Numerous companies are world leaders in their market and make Haute-Savoie one of the leading French departments for exports :

Amongst the companies with an international dimension are:

Metals

SNR  www.snr.fr
Maped (supplies for schools)  www.maped.fr
Dana

Mechanical engineering

Staubli  www.staubli.com
Mecalac Pel Job
Alcatel   www.alcatel.com/vacuum

Distribution

Carrefour  www.carrefour.com

Sports/ leisure and luxury goods industries

Salomon  www.salomonsports.com
Adidas (sports items)  
Millet  www.millet.fr

Computing/electronics

Tefal-Seb (kitchen utensils)  www.groupeseb.com
Dassault (aeronautic engineering)
Abel Informatique  www.abel.tm.fr
Sopra   www.SOPRA.Com
Compaq   www.compaq.com/customsystems

Biomedical

Corneal  www.corneal.com
Galderma 

Food Industry

Entremont (cheese products)  www.groupe-entremont.com

Chemistry

Baïkowski

Wood/Furnishings

Mobalpa (kitchen furniture and items)  www.mobalpa.com

The presence of numerous competitive small and medium sized companies allows Annecy to have great sub-contracting diversity at its disposal, an advantage enhanced by the proximity of the Vallée de l'Arve (the No. 1 European metal cutting centre) and of the Plastics Vallée d'Oyonnax (the No. 2 European plastics technology centre).