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Move'o cluster is based around 4 major Fields of Strategic Activity involving experts whose main missions are to encourage the development of co-operative R&D projects:

• Energy & Environment: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by limiting pollutant emissions and by reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
• Mechatronics: Combine electronics and mechanics to provide components and control systems that are more reliable, compact and simplified.
• Road safety: Increase safety on the roads for all users, in and out of town.
• Mobility & Services: Encourage and improve mobility of people using new technologies.

Advantages

The French automotive sector plays a significant role in the country’s economy:
•    Over 6 million vehicles produced in 2005 by French car manufacturers around the world
•    2.5 million jobs are linked to the car industry in France which is 10% of the total active population
•    18% of patents in France are registered by the car industry

The cluster plays a key role in this sector:

 
Existing partnerships with other innovative clusters:

•    11 clusters specialized in transport
•  4 automotive clusters: High-range cars, Advanced Mobility and Transport, Future Vehicle
•    7 clusters in the Paris (Ile-de-France)
•    4 clusters in Normandy
•    9 clusters offering and using RFID (radio frequency Identification)

Members

Approximately 200 members

Companies: 127
•    French groups include: Renault, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Total, Colas, Dassault Systèmes, Faurecia, Gaz de France, Hutchinson, Nexter, Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), Thalès Air Defence, Sagem, Veolia Transport, Valeo.
•    International groups include: Honeywell MF (United States), Magneti Marelli Motopropulsion (Italy), Lubrizol (United States), Continental (Germany), ST Microelectronics (France-Italy).

includes 62 SMEs

Research and educational centers
48 centers including the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Centrale in Paris, Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieur pour l’Agriculture, Ecoles des Mines, Institut français du Pétrole (IFP), Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des risques (INERIS), Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Ecole Supérieure d’Electronique (SUPELEC), University of Rouen, University of Le Havre, University of Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Plus over 24 other organizations including: Communautés d’Agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise, de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, du Havre et de Rouen, les Chambres de Commerce et d’Industrie (CCI) du Havre, de Rouen, de Versailles, les Conseils Généraux du Val d’Oise, des Hauts-de-Seine, des Yvelines et de Seine-Maritime, Les Conseils Régionaux de Basse et Haute Normandie et d’Ile-de-France, l’Observatoire du Véhicule d’Entreprise.

Current R&D partnerships

60 projects have been certified and financed since 2005 with a total budget of over 215 million euros.

Between 2005 and mid-2008, public funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the Inter-ministerial Single Fund reached close to 90 million euros. 

International partnerships

Current
•    Participation in the BeLCAR (Bench Learning in Cluster management for the Automotive sector in European Regions) network
•    Participation in the TCAS (Transnational Clustering in the Automotive Sector) network

Future
•    Develop relations with other European networks in order to capitalize on technology partnerships particularly with Germany, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy
•    Partnership with the Swedish SAFER cluster for ITC and safety topics

Appendix: Examples of R&D projects certified and financed in 2006 and 2007

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