A sudden fall. According to our exclusive count carried out in our Le Quotidien des factories section, the sums allocated to the opening or extension of factories in France fell in 2024 compared to 2023: 16.2 billion euros compared to 28 billion euros. the previous year.
Our counter recorded from January 1 to December 20 129 announcements of industrial investments compared to 180 announcements of creation and extension of factories over the year 2023. In 2022, the number of operations was even greater (240) but the amount lower projects (22 billion).
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The long period of political instability in France and the turbulent economic climate in Europe largely explain this worrying underperformance. Intra-community competition does the rest. Spain will finally host the CATL and Stellantis battery factory (4 billion euros), Italy has scored a point in the semiconductor battle by attracting Silicon Box (more than 3 billion euros), Hungary attracted the favors of BYD.
The annual top 10 always reflects the rise in investments for factories in green energy, digital infrastructure and health. But the amounts invested are in significant decline.
1 – Blue Solutions (Bolloré) announces a solid-state battery gigafactory in Mulhouse for 2030
A subsidiary of the Bolloré group, Blue Solutions announced in May the construction of a large solid-state battery factory by 2030, in the metropolitan area of Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin). An R&D center will be commissioned in Finistère in 2026. In total, 1,500 jobs and 2.2 billion euros in investments are promised. Present at the announcement, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, made several proposals to protect European manufacturers from Chinese competition.
2 – Microsoft will create a data center in the Grand-Est for 2 billion euros
Microsoft announced an investment of 4 billion euros in France during the Choose France summit. It aims to expand its two current data center sites in Paris and Marseille and will above all create a third in the Mulhouse area. An investment of 2 billion euros alone.
3 – FertigHy chooses France for its first low-carbon fertilizer factory
The Spanish company FertigHy, a consortium of companies EIT InnoEnergy, Siemens, InVivo and Heineken, announced on Monday May 13, 2024, that it would build its first low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer plant in Languevoisin (Somme). A destination considered “strategic”, with an investment of 1.3 billion euros at stake.
4 – Livista wants to create a lithium refinery in the port of Le Havre
The small Franco-Luxembourgish start-up Livista Energy created a surprise by announcing, at the beginning of November, a 1.2 billion euro lithium refinery project in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime). With solid industrial experience, its general director, Jean-Marc Ichbia, argues that the project, still embryonic, is built to arrive at the right time with technologies proven in China.
5 – Sanofi is banking on bioproduction with more than 1 billion euros of investments planned in France
The Sanofi laboratory will build a factory in Vitry and is already investing in Normandy and the Rhône. Investments of more than a billion euros.
6 – Air Products wants to create a hydrogen import terminal in Le Havre
The American Air Products, competitor of Air Liquide, wants to build a hydrogen import terminal in gaseous form in Le Havre for a total investment of 1.1 billion euros for 270 jobs generated. This installation project follows the signing, in June 2024, of a first contract with the giant TotalEnergies for the supply of 70,000 tonnes per year of green hydrogen.
7 – Verso Energy wants to produce e-methanol in Aisne
Verso Energy wants to launch into the production of e-methanol in Origny-Sainte-Benoite (Aisne), in synergy with the cooperative group Tereos. The project represents an investment of 850 million euros for commissioning in 2029.
8 – Futerro focuses on bioplastic in Normandy with Tereos
The Belgian company Futerro, European leader in biosourced polymers, announces a partnership with the agricultural cooperative Tereos. The objective: the creation of a factory in Normandy intended for the production of bioplastic. The investment is estimated at 530 million euros.
9 – A project for a nickel conversion plant for batteries near Bordeaux
Emme, for Electro Mobility Materials Europe, plans to build a battery-grade nickel conversion plant in the Grand maritime port of Bordeaux. The project worth more than 300 million euros, confirmed during the 2024 edition of Choose France and supported by the Swiss company KL1, focuses on the limited carbon footprint of its product and the guarantees of sovereignty provided by Made in France.
10 – McCain injects 300 million euros into its Harnes factory
The Canadian French fry giant McCain announced during the Choose France summit that it would invest 355 million euros in France. The bulk of this investment is earmarked for the Harnes site (Pas-de-Calais). McCain will invest 300 million euros on this site by 2027.
Source: www.usinenouvelle.com
