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THE CÔTE D’AZUR,THE PLACE FOR COMPANIES
THAT WANT IT ALL.
DON’T YOU WANT IT ALLFOR YOUR BUSINESS?
THE CÔTE D’AZUR
HAS IT ALL.
WANT TO EXPAND/DEVELOP YOUR BUSINESS IN A DEDICATED HIGH-TECH HUB?
FOUR TECH HUBSIN ONE PLACE
HEALTHCLEANTECHSMART CITY
SERVICES TOURISM
MICEAEROSPACE
CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES
AROMACOSMETICS
ICTBIOTECH
SOPHIA ANTIPOLISEUROPE'S LEADING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK
MOSTLY FOR R&D OR HIGH VALUE-ADDED ACTIVITIES.
900 NEW JOBS/YEAR HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS,
EMPLOYING 34,400 PERSONS FROM 63 NATIONALITIES,
4500 RESEARCHERS, 5500 STUDENTS.
HOSTING NOW 1350 COMPANIESINCLUDING 170 FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES
NURTURING A POWERFUL ECOSYSTEM
• 4TH SMARTEST CITY IN THE WORLD (JUNIPER RESEARCH 2015),
• 5TH EUROPEAN CITY FOR THE QUALITY OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURES (FT/FDI INTELLIGENCE 2014/15),
• 2ND FRENCH TOURIST DESTINATION,
• 2ND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FRANCE,
• HOME OF A DYNAMIC HEALTH CLUSTER.
NICE CÔTE D’AZUR & THE ÉCO-VALLÉE
NICE HAS CREATED THE ECO-VALLÉE AND PARTNERED WITH MAJOR
INDUSTRIAL LEADERS TO BECOME A PIONEER IN THE SMART CITY,
ENHANCING ITS ATTRACTIVENESS IN THE AREAS OF CLEANTECH &
SMART CITY, SERVICES & TOURISM, INNOVATIVE USAGES, HEALTH.
NEED
A TALENT SOURCECLOSE BY?
PROVENCE CÔTE D’AZUR:THE 3rd LARGEST POOL OF EXECUTIVES IN FRANCE
26% OF THEPOPULATION IN CÔTED’AZUR ARE HIGHEREDUCATION GRADUATES(INSEE 2009)
WITH 71,400€/YEAR/JOB, IT IS THE 3RD LEADINGFRENCH REGION IN TERMS OF PRODUCTIVITY
(INSEE 2012)
FRANCE IS RANKED THIRD IN EUROPE AND SIXTH IN THE WORLD
FOR HOURLY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, AHEAD OF GERMANY (7TH)
AND THE UK (13TH) (THE CONFERENCE BOARD, 2014) .
AVERAGE COSTS PER EMPLOYEE (WAGES, SALARIES AND
STATUTORY COSTS) ARE LOWER IN FRANCE THAN IN JAPAN,
THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY (AFII 2015).
AND LET’S BE HONEST,LIVING AND WORKING IN THE SOUTHOF FRANCE MEANS YOUR HIGHLYQUALIFIED EMPLOYEES STAY PUT.
72% FRENCH EXECUTIVESCONSIDER IT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE REGION! (ARII/PACA MODE D’EMPLOI 2015).
THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE40.OOO ACTIVE STUDENTS
SOPHIATECH GATHERS 2500 STUDENTS & 800 RESEARCHERS FROM TOP ICT INSTITUTES (INRIA, CNRS, EURECOM, POLYTECH NICE-SOPHIA)
SKEMA & EDHEC FIGURE REGULARLY IN THETOP 10 FINANCIAL COURSES IN THE WORLD (FINANCIAL TIMES)
THE UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS RANKS
-IN FRANCE #1 FOR LIFE SCIENCES AND #2 IN MEDICINE -IN THE WORLD #34 IN MEDICINE AND #38 FOR LIFE SCIENCES (LEIDEN)
-IN TOP 150 WORLDWIDE IN MATHEMATICS (SHANGHAI)
YOU WANT AN INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNISED RESEARCH HUB ?
IT COUNTS OVER 17,000 RESEARCHERS IN PUBLIC RESEARCH INCL. 5,000 IN SOLE CÔTE D’AZUR. (ARII/PACA MODE D’EMPLOI 2015)
PROVENCE CÔTE D’AZUR REGIONDEVOTES 2.8 BN € INVESTMENTS TO R&D (ARII PACA MODE D’EMPLOI 2015)
IT COUNTS 51 RESEARCH LABORATORIES & 21 JOINT RESEARCH UNITS.
