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  • A new campaign and a new ambition for ONLYLYON

    The ONLYLYON place branding campaign was launched in 2007 by thirteen regional institutions and co-financed by Greater Lyon and the Lyon Métropole Saint-Etienne Roanne Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The ONLYLYON brand, a pioneer in France and across Europe, promotes the city worldwide, with over 26,000 ambassadors working on a local or global basis. To […]

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  • Takeaways and Best Practices for SME Tackling the “Access-to-Talent” Challenge

    Following our conclusions from a 15-month collaborative work, financially supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020/Innosup-05 programme around Talent, Invest in Lyon, Berlin Partner and Rotterdam Partners reported all shared and discussed information and ideas which are relevant to the issue of attracting Talent for European SME. This work led to the edition […]

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  • Talent Attraction, Development & Retention – A Challenge For European Sme

    A shared perspective with Invest in Lyon, Berlin Partner & Rotterdam Partners [under a EU-funded Project INNOSUP-05] Lyon, Berlin and Rotterdam decided in March 2021 to join force and bring collective intelligence forward to European SME about the Access-to-Talent challenge in the framework of an European-Commission-funded project. Last June, the Investment Promotion Agencies of the 3 […]

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  • Masahito Saito – Nagase Sangyo

    Nagase&Co is a Japanese company specialized in the cosmetic industry, established in Lyon since 1901.  After opening a sales office in 2017, it opened its own research laboratory in 2021, which enabled it to enter into collaboration with Lyon-based actors such as the Hospices Civils de Lyon, the IBCP laboratory specialized in the biology and […]

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  • Théo Synakowski – Merci René !

    Merci René is a Toulouse-based Scop specialized in space planning for professionals. Its ambition is to optimize the social and environmental impact of its clients by working alongside social economy actors such as the Emmaüs Atelier, the Recyclerie de Trévoux and Tizu. With the ambition of setting up in Lyon, Merci René has benefited from […]

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  • Thierry Aubrun – Granuplast France SAS

    Granuplast is a plastic recycling specialist created in September 2020 and based in Jassans-Riottier. The company collaborates with sorting collectors to collect plastic from collectivities. Thanks to their plastic treatment process, the group can reintegrate the recycled material into the industrial circuit and therefore reduce pollution. If Granuplast achieves its objectives, the factory will transform […]

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  • Invest in Lyon receives the European Investment Promotion Agencies in Lyon!

    “If you want to run fast, run alone. If you want to run far, run together”. Cooperation will always be stronger than competition, moreover in economic development. The European metropolitan areas are facing major common challenges, but also lead the way towards a more sustainable and balanced development when supporting #FDI. After years of networking […]

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  • Ambre Eppler – Nowos (video in French)

    Nowos, a Netherlands-based company founded in 2019, repairs lithium-ion batteries, namely those used in bicycles and scooters. The company targets professionals such as bicycle manufacturers or fleet managers. Nowos focuses on two pillars of the circular economy: – Extending the lifespan of batteries. Nowos reuses and repairs these batteries to minimize their carbon footprint. – […]

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  • Yann Le Tolguenec – Les Ateliers Amasco (video in French)

    Les Ateliers Amasco is a nonprofit based in the greater Paris area that offers fun, educational workshops for children aged 6 to 13. This nonprofit aims to reduce the socio-educational inequalities created during school vacation periods. Les Ateliers Amasco ensures that these workshops are beneficial to everyone, regardless of income level, and that they are […]

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  • Rachid Lamchachti – Symbio (video in French)

    Symbio, a company based in the Isère region, is an expert in designing and producing hydrogen systems for light vehicles and commercial vehicles such as buses and trucks. Symbio has equipped 300 vehicles that have driven some 3 million kilometers, and the firm aims to become the world leader in hydrogen mobility. The project aims […]

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  • Xavier Fechner – Maroquinerie des Pierres Dorées (video in French)

    La Maroquinerie des Pierres Dorées works alongside French luxury brands, manufacturing leather goods such as components for luggage and bags. The company has been part of Saint-Etienne’s Jaboulay group for 5 generations. The group, with 150 employees, decided to open a second facility in Bully. The leather goods firm, thanks to its partner, the Lyon […]

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  • Bernard Tannoury – Benta Pharma Industries (video in French)

    Benta Group is a Lebanese pharmaceutical group that decided to set up in the Lyon area, more specifically in Saint-Genis-Laval. Being part of the Lyonbiopôle ecosystem has proven to be a real opportunity for the group. This company, with its passion for pharmaceuticals, has thus decided to set up in Saint-Genis-Laval and transfer all products […]

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