs created in three years

• 3 600 new business in 2005

• 47% of the national workforce

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Seine-Saint-Denis

Everything you need to develop your business

Seine-Saint-Denis A highly developed network of transportation and communication infrastructure

Between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris le Bourget Airport and Paris city

• 6 subway lines• 5 regional lines• 5 highways• 1 tramway line• 100 bus lines

40 communities 1,5 millions inhabitants 236 km²

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Seine-Saint-Denis 2 international airportsParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport

No 2 in Europe for passengers traffic, No 6 worldwide, showing an annual growth percentage of more than 4 %

61 millions air passengers in 2008 International connections

Crédit photo : ADP

By plane By plane

London : 50 minFrankfort : 1:20Copenhagen : 1:30Berlin : 1:40Dublin : 1:45Prague : 1:45Vienna : 2:00Varsow : 2:15Milan : 1:10Roma : 2:00Madrid : 1:30Lisbon : 2:30

By high By high speed trainspeed train

Brussels : 1:15London 2:15Cologne : 4:00Amsterdam 4:10Geneva : 3:30Lausanne : 3:40Marseille : 3:00

Seine-Saint-DenisDirect International Connections

Paris-Le Bourget Airport Leading business airport in Europe

70,000 flights per year

130,000 air passengers/year

100 companies : air companies, aircraft manufacturers, equipment suppliers, services

Host to Paris’ International Air Show

Testimony: « Dedicated to business aviation, the Paris le Bourget platform is also a state-

of-the-art industrial site for maintenance. With the Air and Space museum, the exhibition Park and the close proximity of Paris, this complex has a

potential for development which cannot be found anywhere else in Europe. » Olivier de l’Estoile, Ex-Chairman of the EBAA (European Business Aviation

Association), France

Crédit photo : ADP

Seine-Saint-Denis A leading conference and exhibition destination

2 exhibitions grounds : Paris Nord Villepinte and Paris Le Bourget

• 200,000 m² of exhibition space

• International shows and conferences : Bâtimat, SIAL, Pollutec, Premiere vision, Maisons et Objets, Paris Le Bourget Air Show…

• Symposiums, seminars and business conventions

Crédit photo : Anne Gllet

Seine-Saint-DenisSecond overall university facilities in Paris region

60 000 students

• 2 Universities • Paris 8• Paris 13

• 3 engineering schools • ESIEE• Supmeca • Institut Galilée

• 5 IUTs Technological Universities Institutes

• 85 research laboratories and over 1600 researchers

• International high school, opening 2011

• Campus Condorcet Project (Aubervilliers : excellence centre in the humanities and social sciences), opening 2012

Seine-Saint-Denis 6 major economic poles

• Roissy CDG Area• Le Bourget Area• Plaine-Saint-Denis• Cities along the

“périphérique”• The heart of the region• Noisy-le-Grand

• 43 000 companies

• 560 000 jobs

• 800 foreign companies

Seine-Saint-Denis 8 key sectors

• Air Transport : Embraer, Aéroports de Paris, Air France-KLM, Dassault Falcon Service, Messier-Bugatti, Créalie, Certia, EADS SECA, Eurocopter, Autoliv NCS, Ulmer-aéronautique, Servair, JETEX, Air Transat...

• Health and life sciences : Roche, Rhodia Recherches, Guerbet, Siemens Audiologie, Beckman Coulter, Proskélia, Expertise & Consulting, Eco-Solution, Cellectis…

• Film making, multimedia, digital life : Ubisoft, Euromédia, AB Production, Laboratoires Éclair, TSF, Attitude Studio,Carrère, Siemens, Endémol, Vectracom, Dubbing Brothers…

• Automobile Sector: PSA Peugeot Citroën, Delphi, Robert Bosch France SAS, Valeo Éclairage, LG Electronics, Inergy Automotive Systems, RCA France, Eurostamp…

• Transport and logistic : Prologis Garonor, DHL, Fedex, Geodis, Brink’s France…

• Eco-industry : Paprec, CDI, Lifmétal, Sanitra, Sarp…

• Luxury goods, fashion and Design : Hermès, L’Oréal, Body Shop, Bourjois Chanel, Agnès B, Kookai, Pronuptia, Sonia Rykiel, NafNaf, Redskins, La City…

• Services : DELL France, XEROX France, SAMSUNG France, Groupe GENERALI, ABN/AMRO, GMF, VediorBis, Nouvelles Frontières, BNP Paribas,…

Seine-Saint-Denis - 6 Clusters

ASTech Paris Region National competitiveness centre dedicated to motorisation, space transport and business aviation.

