Historically Northern Isère has tended to specialize in transalpine trade, but it has become one of the top centres of development in the Lyon area.

Key figures

• 227,000 inhabitants - 79,000 jobs
• 23,000 industrial jobs
• 42 companies with more than 100 employees

Main companies:

Porcher, Hexcel, Playtex, Danone, Jambon d'Aoste, Pasquier, LGL, Hewlet-Packard, Tecumseh Europe, Radiall, Photowatt, Phoenix, Pirelli, Trefimétaux, Plastic Omnium Médical, BioMérieux, Pathéon, Valéo, Vicat, Carrel, Mermet, Visteon, Martinet

Specialization

Part industrial, textile, mechanical engineering, agrifood, electrical engineering, electronics, chemicals, mechanical subcontracting.
Part logistics for industry and distribution of capital goods and tools.

Infrastructures

• Lyon - L'Isle d'Abeau - Chambéry - Turin thoroughfare: RN 6, A 43
• Lyon bypass and A 42 (Ambérieu - Bourgoin), TGV high-speed train line
• Lyon-Saint Exupéry international airport and TGV station 

Development land available

More than 600 hectares. 80 industrial estates from one to over 50 hectares, including:

• L'Isle d'Abeau: multimodal logistics and industrial estate, and technology park.
• Bourgoin-Jaillieu: industrial estate and technology park
• More than 120,000 sq m of industrial and business premises.

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