The port of Metz (Moselle, Lorraine) is the international reference for the quotation of rapeseed.

It is on the basis of “FOB Moselle oilseed rape”, that is to say, loaded on a barge at the port of Metz and free of any subsidy tax, that the price of rapeseed is set worldwide.

But that’s not all, with its storage capacity of 464,000 tonnes and 3.4 million tonnes of processed grain a year, make Metz the largest river port in Europe. Its railroad junction in the Woippy marshaling yard and its proximity to highways make it a real hub.

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Research and innovation have a great place in the automobile industry in Lorraine. Presentation of four innovative projects undergoing industrialization:

► PSA Peugeot Citroën: an ecological engine developed in Lorraine

PSA Peugeot Citroën is preparing to anticipate the 2014 Euro 6 environmental standard by launching its new 3-cylinder gasoline engine developed and industrialized at the Trémery site in Moselle. Its design required an investment of 255 million euros.

► The first electric Smart made in Lorraine

It is “for two” and emits no polluting gas. Currently being developed at the Smartville assembly plant in Hambach, the Smart ED is fully electric. The battery is recharged in 3 hours on a simple domestic plug. Smart plans the installation in cities of reloading terminals geolocalisable by GSM.

► Innovative steering rack at ThyssenKrupp

ThyssenKrupp is investing 30.3 million euros in an innovative electric power steering rack project. Produced in Moselle, this new system equips the Mercedes E Class. ThyssenKrupp Presta is the world leader in steering columns with 15% of world production in Lorraine.

► The new generation of Renault Master manufactured in Lorraine

The assembly lines of the Sovab factory in Batilly (Meurthe-et-Moselle): it is there that since 1980 generations of Master utilities succeed one another. The new Master, the X62, replaces its predecessor the X70 since April 2010. The Renault Master remains the leader in its field with 21.2% of the French market share of commercial vehicles.

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Neuhauser in Moselle is today a major player in the bakery and pastry industry in Europe; the company is the leading exporter of frozen bakery products.

This family business of a century of existence and tradition began its activity in Folschviller in Lorraine to develop over the years 17 factories and 150 points of sale in Europe.

On the French market, Neuhauser accounts for 10 to 15% of the frozen ready-to-grow pastry market and 15 to 20% of the frozen ready-to-cook and ready-to-cook industrial bakery.

After having opened three sites outside the region in recent months, it is in Lorraine that the manufacturer is investing 40 million euros in a new production unit that will include a large negative cold storage area and a research and development center. Development.

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ECOLICEL is a major project of the Fibers Competitiveness Cluster whose objective is to organize a wood-based chemistry sector in the regions of Lorraine and Alsace.

The context is as follows: to meet the demand for 100% green materials expressed by industry and markets, wood is emerging as a new “green” and bio-sourced chemistry well.

Through the ECOLICEL project, the Fibers Competitiveness Pole is promoting the very important, well-managed and regularly growing natural resource of wood, which is growing steadily in our region.

On the other hand, the paper industry Lorraine (the largest in France) knows how to turn wood into pulp which is then easy to extract the cellulose and the different molecules that will feed the chemical industry.

Assisted by research(Public research in the field of organic chemistry and wood-based chemistry is the number one in the country), the chemical industry will benefit from supplies of extracts that are both important in quantity, varied and of high quality. These extracts will allow the development of treatments and renewable materials such as adhesives, green resins, and adhesives, new fibers …

This initiative, which includes major research centers through the CNRS, INRA, and universities Lorraine, is supported by the industry: SNF, EGGER, LOHR, NORSKE SKOG, GEORGIA PACIFIC, AHLSTROM, ALBANY INTERNATIONAL, SOPREMA, UPM …

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►  Smart Hambach

Established since 1994 in Hambach near Germany, surrounded by its main suppliers, Smart has set up a logistically efficient logistics organization. She was chosen by her group to produce the future electric Smart Fortwo, whose arrival on the market is expected in 2010.

►  PSA Trémery, Metz

Production at two sites in the Moselle:
– Trémery: four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines (HDI engines)
– Metz: gearboxes (Master)

At Trémery, production in 2008 amounted to 1.45 million engines (of which nearly 95% were diesel), a rate of 6,700 units per day.
With the launch in 2011 of the new compact and environmentally friendly 3-cylinder gasoline engine EB, an investment of 255 million euros will be made, which will create 500 jobs.

►  Rehau Morhange

World leader in the production of polymer solutions (building, automotive, industry). 15,000 employees around the world work on the development of complete systems, adapted to the customer and to the preservation of the environment.

The Morhange site produces parts for the building (window profiles, electric ducts, etc.), for the automobile (door sticks, seals, etc.) and for the industry (production of pool covers). It now employs 850 people in the Moselle within its administrative headquarters, its factory and its commercial agency.

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