A highly skilled
talent pool
A sizable market to
develop your business
Take advantage of our expertise
Business
and sector
information
Scheduling
of visits and
meetings
Real estate
proposals &
visits
Assistance in
opening and
operating
your French
organization
HR and
recruiting
support
Connection
with the local
ecosystem
Research on
funding
Where we are worldwide
A research hub and stateof-the-art facilities to
boost your innovation
A human size metropolis:
easy integration into
economic and scientific
networks
United Kingdom
Germany
North
America
Grenoble-Isère
Why France?
South Korea
Taiwan
• Direct access to the EU market (500
million consumers)
• France supports its enterprises:
ÆÆResearch Tax Credit
ÆÆYoung Innovative Company status
ÆÆTax credit for Competitiveness and
Employment
ÆÆFrench Tech: an innovative public
policy to support start-ups
• Ranked 6th in the world for hourly
productivity, ahead of Germany (7th)
and the UK (13th)
• Low and stable energy prices, with
continuous and reliable access
• Exceptional highway and railway
networks
• One of the world’s most highperforming and accessible
healthcare and education systems
• Incomparable heritage, culture and
gastronomy
Source: Business France
Greater
Grenoble,
in
the
heart of the Alps, has a
definite
international
focus.
Its attractiveness for foreign groups
and capital, and the openness of
its companies to international relations, are the
result of the local authorities’ firm resolve to
engage in international cooperation. There are
more than 180 ongoing cooperation and sister
city collaborations in our region!
Contributing to our metropolitan area’s outreach,
these institutional partnerships fuel and are
fueled by international exchanges with our
universities, research centers and competitive
clusters. The interactions and synergies they
create are a significant asset for the economic
development of Greater Grenoble and one of the
pillars of its vitality.”
Christophe Ferrari, President of
Grenoble Alpes Métropole
Your contacts abroad:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Our success stories
To find out more:
An agency
mainly
financed by:
Contact our expert:
Veronique Pequignat
[email protected]
AEPI - Agence d’études et de Promotion de l’Isère
1 place Firmin-Gautier - 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1 - France
Tél. : +33(0)4 76 70 97 18
Graphic Design: Agence Ligne Ovale - www.ligneovale.fr - Realization: AEPI - © AEPI - Gilles Galoyer - JamaisVu- MARCH 2016
4 reasons to choose
Grenoble-Isère, France
Need help to develop your business in France?
We offer customized solutions!
/ INVEST IN
GRENOBLE-Isère, FRANCE /
Truly "Greater" Grenoble, a metropolis
with international reach
Grenoble-Isère, France
Open to the world
Albany
Great Britain
Eindhoven
Cork
Leuven Dresden
Tsukuba
Phoenix
World-class higher education
High-level
university
center
Strong
scientific focus
Suzhou
Grenoble
Galicia
Greater Grenoble’s
economic, institutional and
research partners
Silicon Europe Alliance
project partners
Greater GRENOBLE
key figures
•
•
•
•
•
17% foreign students
1 industrial job out of 2 with
foreign-owned firms
5 Nobel prizes for PhysicsChemistry, 1 Turing award, 1
Lasker award, 1 Blue Planet award
15 competitive clusters in the
Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region
France’s largest American
community second only to Paris
Source «Grenoble citoyenne du monde?
