Market Opportunities for Finnish Players: French Automotive Industry and Mobile Work Machine

More information

Welcome to hear about business and collaboration opportunities in France!

The automotive and work machine industry is very strong in France. There are over 4 000 manufacturing sites in the country. For the Automotive sector, the most important region in France is in the North, specifically the Hauts-De-France region. In this region, three leading automakers (Toyota, Renault, and Stellantis) operate 7 production sites. There are also over 200 Tier1, 2 and 3 technology suppliers. The work machine industry is also very strong in France including big OEMs such as Caterpillar, Volvo Construction Equipment, Kobelco, and Komatsu.

The webinar is arranged by Business Tampere and Business Crescendo from France. Business Crescendo’s service offering includes e.g., commercial opportunity assessments, market analyses, business strategy development.

The webinar program covers.

• Automotive and off-road vehicle market in France
• Customer needs and opportunities for Finnish companies
• French business culture, market openings, key events and networks
• The most important OEM and Tier1 companies in the automotive and off-road vehicle sectors

All registered participants will also receive a market report in English to their email after the webinar.

The key speaker in the event is Mr. Michael Mendolia from Business Crescendo.

Michael MENDOLIA, Ph.D.

Holding a BS from MIT and a Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania, both in Materials Science and Engineering, Michael has more than 20 years of international business experience in multiple sectors including automotive coatings, technologies for driverless vehicles, smart agriculture, polymers, plastic additives, energy, biotech, and B2B software.  His former employers include Colgate-Palmolive, Arkema, and SRS Energy (a solar start-up based in the US).  At Arkema, he was a Commercial Development Manager, responsible for identifying commercial opportunities for new technologies and products developed by the company’s R&D labs globally.  He joined Business Crescendo in 2013 and became its CEO in 2017. 

Register here!

Time: 10.4. klo 10 – 11:30
Location: Teams
Registration ends: 9.4. klo 15:00
Language: English
Price: Free of charge

Language: English

Price: Free