Hamon, a hundred years engineering for nature (PDF 2Mo)

Achille & Fernand Hamon
“Achille Hamon, my great grand-uncle, and his brother, Fernand, my
great grandfather, were both from Brittany in France. Both were engineers
and they owned a company that worked and assembled projects in wood.
In 1904, Achille created a company in France, and in 1906, Fernand
did the same in Belgium. Both companies produced the cooling towers
required for the new industrial processes.
As it turned out, this was perfect timing as the industrial revolution
needed ways to treat the water that came from the mines, the steel works,
and the new electric power stations.” Francis Lambilliotte, CEO, Hamon & Co
Creation of Hamon France,
and then Hamon Belgium
The Hamon
Brothers, inventors
in a century
of inventors
1889
1904 & 1906
1914
Participation in the construction
of the Eiffel Tower
“A passion for towers must be in the family genes
because I’ve always heard that members of
the Hamon family participated in the construction
of the Eiffel Tower.” Francis Lambilliotte
Contribution to the war effort
“Business was on stand-by during the war. Fernand came
back to Paris to be with his brother, and they decided to do
what they could to help. At that time, the cooling towers
were still being built in wood, and they had lots of reserves
available in the workshop as well as the skills necessary. They
put their expertise to work for the French army and built both
the structure and the huts for trenches.” Francis Lambilliotte
“They also built a series of pre-fabricated homes for
families that had lost theirs. These were named ‘The houses
of King Albert’. And while they were meant to be temporary,
they lasted until the end of the Second World War!”
Georges Degavre, ex-CFO, Hamon