Mechanical engineering and metals

in Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France’s SMEs work in synergy, boosting scope for growth and offering a range of industrial applications along with growth opportunities for new entrants.

Fast facts: Metals and metalworking
in hauts-de-france

We have a long industrial history: Hauts-de-France was a cradle of the industrial revolution, and our mechanical engineering and metals sector is behind many milestones set over the years.

Today the region is home to a tightly-woven ecosystem of expert companies offering unrivalled opportunities for your business. Our SMEs work in synergy, boosting scope for growth and offering a range of industrial applications along with growth opportunities for new entrants.

4200 companies in the metal sector
10% of them are international
90% of the metals ecosystem consists of SMEs
123K jobs in the metal industry

THESE LEADING GROUPS CHOSE THE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE

Major international corporations have recognized the advantages of joining our mechanical engineering and metals industry. Businesses already here include Rio Tinto Alcan, Moret Industries, ArcelorMittal, Poclain, Tata Steel, AGCO, Railtech, Dillinger, GIMA.

Benefit from our support for your expansion

The assets of Hauts-de-France

Our robust industrial ecosystem gives you easy access to a wide range of technological resources and expertise.

BE CLOSE TO YOUR CUSTOMERS

Hauts-de-France offers a major competitive edge: a high concentration of industrial players—including many customers—in automotive, rail, aeronautics and a host of other fields. Bottom line: doing business here gives you access to significant growth potential.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROXIMITY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS

EASY RECRUITMENT

Hauts-de-France has the skills and the numbers you need for your business, in the long tradition of an industrial region where know-how is handed down from generation to generation.

Qualified workers are available here, and our labor pool is substantial, with more than 40,000 jobseekers in industry. When you choose Hauts-de-France, you get access to the skills you need to sharpen your competitive edge and make your growth strategy successful.

SPECIALIZED SUPPORT FROM CAP’INDUSTRIE

Cap’Industrie is an economic development program dedicated to supporting Hauts-de-France metals companies and helping them grow. It can help you meet recruitment challenges, find the skills you need, and even get financing. Cap’Industrie has the funding you need to take action—from organizing job fairs to finding industrial sub-contractors with the right technical skills. It’s also well positioned to bring industrialists in the region together and help you forge ties with the right partners.

Cap’Industrie is a partnership of

the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI),
The Technical Center for Mechanical Industry (CETIM)
Federation of machine industries (FIM), and
Union of metal industries and professions (UIMM)

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BÉNÉFICIEZ D’UN ACCOMPAGNEMENT PAR UNE STRUCTURE SPÉCIALISÉE : CAP’ INDUSTRIE

Close-up look on… CETIM: a pacesetter for innovation in mechanical engineering

CETIM is the Technical Center for Mechanical Industry—a powerful asset for your R&D projects. Based in Senlis, it monitors technology trends and shapes strategies for the sector as a whole.

Founded in 1965 at the urging of players in the mechanical engineering industry, CETIM provides the resources and skills that metals companies need, to help: