VISIT BY ALAIN DI CRESCENZO, PRESIDENT OF CCI FRANCE, TO DISCUSS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND THE SPORTS ECONOMY LAST APRIL

André Garreta, President of the Bayonne Pays Basque CCI, was honored to receive a visit fromAlain Di Crescenzo, President of CCI France, for a day dedicated to technological innovation and the sports economy in the Basque Country, on Tuesday April 30, 2024.

This visit was a unique opportunity to highlight the strength of theecosystem driven by CCI Bayonne Pays Basque and its subsidiaries, contributing to the development and dynamism of the local economic fabric. Discovering the activities of CCI Bayonne Pays Basque was a valuable opportunity for Alain Di Crescenzo to better understand the economic realities on the ground and optimize the action of the CCI network as a whole.

The Bayonne Pays Basque Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a key player in research and innovation in the region. Thanks to its business support services and cutting-edge technology platforms, it offers an environment conducive to innovation and value creation for local, national and international companies.

Whether in the fields of composite processes and additive manufacturing with Compositadour and Addimadour, the circular economy and recycling in the textile industry with CETIA, or smart grids for renewable energies with EnerGEA, CCI Bayonne Pays Basque's technology platforms provide major groups, start-ups and SMEs with high-level technological solutions and services. The President of CCI France discovered this entire ecosystem during his visit and the recording of the Europe 1 program "La France bouge" dedicated to the sports economy, in the presence of three companies: Wyve, Chistera Gonzalez and Voltaire.

CCI BAYONNE PAYS BASQUE

Visit Bayonne Pays Basque Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports the creation, growth, competitiveness and performance of local businesses. It trains future talent and develops skills through its two schools, ESTIAEcole Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées in Bidart for engineering professions, and EMISAEcole de Management Internationale Sud Atlantique in Bayonne, for business management professions. It manages infrastructures essential to regional economic activity, such as the Port of Bayonne (3rd largest regional port) on behalf of the Conseil régional de Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The CCI has also initiated the construction of business incubators and hotels in the region. Bidar's Izarbel technopolet (ESTIA 2) and on the business park BAIA Park d'Anglet (OLATU).

Key figures 2023 :

• 26,000 registered companies
• 36 business leaders elected
• 276 employees CCI EMISA ESTIA PORT
• 1,260 project leaders welcomed in 2023
• 3,000 new businesses registered
• + More than 10,000 formalities carried out for companies
• 1050 students at ESTIA engineering school
• 1000 students at EMISA management school, including 280 KEDGE Bachelor Bayonne students
• 7 innovation and technology transfer platforms: COMPOSITADOUR, ADDIMADOUR, TURBOLAB, ENERGEA, PEPPS, DATALAB, CETIA
• 2.3 million tonnes of maritime traffic managed by the Port of Bayonne