The Landes, the leading industrial département in the Aquitaine region with more than 18,500 employees in this sphere
Accounting for almost 15.3% of total industrial employment, the Landes remains the leader of all 5 départements in Aquitaine.
Four key sectors of industry remain predominant :
- The wood/paper industry,
- The agri-food industry,
- The chemicals/plastics industry,
- The aeronautical industry.
For a long time, the economic development of the Landes was founded on the promotion of the département’s natural resources.
The quality and nature of the soil – conducive to the intensive cultivation of maritime pines – and the climate and abundant water supply – providing optimum conditions for grain corn farming – forged the traditional image of the Landes.
Over the past 30 years an ambitious policy of economic diversification has been encouraged.
The vegetable, aquaculture and surf-ware sectors – previously non-existent – have become sectors in which the Landes occupy the place of national leader.
The ten leading companies (turnover)
- Maïsadour: €1.5 G
- Scalandes: €592 M
- Delpeyrat: €339 M
- Labeyrie Fine Foods: €334 M
- Egger: €268 M
- DRT: €224 M
- Vermillon: €220 M
- Agralia: €182 M
- Tembec Tartas: €168 M
- Sud-Ouest Aliment: €160 M