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Europe

We declare 30 industrial anchors in Europe. The count behind this page did not answer, so read nothing here as covered.

No anchor in this territory is past its published date; the next falls due 2026-09-30.

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Why this ring exists

The continental chokepoints, lithography above all, that decide whether a French fab roadmap is a plan or a hope.

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Capital declared here

Open the capital register

€7.5bn of confirmed capital is declared across 9 events in Europe, reaching 6 declared anchors. A further €650m is reported and not confirmed, counted apart.

€7.5bn
Confirmed
€650m
Reported, not confirmed
9
Declared events
  • Equity round

    Mistral AI

    €600m

    Confirmed

    Funding round led by an existing investor, the largest French raise of the year in model development at the time.

    Established 2024-06-11 · 1 dated citations

  • Equity round

    Exosens

    €180m

    Confirmed

    Capital increase raised at the Euronext Paris listing, inside a global offering of €350m and a market capitalisation of about €1.016bn.

    Established 2024-06-07 · 2 dated citations

  • Debt facility

    Verkor

    €1.3bn

    Confirmed

    Green loan from nineteen banking entities, allocated to the first gigafactory at an initial 16 GWh per year.

    Established 2024-05-24 · 1 dated citations

  • Equity round

    Aledia

    €120m

    Confirmed

    Round raised from existing shareholders and the French state through France 2030, to industrialise microLED at Champagnier.

    Established 2023-09-23 · 2 dated citations

5 further declared events sit in the capital register.

Money committed to a site is not coverage of it: an anchor can appear here and still be undocumented above.

Declared in this territory

  • Lithography

    ASML

    Veldhoven, Netherlands

    Not measured

    Coverage of ASML at Veldhoven, Netherlands could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    One European company decides the pace of every fab roadmap on the continent, including Crolles. Readers need the lithography skill set and the service careers that travel with each tool.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-02-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • AI models & tooling

    Anthropic

    European deployments via hyperscaler regions

    Not measured

    Coverage of Anthropic at European deployments via hyperscaler regions could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    This anchor is declared as a dependency, not as a European capability: the assistants European industry now runs on are built elsewhere. Readers need that exposure stated plainly, with the skills it rewards and the ones it devalues.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-05-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • AI models & tooling

    Lovable

    Stockholm headquarters, European customer base

    Not measured

    Coverage of Lovable at Stockholm headquarters, European customer base could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    European software is increasingly assembled with AI tooling rather than typed, which changes what a junior engineer is hired for. Readers need evidence on that shift from the tooling layer itself, not opinion pieces about it.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-05-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

Territories inside it

Grenoble Métropole

8 anchors, not measured

  • Research infrastructure

    CEA-Leti

    Minatec campus, Grenoble

    Not measured

    Coverage of CEA-Leti at Minatec campus, Grenoble could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Almost every semiconductor job in the valley traces back to a Leti pilot line. Readers need to understand how a research institute converts public programmes into industrial hiring, and what a Leti-to-industry path actually looks like.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-12-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Electrification & software

    Schneider Electric

    IntenCity & Technopole, Grenoble

    Not measured

    Coverage of Schneider Electric at IntenCity & Technopole, Grenoble could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Schneider turns electrification into software, and hires as much for data and cybersecurity as for power engineering. Readers need the competency mix behind that shift, not the brand.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-10-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Semiconductors

    STMicroelectronics

    Crolles 300 mm fab

    Not measured

    Coverage of STMicroelectronics at Crolles 300 mm fab could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Crolles is where European FD-SOI is actually manufactured, and the largest single engineering employer in the valley. A reader deciding on a process, equipment or test career needs the ramp, the skills it hires and the constraints it works under.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-11-30; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Batteries

    Verkor

    Grenoble headquarters & innovation centre

    Not measured

    Coverage of Verkor at Grenoble headquarters & innovation centre could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    A battery scale-up headquartered in Grenoble and building in Dunkirk is the clearest live case of regional R&D feeding a national industrial site: including the risk profile a candidate takes on.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-09-30; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Semiconductors

