Haute Borne is a new district of
Villeneuve d'Ascq
Villeneuve-d'Ascq (; pcd, Neuvile-Ask) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students, it is one of the main cities of the Métropole Européenne de Lille and the largest in area (2 ...
city, in
France
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. It hosts the ''Haute Borne European scientific park''. The aim of this area is to be home from high-tech companies and research and development centers, which can take advantage of laboratories and researchers of the
University of Lille
The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the m ...
close to Haute Borne.
Haute Borne hosts notably
French National Centre for Scientific Research
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In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...
,
,
Ajilon IT,
Cofidis
Cofidis is a French company, now majority owned by Crédit Mutuel, based in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
Founded in 1982 by 3 Suisses International in cooperation with Cetelem, Cofidis specialized in the consumer credit business of the 3 Suisses Group. It ...
,
McCain Foods
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* McCain (surname), a surname (includes a list of persons and characters)
Companies
* McCain Foods Limited, a producer of frozen foods
* McCain, Inc., privately held American manufacturing company headquartered in Vista, ...
,
Tate & Lyle
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and
Xerox
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.
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Villeneuve-d'Ascq
High-technology business districts in France