13 June 2011 - Aéro Montréal supports five Québec-France partnership agreements

Aéro Montréal supports five Québec-France partnership agreements

Montréal, November 26, 2010 – As the leader of the delegation representing Québec’s aerospace centre of excellence, Aéro Montréal is proud to support five partnership agreements and a list of four exploratory projects among members of Québec's aerospace cluster and French companies, research and educational institutions.

To confirm their intentions, the various Québec and French participants signed agreements at a ceremony attended by Jean Charest, Québec Premier, and Christine Lagarde, French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, at the closing of the second Symposium on French competitive clusters and Québec centres of excellence in Paris today.

The establishment of these nine projects is the result of work and discussions that took place during the aerospace component of the Symposium on November 24 and 25. They correspond to the Symposium themes of sustainable development, human capital and autonomous systems and satellites.

“These structural cooperation projects among members of Aéro Montréal and their French partners once again reflect our commitment to increase Québec-France collaboration that was formalized with the signing of a letter of intent between Aéro Montréal and Aerospace Valley in 2007,” said Suzanne M. Benoît, CEO of Aéro Montréal. “We hope that these collaborations will generate benefits for our respective clusters, as others have done in the past.”

About Aéro Montréal
Aéro Montréal, Québec’s aerospace cluster, is a think tank that brings together all the major decision makers in Québec’s aerospace sector, including companies, educational and research institutions, associations and unions.

Aéro Montréal’s mission is to mobilize industry players around common goals and focused actions to increase cohesion and optimize competitiveness. By fostering the growth and expansion of Greater Montréal’s aerospace cluster, it intends to make this industry an increasingly important source of wealth creation for the Montréal region, Québec and Canada.

For information:
Amélie Hudon Senior Communication Advisor
Aéro Montréal
Tel.: 514 987-9334
www.aeromontreal.ca