Key Competitive Attractions
The Alpes de Haute-Provence is ideally located next to the the Hautes-Alpes, Vaucluse, Alpes-Maritimes, Drome, Var, and Italy.
The emergence of international projects is reshaping the department's industrial landscape. ITER is an international research project which will provide a new source of almost inexhaustible energy.
MDE's role:
- Supporting the creation and development of business zones
- Participating in the establishment of new enterprises
- Participating in the ITER project
- Helping food companies
- Helping the timber industry
Other Clusters:
- The PASS cluster: fragrances, flavors
- The pole CAPENERGIES: future energy sources that do not generate greenhouse gas emissions, for sustainable development
- The pole ORPHEME: the healthcare division specialises in emerging pathologies and orphan diseases such associates SANOFI-AVENTIS in Sisteron





