Accenture will create a skills center in France with 500 jobs
As part of the “Choose France” summit, the global consulting firm Accenture announced that it will set up a skills center dedicated to next-generation networks, with the key to creating 500 jobs within three years.
“This initiative confirms Accenture’s desire to invest massively in the digital ecosystem in France, with a focus on training for the professions of the future, inclusion and diversity, and ecological transition,” said l company in a press release.
Viktor Arvidsson (Ericsson): “There are really opportunities to be seized”
The Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson is present at the “Choose France” summit again this year with the ambition to push industrial 5G in France, explained Viktor Arvidsson, director of strategy, innovation and industry relations. from Ericsson on BFM Business.
“There are really opportunities to be seized,” he said, adding that France is attractive for its skills, its infrastructure and its ecosystem.
Elon Musk has just arrived at the Elysée to meet Emmanuel Macron
Elon Musk, the boss of Twitter and Tesla has just arrived at the Elysée to meet Emmanuel Macron and discuss possible projects in France.
The President of the Republic receives on Monday more than 200 major foreign bosses as part of the “Choose France” summit.
On the pharmaceutical side, Pfizer will invest an additional 500 million euros
On the health side, nearly a billion euros in total will be invested by foreign companies in France.
The American giant Pfizer is investing 500 million euros to “strengthen capacities in clinical trials in oncology and traditional research” while its English counterpart GSK announces 240 million investments in three production sites and more than 150 million for R&D.
Battery manufacturer ProLogium chooses Dunkirk for its first factory abroad
The Taiwanese battery manufacturer ProLogium has chosen Dunkirk for the establishment of its first factory abroad. Gilles Normand, the boss of its European subsidiary, was the guest of BFM Business on Monday to detail this project.
The group should invest 5.2 billion euros there by 2030 with the key to 3,000 jobs.
The project had already been announced on Friday by Emmanuel Macron during his trip to northern France.
Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla and Twitter, will meet Emmanuel Macron
Elon Musk will meet Emmanuel Macron in Versailles on Monday and will also have dinner with him.
“There are negotiations going on. (…) He has activities in […] the automotive industry”, said the Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire on BFMTV about the meeting between the big American boss and the President of the Republic.
Bruno Le Maire welcomes the government’s strategy: “reindustrialization is possible”
For the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire, the government’s strategy to reindustrialize the country is bearing fruit. The reductions in taxes on capital have, for example, made it possible to accelerate foreign investments, he said, while the President of the Republic is now receiving more than 200 major foreign bosses at Versailles.
“Reindustrialization is possible,” he said on BFMTV.
Ikea will invest nearly a billion euros to expand its customer base in France
The Swedish furniture giant announced yesterday that it will invest an additional 906 million euros by 2026 to win new customers in France, its third largest market in the world.
“We are investing in existing sites and also new locations” to “make our offer even more accessible to as many people as possible” while “accelerating” sustainable development efforts, said Ikea France CEO Johan Laurell.
Emmanuel Macron welcomes major foreign bosses to Versailles for a day rich in investments
The 13 billion euros of foreign investment that will be presented during the “Choose France” event should allow the creation of 8,000 jobs in France, welcomed the Elysée.
Among the 28 projects are the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, the Swedish kit furniture specialist Ikea and the Taiwanese Prologium.