1^st Industrial Cluster between Paris and Lyon

2^nd University Cluster in Burgundy

At the intersection of Burgundy and the Rhône-Alpes regions, with an urban community of 96,000 residents and a TGV railway station, Le Creusot, directly linking Paris in 1:20 hrs and Lyon in 40 minutes, Southern Burgundy seems a crossroads between the North-South axes of France with close proximity to the A6 and RCEA (Route Centre Europe Atlantique) in Chalon-sur-Saône and Macon.

40% of European traffic goes through the Saône et Loire. With its strategic location, the region of the Community of Creusot-Montceau is located only four hours from the four major European markets: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy.
Economically dynamic, with an employment pool of 250,000 residents, the region of the community of Creusot-Montceau centres around two hubs: Le Creusot, assembling a workforce with skills related to the steel industry and developing aid services for individuals and commercial operations, and Montceau, which offers a workforce centred on services, industrial production, trade and construction.
With its development, the Urban Community of Creusot-Montceau offers its residents modern and environmentally-friendly public services, public facilities and a most enjoyable quality of life.

The University Cluster in Creusot provides excellent high quality education through its training and research laboratories. Created to meet the needs of business and strategic issues of development for promising sectors, the Southern Burgundy campus includes a UTI (university technology institute) and university centre with:
  Professional specialisations:
-        Electrical Engineering and Industrial Computer Science/Mechanical and Production Engineering
-        Instrument Measurement
-        Marketing Techniques
-        Degrees in mechatronics, industrial measurements and sensors, aerospace, artificial vision, laser and tourism management in the departments

CNRS laboratories
-        Computer Electronics and Artificial Vision Imaging Laboratory (LE2I)
-        Laser and Materials Processing Laboratory (PLCB)
-        3D Technology Platform (designing three-dimensional objects)
Private R&D laboratories on materials and alloys
-        AREVA NP (Corrosion, Chemistry)
-        CRMC (Materials Research – Arcelor Mittal)