Why set up your company in Department Vaucluse, France?

The industrial sector in Vaucluse

Located within the Sud-Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, the Vaucluse department benefits from a geostrategic position in the South of France, on the north-south axis, at the motorway intersection of the A7, A8 and A9.

Among the industrial sectors strongly represented in the Vaucluse are

• Nuclear, with skills in industrial subcontracting sectors: chemicals, materials, cosmetics, metrology, robotics, food processing, decontamination, effluent treatment, etc.
• Aeronautics, the leading industrial sector in the Sud-Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, with the presence of world leaders in the manufacture of helicopters, satellites and drones
• The building sector (5,800 establishments and 13,000 employees) and the energy renovation sector.
• Microelectronics: Provence is home to 30% of France's microelectronics production capacity, with its major groups and nuggets (ST-Micro, GEMALTO, IDCAPT, etc.).

The region's industrial resources
The Vaucluse department offers opportunities for industrial production and industrial subcontracting companies:

Presence of many exploitable natural materials: gypsum, silica, wood, hemp, lavender straw, Luberon ochre, etc.
Strong agricultural biomass resources: vine shoots, co-products of agriculture and the food industry, etc.
Nuclear: presence of the ITER research centre, and the proximity of 3 major nuclear sites (Tricastin - Marcoule - Cadarache / 18 000 jobs)
Industrial companies located in the Vaucluse
The Vaucluse department is home to international industrial companies and innovative start-ups in the industrial sector:

Major international industrial groups: SAINT-GOBAIN, EDF, SINIAT (ex-Lafarge Plâtre), GSE, LATECOERE Services, ALSTOM, SOPREMA, COFELY, CEA Cadarache and Marcoule, Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (GDF-SUEZ), GSE, ROLLS-ROYCE Nuclear Services, Berton Sicard, etc
Innovative SMEs and start-ups in the industry sector: RES Group, Isoltop, TWIDO de 2&GO, KP1, Fondasol, Héliowatt (Quadran Group), Technisol, Soditech, MIRBAT, Eole System, Haladjian, Mondragon Assembly, Fondasolution, SECMMI, CTS Group, etc.