Policy. Bruno Bonnell praises the “great dynamism of the economic fabric” of the Channel

Secretary General for Investment in charge of the France 2030 plan, Bruno Bonnell will be in the Channel this Wednesday January 22, 2025. On his visit program, the Orano-La Hague site, theAcome companynear Mortain and Elviain Coutances. The three are winners of a call for projectsand will therefore benefit from a state aid dedicated to innovation.

In three years, nearly 25 million euros injected into the Channel

With France 2030, the objective is to support industrial transformation, to support innovation and training through public investment. To date, 38 billion euros have been committed by the State throughout the country. This represents more than 5,000 projects throughout France, more than half of which concern SMEs and mid-sized companies. We select one application in four, based on two criteria: excellence and impact in terms of technology, environment and social responsibility.

Specializing in the field of digital technologies, Bruno Bonnell co-founded the company Infogrames in the 1980s. Before, in 2007, taking the helm of Robopolis (now Irobot France), a company in the personal robotics sector. He was an LREM deputy between 2017 and 2022.

The Normandy Region represents 549 million euros of the 28.5 billion euros “territorialized” within the framework of France 2030. The Channel represents 24.6 million euros. No less than 231 winning projects are supported in Normandy. In Manche, 32 projects are supported, which ranks the department. In Normandy, 34% of winners are SMEs, 28% large companies and 14% public establishments. In Manche, 62.5% of winners are SMEs, 16% large companies and 16% mid-sized companies.

La Manche is one of these unexpected territories of the country, sometimes little-known, but marked by strong emulation and a desire to innovate, continues the Secretary General for Investment. In the department, the significant share of PMI and ETI among the winners of the France 2030 calls for projects reflects the great dynamism of the economic fabric.

Among these companies, Bruno Bonnell cites for example the start-up Stellaria in consortium with Orano, winner of the call for “innovative nuclear reactors” projects (2 million euros in subsidies) in order to create a European sector of nuclear reactors. Molten Salts (RSF). Stellaria invents a reactor that regenerates 100% of its core fuel during operation.

Different sectors supported

The Oreka company, in Cherbourg, is the winner of the AMI Compétences et professions d'avenir (69,000 euros), which creates a career platform “Choosing energy renovation”. As for Alsatis, it must develop the PCN 5G project, a 5G private mobile network solution (400,000 euros).

The trip to the Channel will be my 53rd in France since the start of my mission, almost three years ago. Of course, there is this context that everyone knows, with concerns related to the budget and growth. But when I meet bosses, they talk to me more about the difficulty of recruiting, and the consequences for their business. On the pitch, what I feel is enthusiasm and optimism. We are in a zone of turbulence, it is true, but I do not see a decline. Rather a very beautiful energy.

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