    Aledia

    Champagnier microLED fab, Grenoble Métropole

    Not measured

    Coverage of Aledia at Champagnier microLED fab, Grenoble Métropole could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    A venture-funded display start-up built a 300 mm fab in the metropole, which is rare enough to be evidence rather than an example. Readers need the truth about scale-up hiring: which epitaxy, process and yield skills survive a ramp and which do not.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-11-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Photonics & imaging sensors

    Teledyne e2v

    Grenoble imaging-sensor site

    Not measured

    Coverage of Teledyne e2v at Grenoble imaging-sensor site could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Image sensors designed in Grenoble fly on scientific instruments and run machine-vision lines worldwide, under American ownership of a French design team. Readers need to see how sensor design, radiation hardness and export rules shape that career.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-01-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Simulation & training

    Corys

    Grenoble simulation headquarters

    Not measured

    Coverage of Corys at Grenoble simulation headquarters could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Operator training for nuclear plants, rail networks and process industry is engineered in Grenoble, and it is one of the few software careers here that is regulated end to end. Readers need the modelling and validation skills that work buys.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-03-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Hydrogen

    Inocel

    Grenoble headquarters & Belfort assembly

    Not measured

    Coverage of Inocel at Grenoble headquarters & Belfort assembly could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    High-power fuel cells for heavy transport and data-centre backup are engineered from Grenoble and assembled in Belfort, a split that decides where the jobs land. Readers need the difference between hydrogen announcements and a funded production plan.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-02-28; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

Isère

6 anchors, not measured

  • Industrial gases

    Air Liquide

    Jarrie & Pont-de-Claix platforms, Isère

    Not measured

    Coverage of Air Liquide at Jarrie & Pont-de-Claix platforms, Isère could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    No fab runs without ultra-pure gases, and the platforms that make them sit twenty minutes from Grenoble. Readers need the process-safety and utilities careers that keep the whole corridor running.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-01-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Advanced materials

    Soitec

    Bernin wafer plants, Isère

    Not measured

    Coverage of Soitec at Bernin wafer plants, Isère could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Soitec is the substrate chokepoint under FD-SOI and RF chips: a single Isère site with global leverage. Readers need the materials-engineering skills it buys and how its cycles differ from a fab’s.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-12-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Sovereign & regulated cloud

    Eviden

    Échirolles HPC & cloud site, Isère

    Not measured

    Coverage of Eviden at Échirolles HPC & cloud site, Isère could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    European supercomputers and sovereign cloud platforms are engineered from a site inside the metropole’s southern edge, through repeated corporate restructuring. Readers need to know which HPC and platform skills are durable when the employer’s name is not.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-01-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Defence optronics

    Lynred

    Veurey-Voroize, Isère

    Not measured

    Coverage of Lynred at Veurey-Voroize, Isère could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Infrared detection is a sovereign capability held by a mid-sized Isère employer, with defence and space customers. Readers need to see how clearance, export control and detector physics shape a career there.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-11-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Medical imaging

    Trixell

    Moirans flat-panel detector plant, Isère

    Not measured

    Coverage of Trixell at Moirans flat-panel detector plant, Isère could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    A Thales-Philips-Siemens joint venture in Isère makes the X-ray detectors inside hospital equipment across the world, which makes it a sovereign capability hiding in plain sight. Readers need the physics, cleanroom and quality-system skills it requires.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-12-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Advanced materials

    Vicat

    L’Isle-d’Abeau headquarters & Isère plants

    Not measured

    Coverage of Vicat at L’Isle-d’Abeau headquarters & Isère plants could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Construction materials are the largest industrial carbon problem in the department, and the engineers hired to solve it are process people, not campaigners. Readers need the decarbonisation roles a cement group actually funds and the qualifications they take.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-04-30; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

4 anchors, not measured

  • Nuclear

    Framatome

    Lyon engineering centre & Le Creusot forge

    Not measured

    Coverage of Framatome at Lyon engineering centre & Le Creusot forge could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    The French nuclear new-build programme is engineered largely from Lyon and forged at Le Creusot, and it is hiring against a demographic cliff. Readers need the qualification path into a regulated industry that cannot shortcut training.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-12-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Hydrogen

