The top three gold medal-winning nations in the 2012 International Wine Challenge are reigning champions France with 120, Australia with 69 and Portugal with 55. France topped the medal board overall with a total of 1,136 medals, while Australia came second with 673 and Portugal third with 444. Read the full article and get more details about the winning wines at  Hapers.co.uk .

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The great BIO world meet, held in Boston this year, will once again be a showcase for booming French biotechnology which is asserting its position within the group of front runners driving the sector.  From June 18th to June 21th, there will be 90 companies, most of which belong to a competitiveness cluster, present in the French pavilion run by UBIFRANCE. Founded in 2005, competitiveness clusters assemble the foremost private or public players in their respective sectors, thus facilitating partnerships between the world of business and the world of research aiming at a common strategy in developing high potential technology.The seven clusters attending BIO 2012 are involved in specific avenues and have established numerous links with foreign clusters. France has set innovation at the heart of its economic and industrial policy. Competitiveness clusters provide efficient coordination of R&D and technology transfer by gathering in one place the players in the worlds of research, business and education. The idea is to make use of the synergies thus created and of collaborative, innovative projects to help the companies gain a favourable position on the world market. French biotech companies: businesses, research laboratories, clusters and public agencies will be attending BIO 2012 in Boston. They are the key players in those changes. Their dynamic approach is worth your interest. All of the issues will be addressed: infectious diseases immunology, genetics, inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases,nutrition/health, orphan diseases, cancer, CNS, etc. More information on our website . Follow us on Twitter or Facebook , and join our French / North American Biotech Business Group on LinkedIn.  

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UBIFRANCE lead a delegation of eight French companies in the e-learning and training industry, offering their latest technology and specialty at the ASTD International Conference that took place in Denver, CO on May 06-09 2012.  The delegation collectively and individually met potential partners and buyers with major American companies like Coca-Cola – showing interests and excitement with the innovation and savoir-faire of these promising French companies in this industry. The delegation left the conference with great satisfaction and excitement as they took away major contacts that could potentially turn into future clients or partnerships. One particular French company expressed confidence that the leads generated at this event can make a potential turnover of over one million euros. For further questions regarding about ASTD event or inquiries about meeting French companies in this industry, please contact Trade Advisor Sandrine Hart and follow her on twitter @ubintis and Linkedin group:  French North American New Technologies, Innovations, and Services.

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A UBIFRANCE delegation recently spent a week exchanging with public transit and rail executives in the Northeast corridor. From April 23 – 26, representatives of market-leading French-based companies including Bureau Veritas, ROV Developpement, Oktal, SNCF Voyages, Fimor, STRAEN, Oxand and Texelis met with the Federal Railroad Administration , engineering firm Parsons , Amtrak , the New Jersey Transit and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority . The companies also met over 20 potential business partners during a networking reception at the French Embassy and personalized B-to-B meetings. The delegation headed back to France highly satisfied with the contacts generated during the week, and eager to pursue business with these future American partners and clients.

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  Watch the following video and listen to Philippe Neuville, PhD, Chief Executive Director at Domain Therapeutics, who attended the previous French Biotech Tour.      

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France was well represented at the 26th edition of the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS 26) in Los Angeles, California, that took place on May 8, 2012. Michelin, IES SYNERGY, IFP, DBT and MATRA, all members of the France-Avere, exhibited their technologies at their booth organized by UBIFRANCE. Meanwhile, a delegation of French SMEs and SMIs, conducted by UBIFRANCE, met several U.S., Chinese and Japanese companies that could turn into future partnerships. The delegation is extremely pleased with their experienced at the EVS26 and eager to move forward with their prospective business partnerships with other international companies. Read the aricle for further details and complete summary (in French) by clicking the following link.

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  Though it was not quite record breaking, the 2012 OTC gathered 89,400 people . During four days beginning on March 30 th all sizes of oil and gas suppliers walked the aisles or exhibited at the Reliant (Houston, Texas). Business opportunities, conferences, technical workshops and even some cocktails and a golf tournament are at the heart of this expo and conference. The show definitely unites the world. All nations are represented; weather alone or in a delegation. Along with Canada, the UK or Belgium, France was there with 21 exhibiting companies in the French Pavilion.   And once again, as they have for more than 10 years, French companies were present to reaffirm their position in the sector . With companies that have been in business for more than 20 years they came to the OTC to offer high quality products and their expertise, as well as, reassure the industry of their commitment to Health, Environment and Security worldwide. And this year Ubifrance was present and exhibited with the delegation . So, if you didn’t get a chance to stop by and meet us, here is a list of this year’s exhibitors: AUTEXIER AXON’ CABLE SAS   BARDOT GROUP SA   BUREAU VERITAS                                                                                         MAREAL                                                                                                           CCI NORD PAS DE CALAIS                                                                         CYBERNETIX                                                                                                   DORIS ENGINEERING                                                                                 DOUCE HYDRO                                                                                             EIFFAGE Construction Métallique                                                        FUJI ELECTRIC France SA                                                                           GEP -AFTP IFPEN                                                                                                                IMECA                                                                        MECANIC SUD INDUSTRIE                                                                        PONTICELLI FRERES                                                                                     SAFT Amrerica Inc                                                                                       SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS         S R I  TELEPHONE LE LAS                                                                                      VINCI TECHNOLOGIES                                   If you are looking to learn more about these companies please contact Maria Bolanos at: maria.bolanos@ubifrance.com , and follow the Energy sector on Twitter @UBIenergy for other news and up to date information.

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