Region/Cities

Normandy, Ile-de-France / Paris, Caen, Le Havre

Sector of activity

Automotive Public transport systems

Objectives

• Develop research & development projects
• Develop regional development projects. In order to enhance France’s economic attractiveness, Mov’eo has four objectives:
• Create structured scientific platforms
• Develop expertise with a network of teaching and training establishments
• Encourage business development

Support and develop networks of  innovative small and mid-sized companies and industries

Advantages offered by the cluster

• 77 000 jobs in the sector, including 11 000 in “motor” technologies (automotive and aerospace)
• Leading European platform for scientific, industrial, tertiary, financial and intellectual resources, ranked among the world’s four leading clusters alongside Detroit (USA), Kanto-Tokaï (Japan) and South/South West Germany.

Main partners

Companies

• Industrial groups and small and mid-sized international companies:
World players: Total, Renault, PSA-Peugeot-Citroën, Safran, Snecma, Hurel-Hispano, Thalès, 3M, Gaz de France, Magnetti-Marelli, Valeo, Filtrauto, RATP, Siemens, Veolia, etc.
• A network of over 150 small and mid-sized companies and industries, in the automotive sector

Research and Training

• Research centers of excellence: INRETS, CERTAM, UVSQ Laboratories, etc.
• Engineering schools: INSA, ESIGELEC (Rouen), ENSI (Caen), ISPA (Alençon).
• University campus: Rouen University and 3 000 locally-based engineers and research scientists.

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