    Symbio

    SymphonHy, Saint-Fons

    Not measured

    Coverage of Symbio at SymphonHy, Saint-Fons could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Europe’s largest fuel-cell plant is an hour from Grenoble and hiring at industrial scale. Readers need the difference between hydrogen enthusiasm and the manufacturing skills a stack line actually pays for.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-10-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Advanced materials

    Arkema

    Pierre-Bénite platform, Rhône

    Not measured

    Coverage of Arkema at Pierre-Bénite platform, Rhône could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Battery cells depend on polymer chemistry made in the Rhône valley. Readers need the chemical-engineering route into the battery chain, which is larger and less visible than cell assembly.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-02-28; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Advanced materials

    Michelin

    Clermont-Ferrand research & headquarters

    Not measured

    Coverage of Michelin at Clermont-Ferrand research & headquarters could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    A century-old materials employer reinventing itself is the clearest regional test of whether reskilling programmes are real. Readers need what Michelin now hires for, and what it no longer does.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-03-31; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

France

9 anchors, not measured

  • Aerospace

    Airbus

    Toulouse final assembly & engineering

    Not measured

    Coverage of Airbus at Toulouse final assembly & engineering could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    The rate ramp at Toulouse sets the hiring weather for every French aerostructure and systems supplier. Readers need the demand signal, not the airshow.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-01-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Semiconductors

    France 2030

    National industrial programme

    Not measured

    Coverage of France 2030 at National industrial programme could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Public money is the reason several of these sites are expanding at all. Readers need to trace an announced envelope to the roles it eventually funds, and to the ones it never did.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-11-20; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • AI models & tooling

    Mistral AI

    Paris headquarters

    Not measured

    Coverage of Mistral AI at Paris headquarters could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Whether Europe holds a frontier model capability decides how much of the continent’s software value stays here, and it is now a French employment question too. Readers need the research, infrastructure and applied roles this layer really opens.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-11-30; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Aerospace

    Safran

    Aerospace propulsion & optronics sites, France

    Not measured

    Coverage of Safran at Aerospace propulsion & optronics sites, France could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Safran co-owns the infrared detector business we already cover beside Thales, and it is one of the two French primes whose engine and optronics ramps set supplier hiring. Readers need which of those roles are propulsion, which are electronics, and how clearance and export control gate both.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-12-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Defence optronics

    Thales

    Defence & avionics sites, France

    Not measured

    Coverage of Thales at Defence & avionics sites, France could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Thales is the prime the regional optronics and electronics suppliers sell into, and the largest cleared-engineering employer in France. Readers need how clearance and programme cycles gate a career.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-12-20; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Uncrewed systems

    Delair

    Toulouse uncrewed-systems plant

    Not measured

    Coverage of Delair at Toulouse uncrewed-systems plant could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Ukraine turned uncrewed systems from a niche into a defence-industrial line item, and France’s answer is being built in Toulouse. Readers need the avionics, autonomy and production-engineering skills a drone programme buys at volume.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-04-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Hydrogen

    Forvia

    Mobility systems sites, France

    Not measured

    Coverage of Forvia at Mobility systems sites, France could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Forvia is the shareholder our hydrogen coverage keeps naming beside Michelin without ever holding, which makes Symbio read as if one parent built it alone. Readers need what a tier-one supplier hires for when a fuel-cell ramp slips, and what it hires for regardless.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2026-12-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Sovereign & regulated cloud

    OVHcloud

    Roubaix, Gravelines & Strasbourg regions

    Not measured

    Coverage of OVHcloud at Roubaix, Gravelines & Strasbourg regions could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Regulated workloads (patient records, public administration, defence-adjacent data) can only run on certified infrastructure, and France has one listed operator of it. Readers need the compliance, platform and datacentre careers that certification creates.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-03-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

  • Defence optronics

    Exosens

    Brive & Merignac night-vision plants

    Not measured

    Coverage of Exosens at Brive & Merignac night-vision plants could not be counted for this page: read it as unknown, not as covered.

    Night-vision tubes are a genuine European chokepoint held by a listed French group, and rearmament has turned that into a hiring programme. Readers need the vacuum-physics, clearance and industrialisation realities behind those vacancies.

    Published on this anchor

    Nothing published yet.

    Our commitment on this anchor is dated 2027-02-15; today's count did not answer, so we cannot say it is met.

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