Is your business involved in the industrial process? Then think Namur!
The industrial process responds to the Walloon demand for enhancing reindustrialisation. This sector includes mass production, developing individual machines, and consultancy firms specialised in industrial assembly or strength calculation, stability,…
Locations dedicated to your projects
- The Mecalys® business park welcomes businesses who are active in mass production, machine development, automation, robotics, electronics, mechatronics, design and approaches towards design, prototyping, R&D,… but also welcomes service companies related to the sector, namely consultancy firms who specialise in industrial assembly or strength calculation, stability, maintenance… and average sized logistic centres.
- And also: 34 business parks, 30 incubators, 1,300 fully equipped hectares, thematic business parks, a property database, … (link to “Where can you establish yourself”)
An extensive network at your disposal
The Namur region intends to play a role in the reindustrialisation of Wallonia. A number of key regional and local players are involved in highlighting the industrial process and logistics:
- The Mecatech competition cluster is dedicated to the mechanical engineering sector and brings together over 200 academic and industrial partners who work with materials and surfaces of the future, micro technology and mechatronics, maintenance and reliability features via sensors, measurements, expert systems, etc.
- The Logistics competition cluster in Wallonia brings over 300 members together and specifically assists businesses in maximising their logistics process: flow of raw materials, managing internal flow processes, production planning and distributing finished products…
- Specialist BEP coaches have been trained to provide you with a customised support program.
- A powerful local entrepreneurial dynamic located close to the Mecalys® business park as part of the www.promandenne.be corporate network
Skill sets at your disposal
Namur trains your future engineers, developers and logisticians… One in every three people in Namur is under the age of 25 and benefits from a quality education.
- The Forem in Dinant has a training centre specialising in logistics and transportation.
- Several departments at the University of Namur and the Gembloux Agro-Biotech Faculty are dedicated to industrial engineering, material science, decision support systems,