Since slightly isolated from major European exchange corridors, Lower Normandy is not logically the ideal territory for developing a logistics sector(1). Nevertheless, with a total of around 27,000 jobs, it has proven to be an essential activity for the region’s economy, alongside the agri-food and automotive industries. Introduction.
Low energy building, passive and even positive housing: tomorrow’s houses are already in the making.
Increasing environmental awareness, amplified by stricter regulations, is pushing the entire building industry to reinvent its design and construction methods.
ENSICAEN’s mission is to train engineers to a high scientific and technical level. With some 720 students, the school has always succeeded in reuniting education & training and industrial links. Today, the school is continuing its growth with the inauguration of a new building and an alliance with the INSA in Rouen.
Degenerative diseases and various forms of cancer are a frequent subject of research in many of Lower Normandy’s laboratories. And a number of these laboratories are located within the extremely propitious eco-system offered by the Jules Horowitz campus in Caen’s northern technology platform.
Is innovation not exclusively technological? Is creativity only too absent from the economic process? Fortunately, the often opposed worlds of culture and economy are joining forces. Gateways are emerging across Lower Normandy. This new vision of innovation will be at the heart of the debate on the 26th of November in Caen, at the occasion of the national conference for science parks, incubators, EBICs (European Business and Innovation Centres) and competitiveness clusters.
Lower Normandy offers genuine potential in the pharmaceutical field: industries, research, innovation and training opportunities are all present throughout the region. Following a CESR study, published in 2007, new relationships have emerged among the sector’s various players. All that remains is to reinforce inter-regional cooperation, an essential ingredient for large-scale development.