February 2008 - N°256

 

Competitiveness clusters


SCS Cluster

  During the International Card Asia/RFID World Asia fair which takes place from 9th to 11th April 2008 at Singapore, the SCS cluster in partnership with Ubifrance, plan to be present on a stand to welcome members of the cluster. During the fair the latest technologies and solutions (card, non contact, RFID, Software…) for different applications (payments, banking, transaction processing, transport, access control etc) of the sector will be present.
If this programme interests you, email vincent.boisard@arcsis.com
 
The General Management of Enterprise (DGE) update
 

To find the complete version of this information: www.industrie.gouv.fr/portail/chiffres/supplement31/supplement.htm#L1

4000 SMEs in clusters
SMEs are very present in the dynamic clusters. Nearly 4000 SMEs, of which 80% of businesses are listed in the clusters.

Ground transport conference in January in Strasbourg
PREDIT (National Transportation Innovation & Research) programme organises its next conference the 24th January in Strasbourg, in collaboration with the Future Vehicle cluster.

Satellite navigation: first inter-cluster meeting
The DGE organised the 13th December 2007 at Paris, the first inter-cluster meeting about Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and satellite geo-localisation applications.

Exceptional contributions supporting the textile industry
To support the French textile industry, two state contributions in favour of the European Centre of Innovating Textiles (CETI) have been announced by Hervé Novelli in November 2007: exceptional immediate support of €2Mn to finance the first physical investments as supplementary support.

Bourgogne Nuclear Cluster: two operational collaborative platforms in 2008
The Bourgogne Nuclear Cluster is pursuing the consolidation and structuration of its technical projects by putting in place two platforms of collaboration. The first is a collaborative digital platform (Pinc).

“Mobile payment” test
Six big banks and four mobile phone operators launched, last November, under the name “Pay Mobile”, an experiment of wireless payment, almost 500 consumers and 100 shopkeepers took part.

International development: a strategic axe
Public entities want to pursue the establishment of an international strategy by the clusters. In 2007, three axes have been privileged. The first of which concerned accompanying the international action of fifteen clusters.

Cluster establishments represent 11% of industrial employment
A four page SESSI summary, from last December, discussed industrial employment in clusters. Nearly 5000 businesses, employing 640 000 personnel, were members of at least one cluster in 2006.

Cluster chart
SESSI recently published their cluster chart which proposes statistical information such as charts for the 66 clusters labelled before the 5th July 2007.

3rd Day of Clusters
The documents and meetings conducted during the 3rd clusters day organised by the DGE, 12th December, are online.

The “Cluster supplement” of the DGE letter provides more precise information for the clusters. If you wish to submit a contribution, e.g. a partnership appeal or an anecdote of a successful task/project, please contact Murielle Pascal at the following address: murielle.pascal@industrie.gouv.fr

 
   
 
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