Key economic sectors
1 - Aeronautics, space & defense
2 - Wine, agriculture & food industries
3 - Forestry & wood
4 - Health
5 - Optic & laser
6 - Sustainable construction, materials
7 - Information Technology
8 - Surf industry
5 competitiveness Clusters, 1 international, 4 national
- Aerospace Valley: aeronautics, space, embedded systems
- Route des Lasers: lasers, photonics and applications
- Xylofutur: forestry products and materials
- Avenia: future, energy, environment (environmental technologies)
- Agri Sud Ouest: agriculture & food industries
Bordeaux focuses its economic development on research, technology and innovation:
- 11,600 research scientists in Aquitaine
- 106,000 students in 2 universities and 17 advanced engineering schools
- 110 research units at the University of Bordeaux (CNRS, INSERM, INRA CEMAGREF, INRIA, CEA/CESTA,…)
- World class companies: Thales, Dassault, Sanofi, Vinci, Astrium…
