Iter Business Forum 2011
Manosque December 7 & 8, 2011
Var Accueil Investisseurs participates to the next Iter Business Forum 2001 in Manosque, in collaboration with the WOIC Iter and renewable energy. This event will include: an industrial conference with a plenary session and thematic workshops, Business to Business Meetings (“One on One”) scheduled on line by companies themselves, a dinner on December 7 for networking purpose, a visit of the ITER Site at Cadarache. for further details
Food processing
Food processing - one of France's national and regional flagship industries
No.1 industry in France
- An international top-ranking position - the world No. 1 exporter of processed food products.
- A country with a reputation for the quality of its gastronomy and products steeped in the traditions of their regions.
- 13 competitiveness clusters with food processing or agrifood sector ties in France.
- A very buoyant sector: a multitude of different products- constant need for innovation (flavour, presentation, processes, product positioning) - use of advanced technologies (processing, preservation, food safety).
2nd most important industrial sector in the PACA region
- Some 800 food processing plants - 30 000 jobs - sales of over €6 Bn of which €1 Bn goes to export.
- A flourishing fruit and vegetables activity: Le Cabanon (canning), Campbell (soup), Soleco Florette (salads),... and many other heavyweights in a great variety of segments: ABC (meat packing), AGIS (convenience meals), BCS (industrial bakery), Coca-Cola (beverages), Ferico (couscous), Fralib (tea), Gyma (sauces and condiments), Haribo Ricqles Zan (confectionery), Kerry ingrédients France (candied fruit), Malongo (coffee), Mc Cormick France (spices), Orangina Schweppes (beverages), Panzani and Pastacorp (pasta), Ricard SA (beverages), Rousselot (ingredients and additives, texturizers) ...
- Specialised, highly effective counselling organisations; FRIAA for product and company promotion – sector coordination, CRITT for technological support, IFRIA for training and human resources management.
- A competitiveness cluster... PEIFL - The European Fruit and Vegetables Innovation Cluster www.peifl.org
The Var's strengths
- In the lead for several types of produce:
- World's No.1 producer of rosé wine.
- French No. 1 producer of cut flowers, honey, truffles, figs and cork.
- Two major agricultural segments: wine-growing and horticulture.
- The wide diversity of raw materials that symbolise Provence:
- From the land: wine, olive oil, figs, chestnuts, truffles ...
- From the sea: fish, aquaculture et mussel farming.
- A segment that is just taking off - the production of spiruline, a high-energy ingredient.
- The importance of organic farming, in particular for organic grape-growing.
- Industrial breadmaking (Var bakery group Soufflet, Nouvelles Boulangeries), convenience foods (Madern), mineral water (Source Beaupré at Signes), distilleries (Saint-Maximin Distillery, La Varoise at La Crau)…
Download the Executive summary of the Ernst & Young Study on the Food Processing sector in PACA