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Société De Construction Des Batignolles
The Société de Construction des Batignolles was a civil engineering company of France created in 1871 as a public limited company from the 1846 limited partnership of ''Ernest Gouin et Cie.''. Initially founded to construct locomotives, the company produced the first iron bridge in France, and moved away from mechanical to civil engineering projects in France, North Africa, Europe, and in East Asia and South America. In 1968 the company merged with the electrical engineering company SPIE (company), SPIE to form Spie Batignolles. After being briefly owned by the AMEC group (2003) the civil engineering construction activities were split and sold. As of 2011, Spie Batignolles SA is the effective successor of the company. History Ernest Goüin et Cie. On 18 February 1847, Ernest Goüin, having gained experience in England on the manufacture of locomotives and machine tools whilst acting on behalf of the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, Chemin de fer de Paris à Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Spie Batignolles
Spie Batignolles is a French construction company based in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The company provides building and infrastructure construction in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland. Company history Ernest Goüin founded Ernest Goüin et Cie., Ernest Goüin & Cie. in 1846. It later became ''Société de Construction des Batignolles'' (SCB). Meanwhile, the ''Société Parisienne pour l’Industrie des Chemins de Fer et des Tramways Electriques'' was founded and became, in 1900 under the directorship of baron Édouard Empain, ''Société Parisienne pour l’Industrie Electrique'' (SPIE). As early as 1954, SPIE acquired part of SCB's capital and in 1968 the two companies merged to form Spie Batignolles. During the 1970s and 1980s, Spie Batignolles acquired several other companies: ''Compagnie Industrielle de Travaux'' (CITRA) in 1972, ''Canalisations Pétrolifères, Aquifères et Gazières'' (CAPAG) in 1977, and ''Travaux Industriels pour l’Electricit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |