Aerospace in IledeFrance

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•   Aerospace in Ile-de-France 

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The Ile-de-France region

• 11 millions inhabitants
• Regional GDP 430 billions euros
• 617 000 companies
• RD (40 french RD)
• 2 500 laboratories
• 22 000 engineers
• 68 000 researchers (7.6 of EU total)
• 17 Universities Grandes écoles

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The aerospace sector in the region

• Sectoral Definition
• Aeronautics-Space-Defense

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The ASD sector in Ile-de-France (1)

• Direct employement 36 000
• Indirect employement 36 000
• TOTAL of 72 000 employement representing
• - 35.3 of national staff sector
• - 8.5 of european staff sector

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The ASD sector in Ile-de-France (2)

• 2 500 subcontracting companies
• 2 international airports
• 12 business aviation platforms
• 5 700 researchers, engineers (46 of national
  sectoral researchers)

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Concentration of sectoral actors

• 1- Largest companies EADS, Thales, Safran
  (ex-snecma), Alcatel, Zodiac , Air france.)
  sectoral association (GIFAS)
• 2- Subcontracting SMEs
• 3-RD public/private capacities (CNRS, ONERA,
  CNES )
• 4- Institutional (esa- government)

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Aerospace clustering in Ile-de France I

• No formal cluster ( pôle de compétitivité )
  exclusively dedicated to ASD
• New aerospace cluster under preparation ASTECH

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Aerospace clustering in Ile-de France II

• Business aviation
• Le Bourget first european business airport
• Trade fair site 35 millions euros invested
• Aeronautics and space Museum
• 100 companies
• 4500 direct employement
• 8000 indirect employement
• Training pôle

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Our activities

• SMEs Focussed
• Objective supporting Smes at
• european level (1)
• Operational
• Institutional
• international level (2)

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At european level (1) Operational approach

• Le Bourget - Paris Air Show
• - Mobilisation to offer visibility to French
  SMES during the world biggest fair
• - Business meetings and technology transfer

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Le Bourget Convention june 2005

• Piloted by the IRC Ile-de-France in close
  collaboration with the IRC network (14 countries
  covered)
• 492 bilateral RDV arranged between 110
  organisations.
• 49 meetings led to TT potential agreements

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Follow up activities

• Technology marketplace at ILAs fair-Berlin (Mai
  2006)
• Le Bourget 2007
• 13 EU members states involved AND China, Inde,
  Brésil

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At european level (2) institutional approach

• ASD Community
• Promoting sectoral cooperation at european level
  through business intermediary organisations
• Objectives
• - promote business meetings between european
  regions
• - promote SMEs access to FP7

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At international Level

• Organisation of Business missions
• Russia (december 2006)
• Regular contacts with our Offices in China,
  Russia and India in order to identify local
  partners

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