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Updated on 2011-12-29

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

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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.

A big small car builder: Smart is winning in Lorraine

The dynamics of a major automotive region

The automotive industry in Lorraine has succeeded in taking advantage of the conversion of traditional regional industries: building on solidly established know-how and industrial skills, it has invested in the technologies necessary to turn itself into a comprehensive, structured and competitive regional industry.

Thanks to its triple borders and central location in the heart of the Great Region (Luxembourg, Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, Wallonia in Belgium and Lorraine) and Greater Eastern France (Alsace, Franche-Comté, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine), Lorraine is today the first French region for automotive equipment making, ahead of the Loire region and Rhône-Alpes.

A stimulating concentration of clusters

With a total of 120,000 employees in this large and stimulating European space, where over 1.5 million vehicles come off the assembly lines each year, the automotive companies, vehicle and equipment makers, complement one another and are organised in clusters (Automotive Saarland, Automobilzuliefer Initiative, Perfo Est, AKJ Automotive...), competitiveness clusters (Matéralia for innovative materials) and collective operations such as Autoessor.

*According to the 2010 report of the FIEV (Federation of vehicle equipment industries)
 

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Some of Moselle's outstanding businesses

Updated on 2010-03-18

► Smart, Hambach Located since 1994 in Hambach near the German border and surrounded by its main suppliers, Smart has set up a formidably effective logistics organisation. It has been chosen by its group to produce the future electric Smart Fortwo which is expected to arrive on the market in 2010. ► PSA Trémery, Metz Production on two sites in Moselle: - Trémery: four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines (HDI engines) - Metz: gearboxes (Master) At Trémery,... full article

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The Hambach site chosen to produce the first electric Smart

The first electric Smart Fortwo will be produced at Hambach near Sarreguemines (Moselle, Lorraine, France) at the end of 2009. full article

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