Why set up your company in Rouen, France?

Why set up your company in Rouen in the Normandy region?

Set up your logistics company in Rouen in Normandy, 1 hour from Paris La Défense

Just one hour from Paris, in the heart of an employment zone with 800,000 inhabitants, the Rouen Seine Eure territory offers a number of economic advantages and a dynamic environment in which to set up a business in Normandy:

• The motorway network (A13-A14, A28 and A29), the maritime and river links, the rail system (with the Paris Normandy New Line project and the eventual arrival of a new station which will put Rouen less than an hour from Paris) and the many crossings of the Seine in Upper Normandy are all contributing to the development of a genuine logistics vocation in Rouen.
• Proximity to the Paris airports Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly (1h30) and the markets of the Ile-de-France
• 1500 establishments (logistics services)
• 15,000 employees in logistics, maritime and port-related activities, i.e. 6.5% of employment
• 1st North-West European cereal export port

Setting up a logistics business in Rouen, Normandy

Logistics business parks where to set up your company in Rouen, Normandy

• Logistics companies can set up in Rouen, on the Le Malaquis business park, the Petit-Couronne Port Terminal and Rouen Vallée de Seine Logistique.
• Logistics and port companies can set up in the Grand Port Maritime de Rouen, strategically located on the Seine axis, halfway between the sea and Paris.
• The Seine, a sea and river route, allows sea-going vessels to travel up to Rouen, 80 km inland. The Boucles de la Seine area and its locks then take over to carry freight to Paris. A total of 26 million tonnes are handled (21 for the port and 5 for the river) in the Rouen basin. Transport operators and auxiliaries, services, packaging, technologies, logistics real estate... are at the service of the major French, European and global principals.

Logistics infrastructures where to set up your company in Rouen, Normandy

Highly qualified training courses:

• Neoma Business School, the IDIT, the Ecole des Douanes and the Institut Supérieur de la Navigation Intérieure, offer qualified and diversified resources (from CAP to bac+5) to the logistics players present in its territory.
• The wide range of training courses, each specialising in the different stages of the supply chain, enables the recruitment of qualified labour: Import/Export purchasing technician, warehouse keeper, stock manager, warehouse manager, transit agent, logistics specialist, etc.

Competitiveness clusters :

• The Nov@Log competitiveness cluster plays an essential role in the competitiveness of companies and in the development of logistics research and innovation.
• Dedicated to regional logistics professionals, the Logistique Seine Normandie network brings together companies, professional organisations, research and training bodies, local authorities and development agencies in order to promote and enhance the logistics sector in Normandy, develop the logistics service offer and encourage the competitiveness of companies.
• The Rouen Logistics Club, for its part, brings together companies and structures linked to logistics activities from all walks of life, and its mission is to strengthen the development of logistics activities in the region in order to promote employment and the local economy.

Logistics companies located in Rouen, in Normandy

More than 3,000 companies and nearly 24,000 employees in logistics in Rouen: Major logistics players such as Total, Schenker, Continental Pharma, Rhénus, TFE, ILN Renault, Vente Unique, De Rijke, Malherbe, Deret, as well as all the courier organisations have chosen to set up in the Rouen employment area, along with many other logistics companies.