A land of industry
Industry is in the DNA of the Pays d'Ancenis! Our industrial sites have long played a role as economic "locomotives", enabling our region to develop and expand internationally. Here's a closer look at a sector that is providing solutions for our future, with a commitment and plenty of jobs at stake!
Industry in the Pays d'Ancenis: a few figures
- 171 Industrial plants
- 6 802 Employees
- The industry concentrates24 Home of jobs in the region
One major sector dominates: industry
Leading global and European companies
Here are just a few examples of this local dynamism:
- APLIX: No. 2 worldwide in hook-and-loop fasteners
- AUBRET: Multi-specialist in cured meats and France's leading manufacturer of lardons
- CMF: Manufacturer and builder of greenhouses and industrial and commercial buildings
- GROUPE BOUHYER: European leader in the manufacture of cast-iron counterweights
- HARPES CAMAC: France's only harp maker
- LAÏTA: Manufacturer of butter and soft cheeses
- SAH LEDUC: Specialist in hydraulic cylinders
- MANITOU GROUP BF: World leader in forklift trucks
- STRAMATEL: European leader in electronic displays
- TERRENA: 1st French cooperative
- TOYOTA MATERIAL HANDLING MANUFACTURING FRANCE: One of the world's leading manufacturers of forklift trucks
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We are fortunate not to be experiencing a decline in our industrial production activities, as is the case in many other regions. But our challenge today is to find solutions and implement resources to support the dynamic development of our businesses and, by extension, our region. That's what our attractiveness drive is all about!
A region on the move
By becoming a "Territoire d'industrie" in 2019 with our neighbours from the Communauté de Communes de Châteaubriant-Derval, we're going one step further! Together, our two areas have 110,000 inhabitants, nearly 6,000 businesses and more than 40,000 jobs, as well as a high proportion of industrial and construction jobs: 31% of our jobs (compared with only 24% in the region and 19% nationally).
Supporting the need to strengthen skills
EMPLOYMENT
- Promote the use of the local employment platform
- Launch a programme to help integrate new employees from outside the region
TRAINING
- Set up a multi-actor training centre to enable training courses to be located in the area > "Les alizés" training centre
PROMOTING JOBS AND COMPANIES
- Innovate with dedicated events, such as "L'industrie s'ouvre à toi" - every year in November and as part of the "Semaine Nationale de l'Industrie", visits to industrial sites coupled with a visit to the Joubert Maillard technical centre for our 4th form secondary school pupils.
- In addition, films showing virtual tours of companies are used to promote the region's industrial trades.
Enhancing the attractiveness of the region and promoting its structuring
BUSINESS PARKS
- Upgrade historic industrial estates to create the functionalities that are now necessary for the development and competitiveness of businesses
- Develop extensions to industrial estates
DIGITAL
- Accelerate the roll-out of digital communications and telephony infrastructures
HOUSING
- Study the housing and accommodation needs of young working people in the Ancenis area
- Consider the creation of a temporary home-stay accommodation service (HTH) for young people undergoing social and professional mobility.
In the Pays d'Ancenis, we're stepping up initiatives to bring young people and industry closer together! Tailored training courses, industry days and career discovery initiatives are all ways of helping young people discover the many opportunities available in our region. It's a great way to build tomorrow's professional future together.
They make industry in the Pays d'Ancenis
They work in large and small industrial companies in the Ancenis region. They carry out a wide range of jobs, some of which are little-known, but all of which are essential to the smooth running of their companies. They reflect the economic vitality of our region in all its facets. We've chosen to shine a spotlight on them and to promote a new way of looking at industrial jobs. What if you were to click?
The example of Manitou :
In the Pays d'Ancenis, it's the initiative and pragmatism of local people that have built the economic dynamic. Manitou is a fine example of this in our region. The story of this company, which is now internationally renowned, began in 1958 when its founder Marcel BRAUD had to find a solution to the problem of limited imports of Japanese vehicles into France, including forklift trucks. He developed an original machine by reversing the layout of an agricultural tractor, adding a lifting mast and hydraulic steering. The first all-terrain forklift truck was born and launched Manitou on the road to worldwide success!
Sources: URSSAF - INSEE