Midi-Pyrénées (2001), French laboratory for new technologies: 12,000 jobs created in twelve years

Between 1989 and 2001, Midi-Pyrénées established itself as a pioneering ICT region in France. Driven by the aeronautics industry, the University of Toulouse, and telecom giants, this regional dynamism generated more than 12,000 new jobs in a promising sector. The industrial history of Midi-Pyrénées took a decisive turn at the turn of the 1990s. As France…