Invest in Champagne-Ardenne - CADev (Champagne-Ardenne Developpement)
Key Competitive Attractions
CADev (Champagne-Ardenne Developpement) is the Regional Investment Promotion Agency for Champagne-Ardenne. The agency works to attract French and international business investment and to facilitate the entry of new operations to the region.
Champagne-Ardenne lies at the heart of the world's leading market, Europe, and at the edge of one of the leading regional markets on the continent, the Paris region. With 75% of Europe's GDP within a radius of 1, 000 km around Reims, Champagne-Ardenne is effectively placed as a strategic location for business.
The agency works with a number of partners, including AFII (Agence Française pour les Investissements Internationaux–Invest in France Agency) an organization, which operates in fifteen different countries around the world. They also work with a network of regional partners by sector, which helps to promote business development in Champagne-Ardenne. This network enables the agency to effectively assist clients seeking to set up operations in the region.
Individual investment advisors, with specialised knowledge of specific business sectors, offer free and personalised services to all potential investors.
Assistance and Support For New Business Investors
Personalised and free services are adapted to individual needs and include the following:
-Business plan confirmation,
-Financial package,
-Legal and tax advice,
-Feasibility and technical engineering studies,
-Location search,
Our packaged solutions will help save you a lot of time, particularly with regards to recruitment. We offer:
-Executive search (managers that come from the Champagne-Ardenne region)-
-Assistance throughout the recruitment process
-Assistance with administrative formalities
-Welcoming "foreign" employees
We understand the strategic, specific and confidential nature of business operations. We, therefore, promise the following:
-To offer at your disposal an expert investment advisor, with specialised knowledge within your field of business activity. Our sole concern is the success of your project.
-To work around your timetable,
-To respect confidentiality at all times until your business has been officially created in Champagne-Ardenne.
Our partners offer free advice during your first visit to Champagne-Ardenne and through the course of your entire project.
Assistance includes:
-Technical feasibility and pre-project studies
-Set up cost evaluation (building, road access, etc.),
-Statutory aspects of your future business activity,
-Possible packaged solutions.
Investment advisors provide extensive advice on how to search for sites to suit your specifications. They also act as coordinators throughout your project.
Identifying strategic partners will be vital to make your project a success. The extensive specialised networks at our disposal enable us to find with efficient east the right partners for you.
Existing Business Base
The following companies are already in the region:
ABB Flexible Automation, Aerofleet, Akers, Alcan Packaging, Amada Co Ltd, Ammann Yanmar, American Standard, Amphenol Air LB, ArcelorMittal, Aries Packaging, AstraZeneca, B Braun Medical, Belgian Scrap Terminal, Bonduelle, Bongrain, Bosal, British Vita, Carrard Services, Cartiera Lucchese, CEVA, Chamtor, Delphi Automotive Systems, Devanley, DHL, Diester Industrie, Ebrex, Electrolux, Elyo Suez, Emin-Leydier, Entremont, Euro CRM, Farm Frites, Ferro Corporation, FM logistic, Françaises d'Eoliennes, Freudenberg, Gefco, Geodis, Hermès, ING Direct, Intra Call Center, Johnson & Johnson, Kuoni, Laird Group Plc, Lapeyre, Lohmann & Rauscher, LVMH, Magna Donnelly Corporation, McCain, Montedison, Morgan Refoka, Nestlé, Norbert Dentressangle Logistic, Paris Terminal, PSA, Rexam Plc, Saint Gobain Emballage, Schulman Plastics, Sita Dectra, SITL, SKF, Smurfit, SNC Lavalin, Spartech Polycom, Sphère, STEF TFE, Techcity, ThyssenKrupp, TI Systems, TCMS-Remondis, Trelleborg Automotive, Unilever, Unilin, Visteon Corporation, Vestas, Worldtex Inc.
