French industry hits an all-time high at HANNOVER MESSE
This year, Business France is once again organising the French Pavilion at HANNOVER MESSE, the world's largest industrial trade fair, only with the new addition of a French Pavilion in Hall 8 (which will focus on "Industry 4.0").
- (1888PressRelease) March 08, 2016 - French companies specialising in industrial subcontracting, integrated plant, energy, production and processes, will present their products, technology and know-how.
Highlights of the trade fair include:
- A Franco-German day in cooperation with SAP, including a series of conferences, as well as guided tours of French and German exhibitor stands, with products and services focused on the "industry of the future" theme;
- A Franco-Japanese day in cooperation with JETRO, including presentations of French technologies and guided tours based on the "industry of the future" theme;
- A Franco-American day including B2B meetings between French and US companies and an opportunity for networking;
- Presentations on what French products services have to offer to Italian partners.
The French government currently offers customised support to French small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and major companies in their efforts to work towards the industry of the future. At the heart of industrial innovation and the economy, French mechanical engineering helps to address major challenges of the future: demography and consumption, sustainable development and mobility, communication and connectivity.
Today, priority is being given to:
- modernising industrial hubs;
- implementing the "Energy transition for green growth" act;
- steering the "Plant of the Future" plan by integrating and promoting the circular economy: eco-design, waste prevention, recycling, extending the life span of products.
Exhibitors on the French Pavilion can be found in the following halls: industrial subcontracting (forging, smelting, sheet metal working, machining), integrated plant / digital factory (production management, integrated processes and IT solutions), and power generation (supply, transport and storage of renewable and conventional energy).
For the first time, France will also be represented in Hall 8 (which focuses on "Industry 4.0") at HANNOVER MESSE, showcasing French expertise under the Créative France banner in the following seven technological fields:
- digitalisation of the value chain
- automation, robotics
- additive manufacturing
- monitoring and control
- role of humans
- new materials
- green buildings
Various demonstrations and technologies will also be showcased by the Alliance Industrie du Futur (Industry of the Future Alliance), as well as by regions, large companies, SMEs and start-ups.
Other attendees at HANNOVER MESSE include:
- The Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region (https://www.cr-champagne-ardenne.fr/Pages/Accueil.aspx), which boasts a particularly vibrant industrial hub and an economy that is very open to international markets. The region will be present at the French space dedicated to Industry 4.0 offered by Business France, along with the participation of around ten companies. These companies, selected in the context of the region's Future Plant plan, offer innovative technological solutions to manufacturers to improve flexibility and connectivity.
- Orange Business Services (www.orange-business.com), entrusted with facilitating the digital transformation of major industrial players, is a benchmark operator for the Internet of Things (IoT). Boasting expertise in service integration and an ecosystem of partners, Orange Business Services helps businesses achieve their big data and IoT potential, driving growth and innovation.
- The SCS Cluster (www.pole-scs.org) is based in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in the South of France and was founded in 2005. The ecosystem is an international leader in the fields of contactless technology, networks, M2M and mobile services, digital security and identities.
It brings together more than 300 industry players including international industry leaders, research organisations, start-ups and 220 SMEs (220).
Acting as an economic growth booster, the SCS Cluster helps SMEs on the road to growth through added-value services.
Awarded "gold label" in 2013 in recognition of its excellence in management, the SCS Cluster is the third French cluster to obtain this recognition from European Cluster Initiative Excellence (ECEI).
- Mécafuture (www.mecafuture.fr), an alliance of economic and technical stakeholders for world-class industrial excellence. With over 1,100 industrial members, major groups and SMEs, leading universities, research centres and engineering schools, Mécafuture is the gateway to innovation in mechanics and materials in France. Members of this alliance have labelled more than 1,400 projects, representing a budget of more than €2 billion.
Mécafuture comprises seven competitiveness clusters (Elastopôle, Mont Blanc Industries, Viameca, Materalia, Plastipolis, EMC2, PNB), a research cluster (Gospi), a technical and industrial centre (CETIM) and a professional organisation (FIM). Mécafuture is the French representative of the European Technology Platform, Manufuture.
Come and visit the exhibitors on the French Pavilion:
Hall 4: Industrial subcontracting (forging, smelting, sheet metal working, machining)
ADIAMIX, BONIONI, BRILLA, DECAYEUX STI, POLIS PRECIS, PRECIFORGE, RAYMOND BARRE, STCM, STEVENIN NOLLEVEAUX
Hall 7: Integrated plant, production management, integrated processes and IT solutions
DIOTASOFT, GRIDBEE COMMUNICATIONS, MONIXO, OPTIMDATA, ORIDAO, TELL ME PLUS, TEEPTRAK
Hall 8: Industry 4.0
ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES, MECAFUTURE, SCS Cluster, with EDITAG, IMXPAD and GRIDBEE COMMUNICATIONS
REGION ALSACE-CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE-LORRAINE, supported by the European Union, with 2CRSI, 3D Morphoz, ACCELINN, BIOPTIMIZE, CPC ANALYTICS, DIVALTO, IMAG'ING, OPTA LP, VISUOL TECHNOLOGIES, VIZE SOFTWARE.
Hall 13: Energy production, supply, transport and storage of renewable and conventional energy
COGEBIO, DERANCOURT, DUBUIS, PROVENCE PROMOTION
Hall 27: Hydrogen
AFHYPAC, ALCRYS, ENGIE, HASKEL FRANCE, LAFON SAS, MAHYTEC, RAIGI, MCPHY
Key mechanical engineering figures in France
Source: Fédération des industries mécaniques (Federation of Mechanical Engineering Industries), October 2015
- 640,000 employees (leading industrial employer in France with 20% of industrial labour)
- 30,300 businesses
- €120 billion in annual turnover, including nearly half for exports
- Ranked sixth in the world
- The metal transformation sector recorded increased business in 2014 (+1.4%). Equipment, the other major sector of the mechanical engineering industry, improved (+1.7%) and the precision sector also increased (+2.5%).
About Business France
Business France is the national agency supporting the international development of the French economy, responsible for fostering export growth by French businesses, as well as promoting and facilitating international investment in France.
It promotes France's companies, business image and nationwide attractiveness as an investment location, and also runs the VIE international internship programme.
Founded on January 1, 2015 through a merger between Ubifrance and the Invest in France Agency, Business France has 1,500 personnel, both in France and in 70 countries throughout the world, who work with a network of public- and private-sector partners.
For more information on Business France, visit www.businessfrance.fr or contact:
Caroline Ourvouai, Information Officer
Business France
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 73 30 22
Email: caroline.ourvouai ( @ ) businessfrance dot fr
For more information on this press release, contact:
Fran Lambert, Communications & Marketing Adviser
Business France United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7024 3613
Email: fran.lambert ( @ ) businessfrance dot fr
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