1 hour from Paris
970 million euros in export turnover (2015)
320 companies
11 900 jobs
Tailor-made training and skills
IFRIA Centre-Val de Loire, the regional training centre for the food business
25 training courses for food agriculture professionals at every level from apprenticeships to production engineer, quality, innovation, risk management. Work-Study courses: line conductor, food agriculture maintenance technician
www.ifria-centre.fr
Professional organisations active in company life
A regional professional framework association for food businesses
Area Centre-Val de Loire, 150 members.
www.area-centre.org
Leading cooperatives
Axéréal: N°1 French grain cooperative
Téréos: N°1 in France and N°3 worldwide in the sugar and starch industry
A regional dynamic of innovation that unites companies and research organisations
Isaac Newton food engineering hub: 2 laboratories open to industrials: promoting technology, collaborative projects, assistance with innovation.
Food Val de Loire: an agri-food entrepreneurship hub. Innovation incubator and cluster of 165 companies. www.val2c.fr
Open Agrifood: unique forum about agriculture, agri-food and responsible distribution and an innovation incubator. www.openagrifood-orleans.org
« For an agri project, culture is threefold in Loire Valley Region. Culture in the productive sense: the vitality of the regional agricultural sector, resources that can be cultivated turned towards added value. A culture of manufacturing: with the presence of pillars of agri-food processing and distribution. A culture of sharing and innovation with multiple initiatives: Food Val de Loire in Blois and C2EI in Bourges, and the Isaac Newton centre in Henrichemont awarded the label of rural “Pôle d’Excellence” in food engineering! »
