Nexeya designs, manufactures and maintains mission-critical specialised electronic products and delivers high value-added services. Nexeya is an industrial group active chiefly in the defence, aerospace and transportation sectors.
Founded in June 2000, DiBcom is a French semiconductor company based on a fabless (no factory) model, that designs, manufactures and sells integrated circuits for receiving Digital Terrestrial television. DiBcom’s solution can be used in any type of terminal and ensures perfect reception of television channels in every situation–including on the move–irrespective of the standard used.
For close to 20 years, the ECT group has used its unique expertise to enhance the quality of its redevelopments for local authorities. Its broad range of expertise (materials management and recycling, pollution abatement, development of green spaces, filler materials for quarries, rehabilitation of farmland) and its high standards make the ECT group a key player in promoting sustainable development.
Souriau, which was founded in 1917, is Europe’s leading manufacturer of connectors for industrial, defence and aerospace applications. A specialist in harsh environment interconnect solutions, the group is involved in the leading global aerospace and defence programmes and holds strong positions in the instrumentation, rail, robotics, nuclear and geophysics markets.
OpenTrust (formerly Idealx) develops software solutions to move on from defensive security to digital trust based on a “Trusted Ecosystem” in which each component (routers, networks, machines, servers, users, systems, applications, transactions, etc.) must trust the calling component and/or the one being called before it is executed. OpenTrust has more than one million users around the world who work for 70 large accounts and public administrations.
CLIPS, whose footprint covers the length and breadth of France and some international markets, is a leading brand in the demountable and movable partition market. Its extensive range, which consists of various types of partitions and additional interior fittings, can be fitted rapidly, has a user-friendly acoustic profile, makes for harmonious and flexible space management and looks highly attractive. For more than 30 years, its products have been sold through a nationwide network of business partners.
A worldwide specialist in the manufacture and decoration of upscale bottles, the Saverglass group provides innovative solutions to groups and brands operating in the premium and super-premium wines and spirits, fragrances, cosmetics and food markets.
Abrisud is the French leader in swimming pool covers for consumers. The company markets a full range of fixed and removable, motorised and manual products.
Biovex, which was founded in 1998, develops new vaccines used to treat cancer and chronic infectious diseases. The company has two proprietary platforms, namely OncoVEX and ImmunoVEX, based on genetic manipulation of the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Biovex recently completed a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of melanoma with its OncoVEX GM-CSF product. The results of this trial showed that the product was capable of inducing a lasting response in a large proportion of the patients treated. The company is currently carrying out Phase III trials for this indication.
January 2011: Amgen completed the acquisition of BioVex for total consideration of up to $1 billion should it reach its milestones.
The Altrad group is a major player in the concrete mixer and scaffolding markets. With well-known brands such as Plettac, Arhnoldt and Lescha, Altrad is the world leader in concrete mixers and scaffolding. The group has production companies in ten European countries (Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Romania) and in Canada, China, Russia and Tunisia. It sells its products in more than 100 countries.