Culture and lifestyle make a great deal of difference to the Respironics family of employees, so we've gathered some links to help you better understand the communities that surround three of our major employment centers.

Paris, France (Respironics European HQ) Respironics International, Inc. Immeuble Hermes, 20, rue Jacques Daguerre 92565 Rueil Malmaison CEDEX France	Herrsching, Germany (Respironics Deutschland) Respironics Deutschland GmbH Gewerbestrasse 17 82211 Herrsching Germany
Nantes, France (Respironics France) 2 rue du Chateau de Bel Air B.P. 30505 4475 CARQUEFOU CEDEX France	Desio, Italy (Respironics Italy) Via Lavoratori Autobianchi 1 20033 DESIO (MI) Italy
Tangmere, England (Respironics UK) Respironics (UK) Ltd Respironics Respiratory Drug Delivery (UK) Ltd European Warehouse Chichester Business Park City Fields Way Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex PO20 2FT, United Kingdom	Zofingen, Switzerland (Respironics Switzerland) Strengelbacherstrasse 2b CH-4800 Zofingen Switzerland
Lorenskog, Norway (Respironics Norway) Normed AS Postboks 410 1471 Lorenskog, Norway

Paris, N central France, capital of the country, on the Seine River. It is the commercial and industrial focus of France and a cultural and intellectual center of international renown. The city possesses an indefinable unity of atmosphere that has fascinated writers, poets, and painters for centuries. Paris is sometimes called the City of Light in tribute to its intellectual preeminence as well as to its beautiful appearance.

Paris is the center of many major newspapers and periodicals, as well as all the major French radio and television stations. Elegant stores and hotels, lavish nightclubs, theaters, and gourmet restaurants help make tourism the biggest industry in Paris. Other leading industries manufacture luxury articles, high-fashion clothing, perfume, and jewelry. Heavy industry, notably automobile manufacture, is located in the suburbs. About one quarter of the French labor force is concentrated in the Paris area.

Nantes, capital of Loire-Atlantique dept., W France, on the Loire River. It is an important industrial and shipping center with its ocean port at Saint-Nazair . Recent renovations of the rail, road, and air transportation systems have contributed greatly to the area's economic development. Food products (especially biscuits), naval equipment, metals, dyes, clothing, bicycles, and agricultural equipment are the leading manufactures.

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