Spie Batignolles
private company | |
Industry | Engineering / Construction |
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Founded | 1968 |
Headquarters | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France |
Key people | François-Xavier Clédat (Président-Directeur général) |
Revenue | €2,270 million (2011) |
Number of employees | circa 8,300 (2011) |
Website | www.spiebatignolles.fr |
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
As early as 1954, SPIE acquired part of SCB's capital and in 1968 the two companies merged to form Spie Batignolles.[1]
During the 1970s and 1980s, Spie Batignolles acquired several other companies: Compagnie Industrielle de Travaux (CITRA) in 1972,[1] Canalisations Pétrolifères, Aquifères et Gazières (CAPAG) in 1977,[1] and Travaux Industriels pour l’Electricité (TRINDEL) in 1982.[1] In 1989 the rail construction company Drouard was acquired, forming the foundation of the group's rail construction engineering company Spie Rail.[2]
The 1990s brought several waves of restructuring. In 1990, Spie Batignolles created Spie Construction, the building and civil engineering branch of the company.[1] In 1992, Spie Construction merged with CITRA to become SPIE CITRA.[1]
In 1997 the company was bought from the
On 1 July 2003, Spie as a whole was purchased by
The two other former divisions became separate companies: in 2005 AMEC announced it was to sell its Spie acquisition of 2003.[7][8] the engineering company AMEC SPIE was sold to PAI Partners for €1040 million in 2006,[9][10][11] The European rail business joint venture Amec Spie Rail systems was sold for an estimated £200million in 2007, to Colas Group.[12][13][14]
The metal construction company CM Paimbeuf (acquired 1995) was bought by Fayat in 2008.[15][16]
Constituents of the Spie Batignolles Group
- Spie Foundations
- Spie Batignolles TPCI, underground construction, civil engineering, infrastructure and industrial construction
- Spie Batignolles technologies, concrete and wood pathological treatment
- Valérian, earthwork
- Spie Batignolles réseaux, multi-site renovation and construction
- Spie Batignolles immobilier, real estate advertising
- Spie Batignolles concessions, car park concessions and swimming pools
- Eurelec et Fontelec, electric installation électrique and mutlitechnical maintenance
Major projects
- , 1979
- Pegasus Bridge, 1994[17]
- Channel Tunnel, 1994[18]
- Pont de Normandie, 1995[19]
- Submerged tube tunnel of the Météor, 1998[20]
- Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2F, 1999[21]
- Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 2002[22]
Key management
- François-Xavier Clédat, Président-Directeur général
- François-Xavier Anscutter, Directeur général délégué
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Spie Batignolles: History". www.spiebatignolles.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2009.
- ^ )
- ^ Michael Harrison (21 December 1996), "Amec firmly in Europe with pounds 40m Spie buy", www.independent.co.uk, The Independent, archived from the original on 2022-05-24
- ^ "Exercise Of Option To Acquire Outstanding Shares In Spie And Trading Update", www.amec.com, AMEC, 5 December 2002
- ^ "AMEC SPIE Brand Launched Across Continental Europe", www.amec.com, AMEC, 1 July 2003
- ^ "Amec in talks over Spie Batignolles sale", business.scotsman.com, The Scotsman, 20 May 2003
- ^ Caroline Muspratt (24 November 2005), "Amec sells off Spie and considers splitting remaining group", www.telegraph.co.uk, The Telegraph
- ^ "AGM TRADING STATEMENT Proposed sale of AMEC SPIE and overall trading on track", www.amec.com, AMEC, 17 May 2006
- ^ "Formation of the Group - History - Spie", www.spie.com, SPIE, retrieved 14 July 2011,
2006 : On 22 May, AMEC and PAI Partners announce that they have agreed terms for the sale of AMEC SPIE to PAI. After approval from Brussels, the takeover of SPIE by PAI is finalised on 27 July, with the Group regaining its traditional name of SPIE and unveiling its new visual identity on 14 September.
- ^ "Disposal of AMEC SPIE", www.amec.com, AMEC, 27 July 2006
- ^ "AMEC plc ("AMEC") Sale of AMEC SPIE", www.amec.com, AMEC, 22 May 2006
- ^ Ian Fraser (25 February 2007), "Amec sells half of specialist rail arm to French company", www.ianfraser.org, Sunday Herald
- ^ Steve Hawkes (19 February 2007), "Amec sells out of rail business", business.timesonline.co.uk, The Times
- ^ "AMEC to sell stake in rail firm", uk.reuters.com, Reuters, 19 February 2007
- ^ "Fayat acquiert le normand CM Paimboeuf", actus.calvados-strategie.com (in French), Conseil Général du Calvados, 20 October 2010
- ^ Cloâtre Elodie (10 October 2008). "Fayat rachète la société CM Paimboeuf". www.lemoniteur.fr (in French).
- ^ Pegasus Bridge on Structurae database
- ^ Channel Tunnel on Structurae database
- ^ Pont de Normandie on Structurae database
- ^ Météor on Structurae database
- ^ Charles de Gaulle International Airport Terminal 2F on Structurae database
- ^ Corner House
External links
- (in English) Spie Batignolles on Structurae