FIVE ICT AND LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORIES HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED AS LABORATORIES OF EXCELLENCE (LABEX) BY THE FUTURE INVESTMENTS PROGRAMME, WHICH HAS AWARDED THEM 46 MILLION EUROS IN PUBLIC FUNDING.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NICECÔTE D’AZUR IS THE 1ST
RESEARCH HUB AFTER PARISFOR THE NUMBER OFSCIENCE ACADEMY AWARDSIN 2013 AND 2014.HARVARD AWARD, JACK KILBY AWARD, JAFFÉ AWARD, AMERICAN ROCK MECHANICSRESEARCH AWARD, CNRS MEDALS, GALIEN AWARD ARE AMONG THE INTERNATIONALRECOGNITIONS GIVEN TO AZUREAN SCIENTISTS IN 2012-2014.
FRANCE RANKS 2ND IN EUROPE, 6TH INTHE WORLD FOR INTERNATIONAL PATENTS(WIPO 2013). PROVENCE CÔTE D’AZUR RANKS 3RD IN FRANCE.
FRANCE DEVOTES 2.24% OF GDP TO R&DWELL ABOVE THE UK (1.77%) AND EU (1.93%) (OECD 2011).
WANT TO BESURROUNDEDBY THE BEST NETWORK?
9 HI-TECH CLUSTERS:
2 STANDARD BODIES:
FIELDS OF
EXCELLENCE
IT
HEALTH &
LIFE SCIENCES AEROSPACE
CLEANTECHFLAVOURS,
FRAGRANCES & COSMETICS
TOURISM SERVICES
CUTTING-EDGE IT EXPERTISE
IT
INRIA
FRENCH TECH CÔTE D’AZUR:# 945 START-UPS CREATED IN THE PAST 3 YEARS
# OVER 220 M€ SEED & VENTURE CAPITAL IN 100+ OPERATIONS SINCE 2010
# 20 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS
A UNIQUE BLEND OF WORLDWIDE LEADERS ALONG A RICH TECHNICAL
ECOSYSTEM IN EUROPE’S LEADING SCIENCE PARK: SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
CAD MICROELECTRONICS 5G NFC LTE
HIGH SPEED NETWORKS TELECOM WIRELESS SECURITY
IDENTITY IOT M2M 3D IMAGE PROCESSING STREAMING
VR BIG DATA EMBEDDED SOFTWARE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE
WEB 2.0 E-LEARNING EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS E-HEALTH
E-ENVIRONMENT SMART CITY
M-TOURISM SMART GRIDS AERONAUTICS
AT EUROPEAN CROSSROADS OF AEROSPACE & ICT
AEROSPACE
THALES ALENIA SPACE
ONE LEADER, MANY SPECIALISTS: THALES ALENIA SPACEIN CANNES A WORLD LEADER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OBSERVATION, NAVIGATION, SECURITY
AND DEFENSE WITH OVER 2000 EMPLOYEES & OVER M€ 40 INVESTMENT SINCE 2010.
MANY SPECIALISTS: OROLIA, NEXESS, ASTRIUM, RAKON, ETC.
A SUPPORTIVE ECOSYSTEMWITH GALILEO MASTERS, 8 CLUSTERSINCLUDING SCS & PEGASE, THE NEW ESA BIC
INCUBATOR, GEOAZUR, INRIA, ETSI…
AN EXCEPTIONAL REGIONAL HUB:AERONAUTICS & SPACE ARE THE FIRST INDUSTRY
IN PROVENCE/CÔTE D’AZUR WORTH 5.5BN€,8 WORLD-CLASS COMPANIES, 200 SPECIALISTS
85,0000 JOBS (40,000 CIVILIAN AND 45,000 MILITARY & RELATED),
1,700 RESEARCHERS AND 30% OF REGIONAL R&D.
ECOTECHTHE PLACE TO BE
FOR SMART CITY PIONEERS
NICE CÔTE D’AZUR IS NOW THE
4TH LEADING SMART CITY* IN THE WORLD.
A LARGE-SCALE URBAN
OPERATION THROUGHOUT
THE ECO-VALLÉE,FOCUSING ON CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
& SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CLEAN EXPERIMENTS CARRIED
OUT BY INDUSTRIAL LEADERSSUCH AS CISCO, IBM, ERDF, ORANGE, Bosch,
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, VEOLIA…
THE LIST IS LONG.
