Gers, a changing industry

Gers has a strong farming tradition and mainly looks forward to highlighting the department resources out of agribusiness which employs almost one out of two industry workers, such industry contributing only for 11% to the department added value.

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The agribusiness jewels are foie gras and ready-cooked dishes factories, which ensure Gers a gourmet reputation thanks to mail orders and counter sales, followed by yoghurt producers, poultry slaughterhouses, ice-cream and industrial pastry manufacturers, and diet products.

The wood and furniture channels represent a thousand jobs spread out in the West and the North of the department.

We will also add following activities, diffusely distributed all over the department: metallic construction, printing, hardboard industry and a public buildings and works sector which suffered a lot but which is recovering thanks to an improving economy situation.

Wholesale business is also dynamic thanks to its farming and wine-growing components, and to do-it-yourself, hardware and small electric tool businesses.

Moreover, a new industry fabric is developing towards communication, data processing and multimedia. Media and Communication New Technologies open up wide horizons for a Department which is determined to forge ahead.