nordpasdecalais

ECONOMY


One of the dominant regional activities is the industry textile-clothing. 

The region nearly achieves the totality of the wool manufacture combed and of the linen, but also 30% of the production of the national textile. 
Usilor-Sacilor is the world number 2 and the European number 1 of the metallurgy. 

The agro-food industries establish the region to the 3rd national rank. 
The main enterprises of the region are Beghin-Says, Bonduelle in canneries and deep-frozen them of vegetables, B.S.N. with The Magpie that sings in candies and the chocolat, Delacre, Lamy-Lutti or the chicory Le Roux. 
One also finds the Lesaffres societies for the yeast and the bread, Pelforth in the restaurant and Roquette, the 1st world producer of Sorbitol.

The chemical industry is present with Firestone in the rubber, with Pronal in engineering of the "élastomère", with Sarbec in the Perfume shop or Schering AG in pharmacy, agrochimie and industrial chemistry. 
The first-class enterprise implantations as Bakelite Manducher, Perstorp, Plastic Omnium, Reydels allowed the plasturgy to develop themselves. 
Alcatels, General Instrument, Rank Xerox and Schneider are representative of the electric and electronic construction. 
The French of Mechanics, Peugeot and Renault are the main mechanical construction actors and cars. 

The glassworks is present thanks to Glassware-glassworkses of Arques. 
In complementarity of these industries, enterprises achieved a reconversion. 
They concentrated on their activity of basis and organized networks of "PMI" (small and averages enterprises) under medicated. 
Enterprises of very high precision mechanics developed themselves in sectors of modeling or the tooling for aeronautics and the car. 

This important industrial diversification allowed the tertiary sector to become the first employer of the region. 
The North-not-of-Calais region is the land of contribution election. 
Roubaix is the capital of the mail order in France. 
Which is represented notably by the Becquets societies, Half note-door, Cyrillus, Damart, The Redoubt, The 3 Switzerland, Motivex-Daxon, What, Green Dunce or Willesmine. 

The big signs like Auchan are also present. 
More specific others are in full expansion. 
One can mention for the tinkering and the equipment of the house the Castoramas societies and Leroy Ax, for the equipment sporty Decathlon, to ready-to-carry it Camaîeu or Kiabi, but as Norautos or Carpets Saint-Maclou. 
Ensue some of other branches of activities. It is arts and graphic industries.

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