Finance Innovation Worldwide competitiveness centre whose objective is to promote Paris as a European centre of financial expertise

Seine-Saint-Denis The Aeronautical and Airport Industry

Aéroports de Paris, Air France-KLM, Dassault Falcon Service, Messier-Bugatti, Créalie, Certia, EADS SECA, Eurocopter, Autoliv NCS, Ulmer-aéronautique, Rockwell Collins, Panalpina, Servair, Thalès Group, AirChef…

• Main Companies

• Training - Research

• A booming industry

40 % of the total national workforce in the air product industry work in Ile de France More than 800 companies 79,500 jobs, 225,000 indirect jobs within the region 5700 researchers in the air transport industry

CIFT Thalès, AFMAé, AFPA, CAMAS, Supméca, Institut Galilée, Flight safety international …

• Paris Air Show - Paris-Le Bourget The world leading air and space show

Crédit photo : ADP

Academic research and higher education

Biocitech is a technology park that is home to numerous leading-edge companies specialising in life science

Major companies : CELLECTIS, KIRALYA, OROXCELL, MUTABILIS, PROSKELIA, ROOWIN, ECO-SOLUTION, EXPERTISE & CONSULTING…www.biocitech.com

The training and research centre « Santé Médecine et Biologie Humaine » Healthcare, medicine and human BiologyUniversity of Paris 13

Seine-Saint-Denis is a stakeholder in the MEDICEN cluster

Seine-Saint-Denis Health and life science

200 companies20 dedicated research laboratories

Seine-Saint-Denis Health and life science

Major companies

• Pharmaceutical companiesRoche, Rhodia, Akzo Nobel…

• Biomedical Guerbet Group, Siemens Audiologie, Beckman Coulter, GE Medical systems…

• BiotechnologyProskélia, Expertise & Consulting, Eco-Solution, Cellectis, Discngine, Mutabilis…

• As well as : Pharmaceutical distributors with OCP, the regulatory agencies with the AFSSAPS (French health products safety agency) and AP-HPLes répartiteurs pharmaceutiques, les agences réglementaires, l’AP-HP ( Paris public hospital system, INPES (Institut National de Prévention et d’Evaluation en Santé), OFDT (Observatoire Français des Drogues et Toxicomanies), Agence de biomédecine (Services liés à la santé), HAS (Haute autorité en santé)

Crédit photo : BIOCITECH

Seine-Saint-Denis Film making, Multimedia, Digital life

• 2 000 companies, 24000 jobs Up 26% in six years Ubisoft, Miranda technologies France, Euromédia, AB

Production, Laboratoires Éclair, TSF, Attitude Studio,Carrere group, Siemens, Endémol, Vectracom, Dubbing Brothers,Panavision Alga Paris, Quinette Galay, Aston France, Pathé Gaumont Archives, Publicis events…

100,000 s.q.m of studio space Largest television filming set in Europe (surface area) Icade EMGP : France’s leading TV industry hub

• “Cité Européenne du Cinéma” founded by Luc Besson due to open in 2010

• Cap Digital, a cluster for Paris region image-based industry

Films shot in Seine-Saint-Denis region :Renaissance / Munich / Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A very long engagement) / Les liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)

Video games produce in Seine-Saint-Denis region :Assasin’s Creed, Prince of Persia (Ubisoft), I’m Alive (Big Wheels), Cocoto (Neko Entertainment), Sudden Strike 3 (Anuman Interactive)

Seine-Saint-DenisThe automobile Sector

In the Paris Region:

• 156 000 employees, including 60,000 direct salaried jobs • 19% of national employment in this industry

In Seine-Saint-Denis:

• 2500 companies• 9 500 jobs• Strong link between university research and industrial research

Crédit photo : PSA

Seine-Saint-Denis The Automobile sector

Leaders :

• PSA Peugeot Citroën, 2nd European automobile manufacturer (6th worldwide), with 5.8% of the world market's, 199,000 employees in the world, including 124.700 in France, 5000 in Seine-Saint-Denis, 1800 vehicles a day

• Delphi : European headquarters, R&D centre

• Robert Bosch France Group : Head office and research and development centre

And:

DAIMLER CHRYSLERVALEOLE METAL TECHNIQUE INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS ACH WABCO BEHR FranceLG Electronics Mad and RedRCA France

HELLA S.A. NORD PARIS FREINS SOEXIMEX AKZO NOBEL Industrial Coatings EUROSTAMPMAGNETTO AUTOMOTIVE PARIS …

Crédit photo : PSA

Seine-Saint-DenisA competitive and wide range of high quality property

Business Parks :

