Jean Tirole, 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics

Space : ¼ of the European work force.

Toulouse involved in big discoveries: Philae, Curiosity, Galileo…

Largest aircraft, most sold aircraft, most economical aircraft

A medieval city, intact since 1463

Goncourt price in 2014, Lydie Salvayre from Toulouse

European city of Science in 2018

A FEW RECORDS FOR TOULOUSE

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WHY INVEST IN TOULOUSE?

1) A fast growing and vigorous economy

2) An easy access to all European cities

3) Close markets and new technologies

4) A large choice of partners & contractors

5) Lots of students in the best schools

6) World class research centers

7) Unique campus & business areas

8) Competitive costs for setting up your business

9) A unique quality of life to attract talents

10) A free assistance in each step of your set-up

IN TOULOUSE YOU WILL FIND

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TOULOUSE

1) A FAST GROWING AND VIGOROUS ECONOMY

Strongest economic growth : +2,9% of GDP over the last 10 years

Strongest demographic growth: 20,000+ inhabitants pa

Highest creation of jobs in the private sector: 4000+ (CAGR in the past 5 years)

Highest job creation rate: +1.6% (continuous growth in the past 10 years)

Most attractive city where to invest in France (magazine Explor'Immo

- 2015)

Working and living preferred by executives (APEC - 2014)

Highest rate of strategic metropolis executives (INSEE - 2014)

Boosting economy (Challenge – 2015) TOULOUSE URBAN AREA 1,200,000 INHABITANTS

1ST FRENCH METROPOLIS FOR

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Only 7km outside the city center, Toulouse-Blagnac is one of the closest French airports to their respective cities

7.6 million passengers

73 international flights

86 destinations

100 daily departures

40 direct flights to Paris per day (80 W/R)

TOULOUSE IS ALSO

1 hour 30 minutes drive away from ski resorts or the Mediterranean sea

3 hours from Barcelona by train

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2) EASY ACCESS TO ALL EUROPEAN CITIES

By plane:

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3) CLOSE MARKETS & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

85,000 jobs in 600 companies

25% of the French aeronautics and space research

130 aeronautics degrees

600 planes per year delivered from

Toulouse

Design Final assembly Flight test

Two main areas devoted to aeronautics: Aéroconstellation: the largest

aerospace manufacturing site in Europe, 260ha (assembly line for the A380)

Montaudran: aerospace research campus 56ha

WORLD CAPITAL OF AERONAUTICS

KEY MANUFACTURING STEPS

Airbus Group global headquarters

22,000 employees in Toulouse

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3) CLOSE MARKETS & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

25% of European workforce

12,000 jobsin 400 companies

French National Space Agency

Design and manufacturing of

satellites: 10,000 m² of clean rooms

Exploration of Mars, International Space

Station, Rosetta mission…

Capital of the European satellite imagery (SPOT IMAGE), meteorology (METEO France) et oceanography (MERCATOR

OCEAN)

EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF SPACE

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3) CLOSE MARKETS & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

FRENCH TECH CITY

38,000 jobs in the IT field

15 public and private business accelerators

3,000 companies in the ICT sector

100,000 sqm² for digital start-ups

Internet of things

Big Data

Fin Tech

Big groups

Internet

Incubators

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3) CLOSE MARKETS & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Possibility for digital start-ups to conduct field tests of their prototypes and concepts in Toulouse

Examples of current field experimentations: self-driving shuttles, indoor localization at Toulouse-Blagnac airport

Principal partners of the field experimentations:

CITY OF FIELD EXPERIMENTATIONS

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3) CLOSE MARKETS & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

The cluster “Robotics place” uses the former military airport Francazal for experimentsfavoring all autonomous systems

Automobile network in Midi-Pyrénées, major partner for driverless shuttles

World leader for sensor manufacturing. Radars, cameras and computers supply an 360°electronic eye for the autonomous vehicle

30 years of experience in embedded systems for buses, trucks and industrial vehicles

Specialized in software for navigation and supervision, develops in Toulouse thedriverless vehicle Easy Mile in cooperation with Ligier Automobile

Specialized in the use of spatial technologies in transportation

Research laboratory specialized in robotics, one of the world leaders concerning thesecurity of embedded systems

It is in Midi-Pyrénées where the embedded electronics in France was born when Renault and Bendix created Renix in 1979. Today Toulouse has become a center of excellence for driverless vehicles (shuttles, industrial tractors, machine)

CRADLE OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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3) CLOSE MARKETS & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF SATELLITE NAVIGATION

Center of excellence for GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)

Interactive multimedia GIS guide (geographic information system)

Guidance systems for mobile machinery (personal robots, agricultural machines)

Urban car-sharing

Indoor geo-localization solutions

EGNOS operator (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service)

Indoor geo-localization systems and services

Mobility solutions (diffusion of real-time information to users, fleet management)

Navigation with Mobil’in CityContribution to the Galileo and EGNOS programs

Global leader in spatial telecommunications and in EGNOS

European Leader and number 3 worldwide for spatial industries. Satnav: Galileo, Geo-Intelligence services…

Conducts the French spatial politics. Technical center of

excellence for spatial applications.

