Industrial Territories
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 region into the diversified one it is today.
Major names in global industry such as ArcelorMittal, AstraZeneca, BASF, Coca-Cola, Dillinger, EDF, Kubota, Ovh, Prologium, Verkor 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.
At the end of the first phase of the Industrial Territories scheme (2019-2023), the President of the French Republic announced a new stage in France’s national ambitions for 2030, defined by the ‘France 2030’ project.
This second phase of the Industrial Territories scheme focuses on “green industry” and is based on four key strategic areas, which emerged as major priorities after the first phase of the programme.
At the end of 2023, the areas of the Greater Dunkirk Urban Council, the Hauts de Flandre Greater District Council, the Audruicq Greater District Council and the Flandre Intérieure Greater District Council (now Cœur de Flandre Agglo) worked together to draw up a joint story by submitting an application to the Industrial Territories Temps II programme (2023-2027).
This bid, built around genuine synergies and complementing skills between the four local authorities, marks a shared desire to anticipate and support the transformation and reindustrialisation of this new “Aa – Dunkirk – Flanders” industrial territory .
