2024-07-06 07:21:18
Although it presents itself as the leading automotive research and development center in Europe, the Renault Technocentre is undoubtedly the largest center in the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines metropolitan area. And this since its creation in 1998 in Guyancourt (Yvelines). Even today, 9,000 workers are attached to the site where the group’s cars are designed and developed.
“The arrival of the Renault Technocentre in the Guyancourt region has been an undeniable economic asset for the city,” said the Mayor (DVG), François Morton, highlighting among other things “direct and indirect jobs” generated for “thousands of inhabitants”.
If the French manufacturer has launched a process to reduce the real estate portfolio in Île-de-France, including part of its 150 ha site in the south of Yvelines, the group continues to measure on the local life. Even if the communities have difficulty assessing the extent of business and financial opportunities.
A property tax that funds public service
It seems impossible that the arrival of the company, which has about 12,000 workers on site, generates business and human potential in this city of almost 30,000 inhabitants. How many contractors have developed? How many workers buy their home near their workplace? How many businesses are created to meet the needs of workers and their families? Hotels, gas stations, supermarkets… Many businesses are set up around the site, located opposite the National Golf Course.
The Technocentre is not only a source of employment, its presence in the area also allows “the city to benefit from resources to finance public services to residents, especially through property taxes”, explained the elected official of he said he was “very proud. to have such a world-renowned company at the forefront of automotive technology. “
“It is part of a dense economic fabric since Guyancourt has large groups, such as Bouygues Challenger or Crédit Agricole, and small companies that contribute to its strength,” he concluded. In addition, Renault also draws on local assets, such as when the company rents the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines national Vélodrome for event purposes.
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