Spie Batignolles

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Spie Batignolles

Type	private company
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Cergy Saint-Christophe, Île-de-France
Key people	François-Xavier Clédat (Président-Directeur général)
Industry	Engineering / Construction
Revenue	€1,350 million (2007)
Operating income	€48.6 million (2007)
Employees	circa 6,400 (2007)
Website	http://www.spiebatignolles.fr

Spie Batignolles is a French construction company based in Cergy Saint-Christophe. The company provides building and infrastructure construction in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland.

1 Company history
2 Constituents of the Spie Batignolles Group
3 Major projects
4 Key management
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Company history

Ernest Goüin founded 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 Edouard 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’Electricité (TRINDEL) in 1982.

The 1990s brought several waves of restructuring. In 1990, Spie Batignolles created Spie Construction, the building and civil engineering branch of the company. In 1992, Spie Construction merged with CITRA to become SPIE CITRA.

In 1997 the company was bought by its employees with help from the British part of the group, AMEC, who became a shareholder. A year later, Spie Batignolles changed its name to SPIE with its three daughter companies becoming Spie Trindel, Spie Enertrans and Spie Batignolles. On 1 July 2003, Spie as a whole was purchsed by AMEC. As part of the company's strategic plan, 78 senior managers took control of Spie through an MBO on 5 September 2003 with financing from Barclays Bank Equity France.

On 22 June 2004, Financière Spie Batignolles purchased the shares owned by Amec Spie.

[edit] 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, expert solutions in the field of 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;
CM paimbeuf, metallic construction.