Automotive Industry / Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautics / Space
1st regional employer, more than 68,000 jobs.

Agribusiness and Agro-industry
Ranks 1st or 2nd in many industries in France, 330 companies, 35,000 jobs.

Electronics / IT / ICT
Electronic payment systems, secure data transmission. Onboard electronics.

Oil and Chemicals
Number one French centre for refining, 35% of the country’s capacity, 235 companies, 20,000 jobs.

Life Sciences (Drugs, Healthcare, and Cosmetics)
2nd highest industrial concentration in France.

Logistics
Port Complex - Number one in France and number four in Europe, handles 50% of France’s maritime foreign trade.

Plastic Processing
Polymer processing for the automotive, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, agribusiness, and others.
Upstream chain: manufacturing plastics for oil industry (AtoFina and ExxonMobil Chemical).

Materials and their Applications
Boating and Sailing (Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre)
Aeronautics and Space (Snecma, Aircelle)

Packaging
Plastics, cardboard and glass.
The Bresle Valley-Glass Valley Industrial Cluster, the world’s number one manufacturing centre of glass bottles for perfumery and cosmetics.
« Packing and Packaging Engineering », Training department, 4th largest of its kind in France.

Environmental Sciences and Technologies
Environment Control.
Recycling and Industrial Waste Treatment.
Industrial Safety.

Boating / Sailing
A fast-growing industry.

Normandy boasts 3 major Universities (Rouen, Caen, Le Havre), 70,000 students, 6,000 foreign students, 130 research laboratories, 4,500 teachers and scientists, 9 engineering schools, 5 business and management graduate schools, 2 CNRT(*), 11 CRITT(*).

The main innovative industries are:

	Electronic payment systems, secure data transmission
	Medical imaging
	Engines and combustion mechanisms
	Onboard electronics for automobiles, planes, and logistics
	Environmental Sciences and Energy
	Life Sciences applied to Food-Processing
	Plastic Processing and New Materials
	Environment Control