OVER 550 COMPANIES
& KEY STAKEHOLDERSTHE LIST IS LONG IN THE FIELDS OF SMART
GRIDS & THE SMART CITY, RENEWABLE
ENERGY & RISK MANAGEMENT
* (JUNIPER RESEARCH 2015)
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
EXCELLENCE
A STRONG REGIONAL LIFE SCIENCE COMMUNITY:
THERAPEUTICS TARGETING :
OPHTALMOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY,
ONCOLOGY, CNS, ALZHEIMER,
METABOLISM & NUTRITION, MEDICAL DEVICES:
IMAGING, IMPLANTS, DIAGNOSTIC
E-HEALTH,
WEARABLES
3 MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
SUCCESSFUL LEADERS, STARTUPS & SPIN OFFS
2ND FRENCH RESEARCH AREA IN LIFE SCIENCES: 6,000 ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS, 400 LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES
2ND FRENCH REGION FOR CLINICAL TRIALS & MOST DENSE MEDICAL NETWORK IN FRANCE
A DYNAMIC LOCAL ECOSYSTEM WITH EUROBIOMED, CNR SANTÉ, CIU SANTÉ, PAILLON 2020, SATT SE…
INNOVATING SINCE THE 16TH CENTURY
AROMA, FRAGRANCES & COSMETICS
THE WORLD CAPITAL OF AROMA, INTO FRAGRANCES & COSMETICS
GRASSE HIGH-TECH PERFUMERY HUB ACHIEVES 70% EXPORTS
A DEDICATED ECOSYSTEM & A WEALTH
OF COMPANIES THROUGH THE VALUE CHAIN
TARGETING 4 MARKETS: ALCOHOLIC
PERFUMERY, COSMETICS, DETERGENTS &
AGRI-FOOD PRODUCTS.
55% OF FRENCH AROMATIC
PRODUCTION & 8% OF WORLDWIDE
TURNOVER GENERATED IN GRASSE.
TOURISM & SERVICES
A PARADISE
OFFERING EXCELLENT CONNECTIVITY AT THE HEART OF EMEA, QUALIFIED & MULTILINGUAL
HR, A STRONG IT ECOSYSTEM, AND OPTIMAL CORPORATE OFFICE LOCATIONS MEAN MANY
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR R&D, TRAINING CENTERS, AND SUPPORT
FOR CALL CENTERS HERE.
THE SAME ATTRACTIVITY APPLIES FOR SHARED SERVICES IN OTHER SECTORS
ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP 3
YACHTING NAVIGATIONAL
AND CRUISING ZONES.
ONE OF THE WORLD’S
TOP 10 DESTINATIONS.
WITH 11 MILLION TOURISTS
AND 2 MILLION BUSINESS VISITORS,
THE CÔTE D’AZUR IS THE SECOND BIGGEST
FRENCH DESTINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL &
BUSINESS TOURISM, AFTER PARIS,
OF COURSE.
WHY NOTEXPAND YOUR BUSINESSIN AN INTERNATIONAL
DECISION-MAKINGENVIRONMENT?
MAJOR PLAYERS ARE ALREADY THERE
SOME OTHERS ARE MAKING THE MOVE…
ACCENTURE, AIR FRANCE, AMADEUS, AMERICAN EXPRESS, BOSCH, CADENCE, CISCO, DASSAULT SYSTEMES, ETSI, FORTINET, HITACHI, HONEYWELL, HP, HUAWEI, IBM, INTEL, LAGARDÈRE ACTIVE, MAGNETTIMARELLI, ORACLE, ORANGE, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, SYMANTEC, TOYOTA, THALES ALENIA SPACE, W3C…
YEAR OF CORPORATE LOCATION FOR OPERATING ESTABLISHMENTS, IN NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
SOURCE: SIRIUS (NICE CÔTE D’AZUR CCI), 2013.
OVER 120 FOREIGN COMPANIES SET UP IN CÔTE D’AZUR EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS.
THEY CONCENTRATE IN: ICT, TOURISM, SERVICES, HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES,R&D & SHARED SERVICE CENTERS.
AND MOSTLY COME FROM THE USA, EUROPE & THE BRICS.
LISTEN TO WHAT SOME OF THEM HAVE TO SAY:
THE COTE D’AZUR HOSTS 400 INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL
B2B EVENTS. THAT MEANS 500,000 CONFERENCE GUESTS
AND 2 MILLION BUSINESS VISITORS A YEAR.
IN ADDITION,
NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & STAKEHOLDERS
HOST 40+ WORKSHOP SERIES, CONFERENCES & NETWORK-
BUILDING BUSINESS GATHERINGS YEAR ROUND.
MAJOR LOCAL EVENTSATTRACT THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL DECISION-MAKERS ALL ALONG THE YEAR.
YOU WANTTHE ENTIRE WORLDJUST 30 MINUTESAWAY YOUR OFFICE?
THE NICE CÔTE D’AZUR AIRPORTIS FRANCE’S 2ND LARGEST HUB, SERVING 30 COUNTRIES.
NORTH AMERICA, AFRICA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST…MORE THAN 100 DIRECT DESTINATIONS TO 30 COUNTRIES FROM NICE.
