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Lenze Drive Systems chose France, and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in particular, for the following reasons:
- the quality of French transport infrastructure;
- its proximity to Western Europe, LDS’s principal market.
- a local employment catchment area home to many young, qualified professionals;
- the industrial history of the region;
- a funding regime which promotes business startups.]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvNTg1Mg== info@investinfrance.org
Rottendorf Pharma GmbH advanced the following reasons for expanding its operations in France:
- The competitiveness and maturity of the French pharmaceutical market, the second biggest European market after Germany;
- Great satisfaction with the quality of personnel;
- The geographical proximity to the parent company in Germany, which on a logistics front enables client demands to be met more easily;
- The support from local, regional and national authorities.]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvNTg1NA== info@investinfrance.org In Spring 2009, these 4 sites will be merged into a single building in Issy-les-Moulineaux, just outside Paris, at the High Tech Arc-de-Seine cluster. This building, known as EOS, will benefit from the latest construction techniques ensuring thermal and sound insulation.

Jordi Ribas, Managing Director of Search Technology, explains why Microsoft decided to select France:
“The main reasons why Microsoft selected France to host part of our Search Technology Center were the availability of top talents in the industry, top universities, and the maturity of the search market. In addition, another important factor was the fact that there was a significant tax credit available for our R&D investment.”]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvNTg1NQ== info@investinfrance.org
CellSeed decided to set up in France for four main reasons:
- the quality of clinical trial platforms in France,
- the transparency of the regulatory environment,
- the high regard for ethics and patient relations in the French system,
- the availability of experts in the Lyon region.]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvNTg1MQ== info@investinfrance.org The establishment of two new bases creates 210 direct jobs and represents an investment of 600 million euros over four years. The Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport base is the company’s 18th European base.]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvMzk2OQ== info@investinfrance.org In November 2007, Danisco began the construction of this R&D center for its fermentation media division situated beside its current production site for the agro-food industry.]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvMzk3MA== info@investinfrance.org 5e Saison constructed its fourth production site for prepackaged salad production and prepared fruit products next to Châlons-en-Champagne, specifically in the business park Recy-Saint-Martin. The prepackaged salad specialist will invest close to 7 million euros, resulting in the creation of 300 jobs.]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvMzk3MQ== info@investinfrance.org A state-of-the-art training centre was opened in Suresnes (Ile-de-France region) to provide employees with technical training courses and includes a training lab and training areas.
Huawei has opened two new R&D centres with 350 new positions to be created over the next three to five years, tripling its initial number of employees.]]> aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvMzk3Mg== info@investinfrance.org aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvODY4 info@investinfrance.org aHR0cDovL2FmaWkvODY5