L'AGENCE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DU SAINT-QUENTINOIS ACCOMPAGNE LES INVESTISSEURS ET ACTEURS ECONOMIQUES DANS LEUR IMPLANTATION ET LEUR ESSOR SUR LE TERRITOIRE SAINT-QUENTINOIS.

1. DIGITAL ROBOTICS
Welcome
to France

2. Why work together ?
forget your Clichés about france
> Open to progress
According to surveys conducted by the European Union, the
French are the third people the most interested in scientific
discoveries and technological developments.
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> Open to business
France is the developed country where people are the most
likely to launch a business : 17% against 13% in the US, 11%
in Italy, Sweden, Spain, 10% in United Kingdom and only 6% in
Germany. French attitude toward entrepreneurship is similar
to what we can see in emerging countries such as China or
Mexico.
> National Digital Robotics Netwok
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> Open to success
France is ranked as the best G20 country regarding exchange
of technology and ideas according to global professional
services firm Ernst & Young.
As a proof of French companies’ edge in software innovation,
just look at the wave of acquisitions of French start-ups by
American and Japanese high-tech giants just in the last twelve
months : Neolane by Adobe (460M€) ; Arkadin - third largest
and fastest growing collaboration service provider - by NTT
(350M€) ; e-mail client Sparrow by Google (18 M€) in 2012, not
to mention multiple attempts from Yahoo! and Google to buy
Criteo, the global leader in performance display advertising,
valuing the company more than 600M€. In the robotics field,
acquisition of Aldebaran Robotics - designer of the famous
Nao robot - by Japanese company Softbank (100M€) epitomizes
this open-mindness.
> Nao Robot as a development tool
Saint-Quentin Digital Robotics Territory
02/04

3. What do we have to offer you ?
> Business-minded environment
The Area has a long and proud history in the mechanical engineering
industry. As a result, it offers a fertile ground to the combination
of ICT and mechatronics. More than 90 start-ups have already
migrated from the entire country to join our business incubator.
Some auto parts plants, such as Yamaha, have recently
relocated some production to our region thanks to robotization.
L’Oréal is increasing its production capabilities using the
latest robotics technologies on its production lines. Tecman
manufactures its unique rock breakers arms for quarries in
the entire world. Moret Industries, a family owned business
> Tecman rock breakers
for five generations, develops innovative technologies for
top of the industrial hydraulic pumps, exported worldwide…
Saint-Quentin area is also the ideal place for experimental
agricultural robot projects.
> Tecman
> MBK laser welding robots
> Stäubli robots offer solutions up to 250kg
> A team of specialists
Our dedicated robotics team will offer a full package of services to help to set up your industry : premices, lands, employment, schools, recruitement, suppliers, financial and
legal issues, etc. With us you will enter our robotics network
and partners.
> Agriculture : growing business
for digital robotics technologies
Saint-Quentin Digital Robotics Territory
03/04

4. One territory, one network
> Cutting Edge Research & Development Capabilities
France has the lowest effective corporate tax rate in Europe for R&D operations and
the third lowest effective corporate tax rate (15.8%) in the digital sector. Such tax
exemption fostering innovation could be completed with regional public subsidizes.
Our University of Picardie Institute of Technology, with engineering programs that
form a cornerstone of the university, and top engineering schools (INSSET, ELISA in the
spatial industry) provides the ideal setting for high-skilled and technical workers and
researchers which could be combined with our local industrial designing expertise.
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IndustriLAB : the innovation platform serving robotics
IndustriLAB offers a network of partners (universities, technical and industrial
centres) to harness the technical skills and ressources necessary for your projects.
High valued added services
A permanent team of experts will guide you with the feasibility (technical, financial and
legal) and development of your projects. IndustriLAB offers exhibition spaces ; meeting
and conference rooms ; and design, computer, simulation and manufacturing resources.
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> Access to the core of
European markets
Saint-Quentin
CDG Airport
PARIS
At the gates of Paris and Charles de
Gaulle Airport, Saint-Quentin offers
the ideal location to develop your robotic
business in a nice area with a real quality
of life, the advantage of lower costs
(workforce, premices, lands…) and
qualified people at your service. The
best place to begin a chapter in a welcoming
area for those who want to be in the
> EUROPE, FRANCE, PARIS
CONTACT :
> Saint-Quentin Development Agency
9, place La Fayette – 02100 Saint-Quentin – France
Tel. +33 (0)3 23 06 93 00
E-mail : developpement@saint-quentin.fr
www.agglo-saint-quentin.fr
Agence de Développement du Saint-Quentinois
@SQdeveco
action and meet the digital robotics
challenges.