Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de CharleroiSA Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi (ACEC) was a Belgian manufacturer of electrical generation, transmission, transport, lighting and industrial equipment, with origins dating to the late 19th century as a successor to the Société Électricité et Hydraulique founded by Julien Dulait. After World War II the company expanded into electronics, and became a contractor to the nuclear industry. The company was acquired by Westinghouse in 1970; in 1985 Westinghouse's share was acquired by Société Générale de Belgique (SGB) and Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE).
LuxempartLuxempart S.A. is a financial holding company based in Leudelange, in south-western Luxembourg, it is active primarily in Belgium and its home market of Luxembourg. It is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and is one of the ten (and one of seven Luxembourg-based) companies that make up the exchange's main index, the LuxX Index. In addition to investing itself, Luxempart owns controlling stakes in two other investment vehicles: a 71.0% stake in Audiolux, which specialises in media investments; and a 51.
Pierre Simon (1885–1977)Pierre Simon (1885–1977), was the first président-directeur général (PDG) of Électricité de France (EDF) and a member of the French Resistance. Simon was a student of the Christian school in Mées and then at the l'Institution Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles. He was a civil engineer at Gap, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Public Works in 1924, Chief Engineer of Forces hydrauliques – dams in Grenoble in 1925, and some years later, he became head of the Department of Roads and Bridges in Isère.
Gif-sur-YvetteGif-sur-Yvette (ʒif syʁ ivɛt, literally Gif on Yvette) is a commune in south-western Ile de France, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The town is crossed by and named after the river Yvette. The total area is and is green spaces and woods. The town of Gif-sur-Yvette is composed of sections: in the valley: The Rougemonts, The Mérantaise, The Mairie, The Féverie, Coupières, Damiette, Courcelle, l'Abbaye, les Coudraies; on the Moulon Plateau: The Moulon (uninhabited, aside from a research and educational institute); on the Hurepoix Plateau: The Hacquinière, Belleville (created before the war) and Chevry (created in the 1970s, and equipped with infrastructure).
EiffageEiffage S.A. is a French civil engineering construction company. it was the third largest company of its type in France, and the fifth largest in Europe. The company was formed in 1992 through the merger of several long standing companies, namely: Fougerolle (founded 1844), Quillery (founded 1863), Beugnet (founded 1871), and La Société Auxiliaire d'Entreprises Électriques et de Travaux Public, better known as SAE (founded in 1924).
Tréfileries et Laminoirs du HavreThe Tréfileries et Laminoirs du Havre (TLH: Le Havre Wire-Drawing and Rolling Mills) was an enterprise based in Le Havre, France, that manufactured copper wire, other copper products and products of other metals including bronze and aluminum. It was founded to serve the rapidly growing market for electrical power transmission and for telegraph and telephone cables. It grew into a massive industrial empire with factories in many French cities and abroad. In 1962 it merged with the Compagnie française des métaux and became Tréfimétaux.
Daniel InnerarityDaniel Innerarity Grau (born 1959 in Bilbao) is a Spanish philosopher and essayist. Daniel Innerarity (1959) is a professor of political and social philosophy, Ikerbasque researcher at the University of the Basque Country, director of the Instituto de Gobernanza Democrática and Chair Artificial Intelligence and Democracy at the School of Trasnational Governance (European University Institute of Florence).
Kara, TogoKara is a city in northern Togo, situated in Kara Region, 413 km north of the capital Lomé. Kara is the capital of the Kara region and, according to the 2010 census, had a population of 94,878. The Kara River flows through the city and is its main resource of water. The city developed from the 1970s onwards from the village originally known as Lama-Kara. Its growth was largely due to the influence of the previous Togolese head of state Gnassingbé Eyadéma; he was born in the nearby village of Pya and understood Kara's strategic position at a crossroads of two trade routes.
AlpiqAlpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Republic and building new ones in Germany, Italy, France, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. The group was established in 2009 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland after the merger of two Swiss energy companies Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity (Atel) and Energie Ouest Suisse (EOS).
Chanois Coal MineThe Chanois coal mine is one of the main shafts of the Ronchamp coal mines, in the French commune of Ronchamp, within the Haute-Saône department, belonging to the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It was the center of Ronchamp's coal mining operations from the late 19th century until the mines closed in 1958. It was therefore chosen as the site for the coal mine's ancillary facilities, including a coal preparation plant, a coking plant, and a power station. It succeeded the Saint Joseph shaft in 1895 and ceased mining in 1951.