Satnav: GALILEO & EGNOS

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3) CLOSE MARKETS & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

ONCOPOLE CANCER CAMPUS

Bio park + Compounds Library

Regenerative medecine

Biotech Incubator

Cancer research instituteDrug discovery

Pharma industry

Cancer hospital

540 acres (220 hectares) 1,2 billion euros public and private investment 300.000 sqm real estate capacities

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4) A LARGE CHOICE OF PARTNERS & CONTRACTORS

AVIATIONEMBEDDED

SYSTEMSNUMÉRIQUESPACE SANTÉSANTÉ DIGITALHEALTH

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5) LOTS OF STUDENTS IN THE BEST SCHOOLS

1st university destination choice of students (L’Etudiant, 2015)

Over 120,000 students 15,000 foreign students

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6) WORLD CLASS RESEARCH CENTERS

5% of GDP in R&D (2014)

First of French regions

40% of executives in R&D

First of French regions

15,000 Researchers

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7) UNIQUE CAMPUS & BUSINESS AREAS

MONTAUDRAN

AEROSPACE CAMPUS

ONCOPOLE

CAMPUS

TRAIN STATION

BUSINESS AREA

Oncopole campus

Aerospace campus

Downtown Business area

220 hectares campus | €1.2 billion investment300,000 sqm real estate capacity | 1500 researchers| 4000 jobs

56 ha | 1,100 accommodations| 50,000 sqm formation and research | 190,000 sqm tertiary sector| 20,000 sqm retailing

500,000 sqm for housing, retailing and other activities 200 ha | 30,000 offices | 47M passengers expected in 2035

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8) COMPETITIVE COSTS FOR SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS

Rank Cities 2013 2014

1 Aix-Marseille 150€ - 270€ 150€ - 300€

2 Lyon 150€ - 270€ 135€ - 260€

3 Lille 135€ - 220€ 140€ - 220€

4 Toulouse 130€ - 200€ 137€ - 220€

5 Bordeaux 125€ - 180€ 125€ - 200€

Average rent for commercial real estate properties in French metropolises

Rank Cities Gross salary 2013 (€)

1 Paris 39,800

2 Aix-en-Provence 37,400

3 Lyon 36,000

4 Bordeaux 35,800

5 Nantes & Nancy 34,300

7 Toulouse 33,900

8 Grenoble 33,500

9 Lille 33,500

Average gross salary in French metropolises

Average apartment rent in main French cities

Source : CBRE 2015

Source : Se loger.com 2013

Source : APEC 2014

Rank CitiesRent

€/sqm/month

1 Paris (city center) 22.70

2 Nice 13.30

3 Marseille 11.8

4 Montpellier 11.8

5 Toulon 11.1

6 Lyon 11

7 Lille 10.9

8 Nantes 10.6

9 Rennes 10.4

10 Toulouse 10.4

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9) A UNIQUE QUALITY OF LIFE TO ATTRACT TALENTS

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10) A FREE ASSISTANCE IN EACH STEP OF YOUR SET-UP

Invest In Toulouse provides free and confidential assistance during each step of your set-up and development in Toulouse.

Check Your Idea Launch Your Project Develop Your Project

French company laws and tax information

Sector information (potential suppliers, customers, R&D, specific training..)

Financial options (social wages, utilities, optimizing your cost structure…)

Presentation of real estates options, pre-selection of most suitable sites

Investment engineering and pooling with public support

Assistance in recruiting and company services

Facilitating administrative formalities and family housing & schools

Support in company promotion and communications

Local networking (corporation clubs, competitiveness clusters…)

Supporting commercial development with potential partners

@i2toulouse

Invest In Toulouse

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Silvia FerrariBusiness Development DirectorTel: +33 (0)5 34 25 58 24Mob: +33 (0)6 18 38 12 70Email : s.ferrari@i2toulouse.fr