Promotional brochure about the Region

The Nord-Pas de Calais,a region of diversityA TEXTILE REGION• The 2nd biggest technical textileregion in France, with nearly 200companies and 9,000 jobs• A competitiveness centre: the Up-Tex(innovative textiles) cluster, whichdevelops high-performance textilesfor the future, used in transport, theautomobile industry, medicine andhealth, industry, sports and leisure, protection and public civilengineering.• A breeding ground for innovative business entrepreneurs:Innotex, the company behind Maisons de mode, in-townworkshop boutiques which work with young fashion stylists.• An "embroidery and lace" network, a centre of excellence inthe areas around Cambrai and Calais, with a top-of-therangespecialization.M. SPINGLERJ. BERQUEZA REGION OF ECO-INNOVATION• The Nord-Pas de Calais, a region boasting 450 ecobusinessesspecialising in soil treatment.• A creation and development centre for eco-businesses:C2DE.• The 1st French region to establish a resource centrefor sustainable development (CERDD).• A region in which numerous local initiatives aremaking real progress in sustainable development: aselective household waste recycling plant in Triselec; awaste recycling, reuse and regeneration plant inHalluin; the water-borne transport of household wastein Lille; a sustainable development initiative in thetown of Loos-en-Gohelle• An active support given to regional actions in the areaof energy management.• The creation of a professional solar energy network.A REGION WITHA STRONG RAILWAY NETWORK• A region which has doubled the number of regional express trainson it’s network in 30 years.• The region of Thalys, Eurostar and TGV.• The region of Regional High-Speed Trains, placing all the bigtowns in the region at less than an hour from the regional capital.• France's leading railways industry, with 30% of national activityand 3 world-leading companies in the Valenciennes area.• A sector structured around "i-Trans, Railways at the heart ofInnovative Transport Systems", a competitiveness centre with aglobal outlook.A. ROBINA REGION OFHEALTH PR• A strong policy opromotion, in theareas of excess mtation of health p• A programme cfight against canvement of patiefinancing of hehealth (risk analment of supply a• A flagship regioPasteur Institu(Eurohealth) cenuniversity hospitpanies and 2000P. MORESAN AGRO-FOODBUSINESS REGION• The 4th biggest region in France by number of employees: 28,000.• 300 companies with more than 20 employees.• The 2nd biggest French region in agrofoodexports.• Highly diverse food production: chicory,endives, etc.• 2 centers of agro-industrial competitiveness:the fisheries competitivenesscluster in Boulogne-sur-Mer, a leader inthe seafood sector; the Nutrition, Healthand Longevity competitiveness cluster,which brings together world industryleaders and biological health researchers.A LOGISTICSAND DISTRIBUTION REGION• The leading European region for disEuropean concentration of leading comand the European distance selling exhib• Nearly 40 distribution companies heascale.• A competitiveness center: distribution m• A strategic location at the heart of EuCCI BCO