Eurozone business park – Forbach North

• Total area: 44 hectares
• 5 ha available (including 3 ha under option)
• Area intended primarily for the tertiary sector and for innovative and service activities
• Former coal mining wasteland
• On site:
  • Eurodev Center: cross-border business incubator for companies involved in industrial activities
  • Uttopia: technology transfer hub focused on new materials and industrial prototyping
• 2 KM north of downtown Forbach
• Less than 4 km from the German border

Water

• Ductile iron A.E.P. network, diameter 150 and fire protection (1x 17I/s)

Electricity

• Nearby 63 KV /20KV public distribution station
• 20KV medium voltage supply
• 63 KV high voltage connection possibilities
• Low voltage transformers installed on site

Gas

• Natural gas supply by a medium pressure network of 4 bars

Sanitation

• Separative type. Industrial waters and tributaries must be treated before discharge
• Wastewater is discharged into the wastewater treatment plant (70 000 p.e.)
• Rainwater is discharged after passing through pollution basins and hillside retention in streams

Digital

• Fibre optic network

Employee services

• Demand responsive public transport (Forbus)

Roads

• Northern bypass of Forbach (RD 31 E)
• Connection to the A4/A6 Paris-Metz-Frankfurt/Main freeways with links to Nancy, Lille and Lyon and to the A8/A620 Stuttgart-Sarrebruck-Luxembourg-Brussels, and to the A4 to Strasbourg and Basel

Airport

• Saarbrücken-Ensheim airport, 18 km away (connections to major German cities)
• Metz-Nancy-Lorraine regional airport, 60 km away (connections to the main French cities)
• Luxembourg-Findel International Airport 120 km away
• Strasbourg-Entzheim Airport 130 km away (French and European connections)
• Frankfurt-Hahn airport 120 km away (European connections + international freight)

Railway

• East Paris TGV (high speed train). Connections to Paris and Frankfurt
• Metz-Saarbrücken regional train line (half-hourly intervals)

River

• Canal des houillères de la Sarre in Grosbliederstroff at 13 km (300 T barges)
• River Sarre canalised to European gauge at Dillingen 35 km away (Germany)

Accessibility on site

• Internal service road with 12 and 28 m right-of-way (roadways, landscaped shoulders). Complete interchange on RD 31 E.

Studies already carried out

• Preventive archaeology, impact study, environmental assessment, water law study, soil mechanics study, urban planning study

Main companies

• TESTO INDUSTRIAL SERVICES / TEGOMETALL / ARGO HYTOS / NSTI / COFELY / PEMTEC / GALIBOT…