The territory also includes several world leaders in various fields of business such as Michelin, Areva, Arcelor-MITTAL, Snecma (GrouPE SAFRAN), Alstom TRANSPORT, NFM TECHNOLOGIES, THERMODYN (General Electric – oil & GAS), ISOROY (groupe SONAE INDUSTRIA), Terex Cranes France…
In recent years, many companies have also chosen to settle in this region, such as ORMAZABAL (Spain), SIAG and WesTfalen (Germany), Quinn Plastics (Ireland), Turbine Casting (the Netherlands), Haulotte GROUP, Bubendorff, WEBHELP, SOTRALENTZ….
In parallel to these locations, research centres belonging to international groups and three research laboratories of the university centre, a relocated extension of the University of Burgundy, are experiencing tremendous growth in connection with international companies and research laboratories (CNRS) specialising in 3D vision, laser technology and industrial processes.
Finally, other development opportunities are emerging with the location of logistics platforms (LIDL, SCHIEVER) and service centres specialising in customer relationship management (VITARIS, WEBHELP, LE BON COIN).