ASTech Paris Region

Cluster description

Role
Description of your aviation region

ASTech Paris Region is among the 3 french competitiveness clusters in the Aeronautics, Space and Defense sectors.

Vision/ Missons

The goal is to strengthen the Paris Region as a European leader in Space Launch, Business Aviation, Propulsion, and Equipment through innovation, support for SMEs, and enhanced visibility, while growing the 100,000 aerospace jobs in the region.

Year of creation

2007

Region

Paris Region, France

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace
Number of companies

317 members within ASTech cluster including 133 SMEs and 109 Major Groups

Number of research institutes

43

Numbers of public authorities

9

Other cluster members

23

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

More than 100,000 employees linked to the Industry sector within 2,000 establishments in Paris Region.

Cluster Management
Organizational form

Not-for profit organization

Financing

State/Paris Region/Members

Main Actors
Main industry actors
  • ArianeGroup 
  • Dassault Aviation 
  • SAFRAN 
  • Airbus Defense & Space 
  • Airbus Helicopter
  • Collins Aerospace 
  • MBDA 
Main research institutes
  • ONERA 
  • CNES 
  • several CNRS labs 
  • ESTACA 
  • IPSA 
  • CentraleSupélec 
  • ISAE-Supméca
  • Paris Saclay University 
  • Polytechnique 

Cluster Competence and Strategy

Product worlds
  • Space launch 
  • Business Aviation 
  • Propulsion 
  • Equipment 
Cluster management services for members
  • Innovation and support for collaborative R&D projects 
  • Organization of events and networking such as Paris Space Week, ASD Alliance Days
  • Webinars 
  • Support for business development 
Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management
  • Consortium partner in 2018 to EU-funded H2020 CLASSIC project, which purpose was to share innovation capabilities among ASD clusters (Clusters of Aerospace Suppliers Share Innovation Capabilities) led by Midlands Aerospace and partnering with NAG 
  • Hosting/meeting foreign delegations (EU and worldwide) in order to discover new ASD ecosystems and build potential partnerships and cooperation for business and/or EU R&D collaborative projects (interclustering + for our SMEs) 
  • Participation in EACP working groups, events, and other international events (matchmaking, information days) 

Contact Information Cluster Management

Director / President
International relations
  • ASTech Paris Region
    Aéroport de Paris-Le-Bourget

  • 1-3 allée de Bruxelles
    93350 Le Bourget
    FRA - France

  • +33 (0)1.74.25.40.56
Get in touch with us

E-mail: info@eacp-aero.eu

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