• International Business Park: Paris Nord 2• The Plaine Saint Denis• Nord Est Parisien• ICADE• Noisy-le-Grand Mont d’Est• Montreuil Area…

• 280,000 m² of new office space made available in 2009 (1/3 of the new office block surface area built in the Paris Region)• Competitive prices• Dynamic business market • Substantial property reserves available close to Paris

Crédit photo : Icade

Seine-Saint-Denis The International Business Park: Paris Nord 2

Exceptionally located at the heart of Roissy Pole

• Immediate proximity of Paris Charles de Gaulle airport Paris le Bourget and the centre of Paris

• 500 companies• 16 000 jobs• 300 hectares total surface area• 70 hectares of green spaces

• 160 shops • 10 hotels offering more than 1,800

rooms• A wide range of services : Bus

shuttles, 23 restaurants, sporting club, customs, post office, fast speed connections, security, multi-company day-care centre…

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Crédit photo : ParisNord2

Seine-Saint-Denis The International Business Park: Paris Nord 2

• Acer Computer France (Informatique)• Air France Recrutement (Ressources Humaines)• Amada Europe SA (Industrie)• Bühler• Daewoo Electronics SA (Electronique)• Delphi France SAS (Automobile)• Delsey (Industrie)• DHL International (Transport)• ELM Leblanc (Industrie)…

• Geodis Overseas France (Transport)• Jungheinrich France (Industrie)• Mitutoyo France SARL (Industrie)• Moeller Electric (Industrie)• Rubbermaid France (Industrie)• Sara Lee Household & Body Care (Négoce)• Sharp Electronics France (Audiovisuel)• EMBRAER• LG• Brother France• Beckam Coulter France

50% of foreign companies

Seine-Saint-DenisA great place to do business

• 9,000 new companies created in 2008 in the Seine-saint-Denis region

• The Paris region concentrates 26,4% of business starts-ups registered in France

• They chose the Seine-Saint-Denis Region: MIRANDA, TRANSAT FRANCE, KELLOGS, FEDEX, UNITED PARCEL SERVICE France, ALSTOM, JOHSON MATTHEY, ACI TANG, SAGE, ALCATEL CONTRACTING, ANACOMP SA, ANIXTER France, RANK XEROX, BECKMAN COULDER France, CHESAPEAKE LUXURY PACKAGING, BAX GLOBAL, FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL SARL, CATERPILLAR France, LEE COOPERS SERVICES,COMPUTACENTER, COSINE COMMUNICATIONS, DOW France, FLUKE France, DANZAS, PROLOGIS, JUNGHEINRICH, TRUMPF, SHARP ELECTRONIC, ALAIN AFFLELOU, SIEMENS, PANALPINA, HERMES, ROBERT BOSCH France SA, SIEMENS France, ALSTOM TRANSPORT, DAEWOO ELECTRONICS SA, EMBRAER AVIATION INTERNATIONAL, LG ELECTRONICS, NOKIA France, AMADA, KDI, CROWN CORK, OCE France, HEIDELBERG, BROTHER, EUROCOPTER, DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS France, PROLOGIS, UNITED PARCEL SERVICE France, DHL, GENERALI, LEVER FABERGE France, KELLOGG’S PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES, BACARDI MARTINI, PANASONIC France, SARA LEE, MIELE SA, CHESAPEAKE DISPLAY, NOUVELLES FRONTIERES…

Seine-Saint-Denis Everything you need to develop your business

• Incubators for start-ups and middle size companies

Aéropôle : « The business Welcome Package » : A three month special and cost-effective global service offers to technology oriented companies willing to test the French/European market.Office and facilities: Fully furnished office (25m²), car park, conference rooms, reception desk, secretarial and mail-management services…Cost : 780 euros/month for 22m²

Innotech’s medical initiativesInnotech is a technological resource centre, supporting SME’s and SMI’s. Innotech premises have been equipped with a BioMed department to ensure technology transfer and project incubation in the medical field.

• State tax Free AreaThe government will direct its support towards projects that are locating in areas of greatest social needs.

• A comprehensive range of financial assistance and other support may be available

Research and development financial assistance : « Crédit d’impôt recherche » www.recherche.gouv.fr

Employment financial assistance

Employment training assistance

Seine-Saint-Denis Urban living environment with numerous green and

recreational spaces, and a diversified habitat

• 1,400 hectares of green spaces and more than 25 parks and forests, 30 km of walks along the canals

• 2 golf courses, 6 equestrian centres, museums, theatrical and cinema facilities…

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