The paper and cardboard companies in Lorraine include some big names, such as Clairefontaine, based in the Vosges ©Clairefontaine Redcurrant jam from Bar-le-Duc (Meuse, Lorraine) is unique in the world: the pips are removed by hand from every currant using a goose feather ©Michel Petit The ENSTIB campus in Epinal (Vosges, Lorraine) ©Enstib The World Peace Centre is housed in the superb Episcopal palace in Verdun (Meuse, Lorraine) ©Michel Petit Lorina: the lemonade from Lorraine is exported to the USA and Japan (Moselle) ©Ets Geyer Lorina Braquier sugared almonds are the gastronomic speciality of Verdun (Meuse, Lorraine) ©SL Metz Nancy Lorraine Airport ©AMNL The paper and cardboard industry in Lorraine: the Franco-British paper-making company ArjoWiggins has a plant in the Vosges ©ArjoWiggins Final year project by future engineers training at the ENSTIB (Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine) ©Enstib The Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc Basilica in Domrémy-la-Pucelle in Meuse (Lorraine) is the French national monument to Joan of Arc ©Michel Petit Marc Chagall scattered masterful works around Lorraine: a stained glass window and the Peace tapestry in Sarrebourg and stained glass windows in Metz Cathedral (Moselle) ©Jean-Claude Kanny Seven, the Tranchant group casino in Amnéville has 400 slot machines, 21 gaming tables, a four-star hotel, a restaurant and an auditorium (Moselle, Lorraine) ©La Robe à l'Eau The big names in logistics are concentrated in Lorraine (DHL is present in Moselle) ©DHL The Smart Fortwo will also be produced at the Hambach factory (Moselle, Lorraine) ©Smart In Lorraine, you will find 19 golf clubs (here Amnéville golf club in Moselle) ©Amnéville-les-Thermes Chemicals in Lorraine: organic, mineral, fine and parachemicals, green chemicals ©Olivier, Fotolia Bitche Citadel, designed by Vauban, a brilliant XVIIth century military engineer ©Jean-Claude Kanny Calberson Lorraine is based in Meurthe-et-Moselle (Lorraine) ©Calberson Géodis The Vauban Citadel in Montmédy (Meuse, Lorraine) is on the border with Luxembourg and Belgium. Its ramparts were modified by Vauban in the XVIIth century ©CDT Meuse The Franco-British paper-making company ArjoWiggins has a plant in the Vosges ©ArjoWiggins
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Logistics: a business at the heart of European trade routes

Updated on 2009-04-29

Represented by over 2,000 firms and employing some 60,000 people, logistics and transport represent a high-performance sector in Lorraine. Today it goes beyond the traditional activities of transport and warehousing and is opening up to global supply chain and shipping management in a logic based on sustainable development. full article


La Maxe, Moselle: Ikea's logistics platform for Western Europe

Lorraine: from heavy chemicals to green chemistry

Updated on 2011-05-06

Chemicals, petrochemicals, mineral chemistry, parachemistry... are all fields that are well represented in Lorraine. And by major industrial groups. full article




Agri-food industry: Lorraine present on every table

Updated on 2009-04-21

With its abundant natural resources, its balanced industrial fabric, made up of local SMEs and international groups, the quality of its infrastructure and dedicated logistics services, Lorraine is positioned as one of the most attractive regions for all the agri-food industries. full article


Lorina: the lemonade from Lorraine is exported to the USA and Japan

Aeronautical industry: Lorraine backs the Aériades cluster

Updated on 2010-07-13

Precision mechanics, metallurgy, foundries, research... The aeronautical industry in Lorraine has staked everything on high technologies and its attractive geographical location to develop the Aériades cluster. This competence cluster provides a coherent, global industrial offer to major specifiers in the sector like Dassault, Airbus, EADS and Boeing. full article


Skylander, a plane designed by GECI at Chambley, Meurthe-et-Moselle

Lorraine, second region in France for wind power

Updated on 2010-07-15

At the end of 2009, out of the 4,494 MW of wind power installed in France, 482 MW were in Lorraine,  the second region after Picardy and ahead of the Centre and Brittany. full article


The Haut des Ailes wind farm: the first community-owned wind farm

The major paper and cardboard industry players are present in Lorraine

Updated on 2009-09-09

Lorraine is the number one region in France for the paper and cardboard industry, producing 1,400,000 tonnes a year (14 % of national output). The reasons for its success: considerable forestry resources, a dense river system, a skilled workforce and the close proximity of large international markets. The proof: numerous international paper manufacturers have chosen to set up operations here.  full article


The Norske Skog plant at Golbey in the Vosges (Lorraine)

Solar energy in Lorraine: leaders in photovoltaic energy

Updated on 2010-07-15

 Ranked fourth nationally for overall energy production, Lorraine also comes in seventh for solar thermal energy production and second for photovoltaic energy production. full article


Schlossberg stadium roof in Forbach

The timber industry in Lorraine, from Sélection Vosges to the Pôle Fibres

Updated on 2010-11-16

More than a third of Lorraine is covered with forest (35.5%). The Departement of the Vosges is the most wooded with 280,000 ha out of the region's 840,000. For its part, Meuse is the French Departement that produces the most beech. With its many advantages, the region is constantly innovating and investing more in research on timber and its derivatives: in France, one project in three takes place in Lorraine. full article


Timber takes pride of place on the ENSTIB campus in Epinal

The automotive industry in Lorraine: a complete value chain

Updated on 2009-04-23

In Lorraine, number 1 French region for automotive equipment making*, almost 16,000 workers are involved in every stage of the automotive value chain, within a dense and structured network of 82 establishments, regional SMEs and subsidiaries of major international groups. full article


A big small car builder: Smart is winning in Lorraine





In the press

Schertz Grillages diversifies its activities in Moselle

In Berthelming in Moselle, Schertz Grillages (72 employees), specialising in galvanised steel and plasticised fencing, is aiming to grow turnover (€18.5m in 2011). The Lorraine-based company... full article

PVC joinery: export prize for Lorraine Cintrage et Services

Lorraine Cintrage et Services (LCS – bending and outdoor PVC joinery), established in Morhange in Moselle has doubled its turnover and its staff (23 employees) in three years. It recently... full article

The National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine celebrates its 40th anniversary

In 40 years, the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (INPL) in Nancy has trained 23,000 engineers, 3,700 doctors and awarded 9,500 DESS, DEA and masters diplomas. The INPL will be absorbed... full article

Lorraine steel industry: CMI moves into the nuclear market

Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (CMI), based in Distroff, Moselle, is moving into nuclear to compensate for the shrinking steel market. To maintain the 58 reactors of EDF, it has... full article

Car industry: agreement signed between a Moselle training centre and Continental

The 20 apprentices at CFAI d’Henriville in Moselle now have a new 1,465m² building (€1.8m) funded through the apprenticeship tax paid by Lorraine businesses. Two sections have been... full article



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