Why should you set up your aeronautics company in the south of France?

Set up your aeronautical company in Occitanie, in the south of France

The Occitanie region in the south of France is a worldwide aeronautical innovation cluster:

• No.1 civil aeronautics region in the world
• 655 aeronautical companies
• 3 global aeronautical production leaders are based in Occitanie; Airbus (global HQ), ATR (global HQ), Daher and Aerospace Valley
• Aeronautical companies employ 90,000 people in Occitanie
• 100 foreign companies
• Over 10 billion euros of sales for the logistical supply chain
• Aeroplane construction and maintenance: metalworking, machine-tools, surface finishing, mechanical engineering, big data, infrastructure, software development, air traffic control, etc.
• A leading region for many sectors linked to aeronautics: artificial intelligence (ANITI), 3D printing, electric aeroplanes (Safran), cybersecurity (Scassi, Pradeo, Tixeo, etc.), IoT (SigFox, Cenaero), hydrogen production and distribution stations at Tarbes and Toulouse airports.

Occitanie’s aeronautical ecosystem in the south of France

There is a dense network of education, research and innovation structures dedicated to the aeronautical industry in Occitanie, in the south of France:

• No.1 French region for high education and research
• Schools and universities: Frédéric Mistral college which offers aeronautical studies, Airbus College (vocational courses related to aeronautics and space), the Aeronautics and Space Campus, the University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Business School
• 19,000 aeronautics students
• Prestigious aeronautical engineering schools: ISAE Supaero, ENAC, EMAC, ENIT, ENSEEIHT, ESMA, INSA
• 45% of French researchers, 9,000 in aeronautics
• Research bodies: IRT, LAAS/CNRS, CEA Tech, CERFACS, CIRIMAT, Institut Clément Ader, DGA Aeronautical Systems, IRIT, ONERA, IES, LIRMM, LAPLACE
• 30% of the French workforce
• Aeromart Toulouse: Europe’s biggest aeronautical congress which takes place every two years and where 1,2000 international companies from 50 countries meet for 15,000 business meetings

Aeronautical companies in Occitanie

25 of France’s biggest aeronautical companies are present in Occitanie in the south of France: Airbus, Air France Industries, AKKA Technologies, Alten, Altran, ATR, Aubert & Duval, CGI, Collins Aerospace, Daher, Expleo Group, Figeac Aero, Latécoère, Liebherr Aerospace, LISI AEROSPACE, Nexeya, Nexteam group, Sabena technics, Safran Group, Satys, Sogeclair Aerospace, Stelia Aerospace, Tarmac Aerospace, Thales Group, Weare Aerospace.