Aid for investments to transform the industry of the future

The State is committed to the transformation of SMEs ¹ and ETI ² industrial companies in order to strengthen the competitiveness of French industry and its capacity to create activity and jobs on the territory. The Government is setting up aid for transformation investments in the industry of the future and is thus mobilizing 40 million euros as of 2020 to support this dynamic.

France Relance: the “Industry of the Future” investment assistance window

As part of the plan” France Relance ”, the tax assistance provided by the “Industry Digital Transformation Plan” is transformed into a grant. This aid is intended for SMEs and ETIs and concerns an investment in a property used for an industrial activity on French territory, when this property falls into one of the following categories:

• Robotic and cobotic equipment;
• Additive manufacturing equipment;
• Software used for design, manufacturing, transformation or maintenance operations;
• Integrated machines intended for intensive computing;
• Physical sensors collecting data on the company's production site, its production chain or on its transit system;
• Programmable or numerical control production machines;
• Augmented reality and virtual reality equipment used for design, manufacturing, transformation or maintenance operations;
• Software or equipment whose use uses, in whole or in part, artificial intelligence and used for design, manufacturing or transformation operations as well as for all maintenance and production optimization operations.

The subsidy rate is thus increased to 40% and limited to:

• €200,000 corresponding to the ceiling authorized by the de minimis regime,
• €800,000 corresponding to the ceiling authorized by the temporary covid regime if the company is eligible for it.

Grant applications can be submitted from now until 31.12.2020.

More information and procedures on the ASP website

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_{1 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are those that, on the one hand, employ less than 250 people, on the other hand, have an annual turnover of no more than 50 million euros or a balance sheet total of no more than 43 million euros. They include the category of microenterprises (MICs) that employ less than 10 people and have an annual turnover or a balance sheet total of no more than 2 million euros. (INSEE definition)}

_{2 A medium-sized company (ETI) is a company that has between 250 and 4999 employees, and either a turnover not exceeding 1.5 billion euros or a balance sheet total not exceeding 2 billion euros. A company that has less than 250 employees, but more than 50 million euros in turnover and more than 43 million euros in balance sheet total is also considered an ETI. (INSEE definition)}