In addition to major multinationals such as PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN, FAURECIA, ALSTOM, GENERAL ELECTRIC, SOLVAY, BEL, NESTLE and KRAFT FOOD, many SMEs with complementary skills have developed. Their know-how, which is often very specialised, attracts European and international contractors looking for quality, reliability and efficiency. 

In a constantly changing global market, the region’s talents stand out for their reativity and ability to stay ahead of increasingly more frequent technological change. 

Cars and high-speed trains made in Franche-Comté travel throughout the world. Jewellery, watches, eyewear and writing instruments manufactured here are sold in the most prestigious luxury outlets. The international medical instrument sector uses innovations developed by Franche-Comté firms. The wines of the Jura and Comté cheeses hold pride of place in the finest restaurants in all corners of the globe.

Franche-Comté: a sector-based organisation of the economic structure…
Alongside the automobile, agri-food, microtechnology and plastic processing sectors, which each have their own competitive cluster, the other fields of activity boast a sector-based structure.