Bringing together industry and finance representatives, this conference looked a the latest developments in industry financing, and dealt with the following subjects:

• Recent changes in industry financing – Deloitte Conseil Finance
• Financing needs expressed by most SMEs and intermediate size companies – DFCG Rhône-Alpes Auvergne
• Financing tools set up by the FIM – Fédération des Industries Mécaniques
• Alternative lenders’/investors’ capability to finance industrial companies – Acofi Gestion
• Cross-testimonies of an industrialist and his advisor – Saint Jean Industries/Chetwode

The debates were animated by Eric Boucharlat (Associate Deloitte Lyon) and Jean-Baptiste Magnen (Chetwode President).