Bretagne Sailing Valley© Tour

location

Lorient France

Du 24 Octobre au 24 Octobre 2018
de 08h00 à 19h00

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Come and visit the representatives companies of the Bretagne Sailing Valley© !

Bretagne Sailing Valley ©, a unique ecosystem

Silicon Valley has its ambassadors like Steeve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg.

Bretagne Sailing Valley© too : remarkable sailors as Armel Le Cleac’h, native of Saint-Pol-De-Léon and François Gabart who settled in Brittany, not without reason. The territory offers an incredible breeding-ground for the sailing industry by bringing together teams, companies specialized in this sector, formation and training centers, a detector cell of talented sailors and also research laboratories, as well as a program, Eurolarge Innovation, dedicated to the competitive sailing sector.

 

On the occasion of the Yacht Racing Forum in Bretagne, Bretagne Développement Innovation and its partners territories Quimper-Cornouaille Développement, Golfe du Morbihan Vannes Agglomération and Lorient Agglomération, organise 3 guided tour of the unique Sailing Valley. This day is organized with the scope of the Eurolarge Innovation program.

 

What is the Bretagne Sailing Valley © Tour?

This free guided tour offers to the delegates a unique opportunity to discover the local industries, businesses and hot spots involved in yacht racing in Brittany.

Alternating pitches and visits, it is an opportunity to discover in just one day, a very wide range of Breton companies specialized in sailing competition.Examples of some companies visited during this tour: Multiplast (Vannes), Finistère pole offshore race (Port-la-Forêt-Fouesnant), Lorima (Lorient), etc. Buses specially reserved for the tour will ensure your trip to the companies visited. A lunch will be offered in an emblematic place of the host territory.

 

Discover the 3 guided tour

Three different circuits are offered :

 

  • Lorient Agglomération: Discovery of:
    • Engineering office in structural calculations
    • Mast manufacturers
    • A panel of boat equipment manufacturers : electronics, mechanics, coating, etc.
    • Carbon boat builders
    • Manufacturers of high performance carbons, appendages, foils, masts, etc.
    • Manufacturers of freeze-dried food

More info and registration: please click here

 

  • Quimper-Cornouaille Développement: Discovery of:
    • National Offshore Training Center
    • Boat equipment manufacturers in rigging, electronics and sensors, etc.
    • Data analyst for performance and and safety on racing boats
    • Business building dedicated to ocean racing activities

More info and registration: please click here

 

  • Golf du Morbihan- Vannes Agglomération: Discovery of:
    • Carbon boat builders
    • Manufacturers of high performance carbons, appendages, foils, masts, etc.
    • Race and appendage yachts makers
    • Naval architecture and design office
    • Sailmaker

More info and registration: please click here

 

How to participate ?

Discover the program of each free guided tour and register via above links.

Limited spaces available. Registration is compulsory.

Each tour is free of charges, lunch provided by the organizers.

 


Français :

Dans le cadre de la tenue du Yacht Racing Forum en Bretagne, Bretagne Développement Innovation organise avec les territoires partenaires, Quimper-Cornouaille Développement, Golfe du Morbihan Vannes Agglomération et Lorient Agglomération, 3 circuits de visite de la Sailing Valley le 24 octobre. Une journée organisée dans le cadre du programme Eurolarge Innovation.

En l’espace d’une journée, les participants venus du monde entier pourront ainsi profiter de la visite guidée d’entreprises locales spécialisées dans la voile de compétition.

Des pitchs seront également organisés afin d’offrir aux visiteurs l’opportunité de découvrir un panel d’entreprises aussi large que celui de leurs savoir-faire.

A titre d’exemple, Multiplast (Vannes), Pôle Finistère course au large (Port-la-Forêt-Fouesnant) et Lorima (Lorient) auront le plaisir de montrer le 24 octobre prochain leurs compétences et leurs projets en cours à une délégation de participants ; autant d’opportunités de tisser des liens vers de nouveaux marchés et développer les affaires à l’international.

Trois circuits de visites sont organisés – Lorient, Vannes, Port-la-forêt – pour découvrir toute la chaîne de valeur en Bretagne :