L’internationalisation du territoire»
Regards Croisés -Obs’y 2016
Monza
Athens / Patras
Grenoble-Isère: a region of excellence
• Industrial / above-average concentration of french industrial
jobs and world leaders: Roche Diagnostics, bioMérieux,
STMicroelectronics, Schneider Electric, Poma, Petzl, Vicat,
Capgemini
• Multimodal / France’s leading land-based logistics hub; topranked river ports
• Diversified / meeting place of micro-nanoelectronics and
software, energy, healthcare technologies, chemicals and
cleantech
• Innovative / highest density of research jobs in France, 5th
most inventive city in the world
• AcadEmic / 1 out of every 5 Grenoble residents is a student;
universities and higher education institutes among top
international rankings
• Hospitable / sustainable, sporty and cultural territory and
metropolis in the heart of the French Alps
• Top French
university outside
Paris for number of
PhD students
• 70% of PhD
students in
fundamental science
• 41% of students in
scientific disciplines
Internationally oriented companies
Culture of
excellence
Interdisciplinary
education
• Science and
business programs
(GEM, IAE,
Grenoble INP)
•Interdisciplinary
Master’s degrees
(big data,
bio-computing)
• Grenoble
Alpes University
labelled “Initiative
for Excellence”
campus
• Grenoble INP:
4th ranked French
establishment (QS
World Rankings
2015)
• GEM: 20th
ranked Master’s
in International
Business (Financial
Times)
Global
dimension
• 40 international
Master’s programs
• 1,000 students
in double degree
programs
• More than 150
foreign partner
universities
(Berkeley, Max
Planck Institute,
Politecnico di
Torino, Tsukuba)
A unique concentration of researchers
for tech transfer to industry
25,000 researchers: the highest
density of brain power in France
•8 national research centers
(CEA, CNRS, Inria, Inserm, etc.)
•Numerous private R&D centers
•Very high level scientific instruments
available to enterprises: ESRF
(#1 European Synchrotron), EMBL
(European Molecular Biology
Laboratory), ILL (world’s most powerful
source of neutrons)
Specialization in applied research
•15 competitive clusters in the region, such
as Minalogic (digital), Lyon Biopôle (health),
Axelera (chemicals), Tenerrdis (energy)
•Technology transfer culture: CEA Tech,
France’s leading RTO, #2 in Europe
•Fertile ground for start-ups
•An environment that stimulates innovation
(GIANT innovation campus, digital Grenoble:
French Tech in the Alps)
•European city with under
350,000 inhabitants ranked #3
for attractiveness strategy by
Financial Times 2016/17 FDI
• 300 foreign owned companies
ÆÆ5 of the top 10 employers are
private companies
ÆÆ3 main investor countries
(the United States, Germany
and the United Kingdom)
• exporting companies
ÆÆmajor multinational groups
ÆÆsector leading SMEs
ÆÆstart-ups positioned in
international markets
Airstar
Lighting balloons (public
works, rescue, defense,
events, cinema, etc.
80% of revenues from
export sales
Xenocs
X-ray characterization
of nanomaterials and
nanostructures (spin-off
of ILL)
96% of revenues from
export sales
Poma
Cable transport (ski lifts,
urban transport, tourism,
recreation, etc.)
Wind turbines
96% of revenues from
export sales
Roche
World leader in in
vitro diagnostics and
histological diagnosis of
cancer
Present in 150 countries
Capgemini
World leader in
consulting, IT services
and outsourcing
Present in more than 40
countries
Air Liquide
World leader in gases,
technologies and services
for industry and
healthcare
Present in 80 countries
Multicultural metropolis and
outstanding quality of life
• Cultural intermingling
ÆÆA border city in the heart of the Alps: 1 out of 10 inhabitants of foreign origin
ÆÆDynamic population mix: 1 out of 5 inhabitants moved to the area in the past 5 years
• Appropriate infrastructures for hosting expatriates
ÆÆ“Cité Scolaire Internationale” (free public education in 6 languages from primary to secondary
levels)
ÆÆ“American School of Grenoble” (preparation of US High school diploma)
• Excellent quality of life in the heart of the Alps
ÆÆA variety of efficient means of public transport (tramway, bus)
ÆÆA pioneer city in air quality monitoring (€1.5 billion invested in 15 years); the first urban area to
adopt a Climate Plan in France
ÆÆA metropolitan area at the forefront of environmental initiatives: 320 km of cycling paths (France’s
#2 network), charging stations for hydrogen-fueled vehicles, car sharing, etc.
ÆÆEurope’s 2nd most accessible city for disabled people (European Commission award)