Food industry

The West of France, Europe's largest food industry region

• Normandy, 3^rd region of France in numbers of jobs
• 740 factories including many major groups : Orientis, Labeyrie Fine Food, Ferrero, Nestlé, Danone, Lactalis, Agrial…
• Turnover of € 6.2 billion / year
• Leading region for cream, butter, fresh and soft cheeses, 1^st region for cider, 3^rd region for the fish industry and for tea and coffee processing

• Less than 400 km from Brittany and the Loire Region, respectively the 1^st and 2^nd French food industry regions (Cattle, pig, poultry and rabbit farming, grain, lettuces, cauliflowers, artichokes, tomatoes, vegetables and pulses…)

• 200 km from Rungis international market, more than 1.62 million tons a year of food produce and 18 million consumers supplied

• The Port of Fécamp, 500,000 tonnes a year handling capacity

  • 25,000 m² of storage yards

  • 25,000 m² of storage sheds

  • Criée de Fécamp (fish auction): more than 3,000 tonnes of fish in 2016

  • Traffic types include animal and vegetable oils, beet pulp, seed crops, cereal crops and frozen fish
• HAROPA (EIG of the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris) : foremost European port for grain exports
• Pan-European multimodal transport network

  • 130 ports connected by shortsea and 40 countries served

  • More than 60 rail services a week, to 15 destinations

  • 500 km of waterways, more than 40 services a week

  • Annual handling capacity of 300,000 TEU via the multimodal terminal

A productive labor basin

• A labour market of 350,000 residents
• 74 schools and training centers in Normandy offering post-A-level training in agriculture & food industry
• Professional licence “Formulation and industrial development of food products” at Le Havre University
• Proximity to UniLasalle, an international reference training centre for agriculture, agri-food, food-health, environment and geosciences
• Among the local courses: Bioindustries Processing, Food Science and Technology, Engineering Biological option Food and Beverage Industries, Maintenance of industrial equipment, Maintenance of production systems, Laboratory Quality Control, Bioindustries and Biotechnologies, Adaptation of Packaging and Design, Sales engineering for Food and Beverages, Transport and Logistics Services, etc.