IDEALLY LOCATED: 5KM FROM THE CENTER OF NICE, 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS & OTHER LARGE CITIES
MOSCOW: 3H 35MNNYC: 9H 5MNDUBAÏ: 6H 15MN
YOU WANTTHE BEST LOCATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS,BUT AT A VERY COMPETITIVE PRICE?
A GLOBAL PLACE, AT VILLAGE PRICESNICE &SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS PREMIUM SITES:4 TIMES CHEAPERTHAN PARIS
WE HAVE OVER 1,4 MILLION SQUARE METERS OF OFFICE SPACE,
AND MAJOR OFFICE PROPERTY PROGRAMS LAUNCHED OVER NICE CÔTE D’AZUR METROPOLIS AND SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS.
YOU WANTATTRACTIVE INCENTIVE SCHEMES?
WRITE OFF 30% OF YOUR R&D EXPENSES* EVERY YEAR, THANKS TO FRANCE’S RESEARCH TAX CREDIT (CIR): * 30% UP TO 100 M€ AND 5% BEYOND, A POWERFUL LEVERAGE EFFECT TO BE COMBINED WITH OTHER PACKAGES.
ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST PACKAGES
“THE MOST ATTRACTIVE TAX TREATMENTOF R&D IN THE WORLD”(OECD OUTLOOK, 2012)
“FRANCE IS THE EUROPEAN LEADER IN CORPORATE TAXATION FOR R&D ACTIVITY, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION TAX BASES,DEPRECIATION RULES, TAX EXEMPTIONS AND CREDITS”KPMG, CHOIX CONCURRENTIELS 2012)
“THE CIR IS THE LEADING INNOVATION FUNDINGPACKAGE FOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES”(8TH BAROMETER OF EUROPEAN INNOVATION,BY ALMA CONSULTING GROUP 2012)
WANT YOUR COMPANYTO FLOURISHWITHOUT FORGETTING…
300 SUNNY DAYS A YEAR
120 KM OF COASTLINE
35 PORTS
9 NATURAL PARKS (MERCANTOUR NATIONAL PARK, ETC.)
15 SKI STATIONS
19 GOLF COURSES
125 SPORTS ACTIVITIES TO ENJOY
5200 RESTAURANTS: FROM SMALL BOUTIQUE RESTAURANTS
TO LARGE 3-STAR FINE-DINING ESTABLISHMENTS
17 CASINOS
PLENTY OF ICONIC LOCATIONS NEARBY: NICE, CANNES, GRASSE,
MENTON, ANTIBES, SAINT PAUL DE VENCE, CAP D’AIL,
SAINT JEAN CAP FERRAT, SAINT-TROPEZ, BORDIGHERA…
PERSONAL FULFILLMENT?
…FAMILY WELL BEING?
…
120 KM OF COASTLINE
15 SKI STATIONS
OVER 6000 CULTURAL & SPORTING EVENTS
84 MUSEUMS
AND
21 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS…
21 SCHOOLS OFFER BILINGUAL OR INTERNATIONAL CURRICULAE FROM KINDERGARTEN (FROM 30 MONTHS) TO HIGH SCHOOL (UP TO 18), IN UP TO 7 LANGUAGES.
THAT IS THE 2ND LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS IN FRANCE AFTER PARIS.
…CHILDREN’S EDUCATION?
THE CÔTE D’AZUR, IS BUSINESS, SUNSHINE, BLUE SKIES, THE SEA AND THE MOUNTAINS - ALL IN ONE PLACE!
YOU SAID YOU WANTED IT ALL.
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YOU SAID YOU WANTED IT ALL.
VILLE DE MENTON
YOU SAID YOU WANTED IT ALL.
CRT RIVIERA CÔTE D'AZUR - GEORGES VERAN
YOU SAID YOU WANTED IT ALL.
CC FREDERIC PARIZOT
TEAM UP WITH US FOR A SMOOTH SET-UP: TEAM CÔTE D’AZUR OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF FREE, PERSONALIZED & CONFIDENTIAL SERVICESTO HELP YOU TRANSFORM THE SET-UP PROCESS INTO A TOTAL SUCCESS!
CONNECTING TO THE ECOSYSTEM
FINDING THE BEST SITE FOR YOUR BUSINESS
ASSISTANCE IN RECRUITING YOUR TEAMS
ACCESSING PUBLIC INSENTIVES
CHANNELING YOUR COMMUNICATION
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THE CÔTE D’AZUR,THE PLACE FOR COMPANIES
THAT WANT IT ALL.
“THERE IS NO SHAME IN PREFERRING HAPPINESS”ALBERT CAMUS
PERHAPS THE BEST REASON OF ALL
TO BASE YOUR BUSINESS ON THE CÔTE D’AZUR.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
FOR BUSINESSESTHAT WANT IT ALL!
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