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A TERRITORY IN LEADING THE WAY IN DECARBONISATION

Dunkirk is a historic basin of French industry. Even today, a quarter of the territory’s salaried employees are in the industrial sector.

  • Thanks to the Grand Port Maritime of Dunkirk, the territory boasts a strong productive specificity in a port environment.
  • The steel, metal work and energy production industries have shaped our territory into the diversified one it is today.  
  • Major names in global industry such as ArcelorMittal, AstraZeneca, BASF, Coca-Cola, Dillinger, EDF, Kubota, Ovh and other companies have set up plants in the Dunkirk basin.  
  • A dense network of subcontractors and service companies complements the local industrial ecosystem: an added extra for companies as they can find experienced and competitive players right here.
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The territory is home to 460 industrial enterprises

24%

Of jobs in the Dunkirk economic basin are in the industrial sector

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Port platform in France along with Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer

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Regional industry services cluster with almost 22,000 employees

AT THE HEART OF THE DECARBONISATION CHALLENGES FACING FRENCH INDUSTRY

Dunkirk is now proving that it is a model territory for the industry of the future and has low carbon processes where digital technology and robotisation are growing fast, just like ArcelorMittal’s Digital Lab.

Dunkirk is also preparing to become home to the decarbonised mobility sector as Verkor will soon set up a premises there.

The Dunkirk area is now a solutions lab for the sustainable industry. Discover the territory’s key sectors and industries below.

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