VINCI - 2005 annual report

ENERGY / BUSINESS REPORT
Despite a diffi cult
economic
environment,
VINCI Energies
business units
operating in the
industrial sector
expanded
their activity
and increased
their market share
in 2005.
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VINCI 2005 ANNUAL REPORT
Industry
In 2005, VINCI Energies stepped up the
implementation of its strategy aimed at structuring its
service offering for industry in two major Europe-wide brands: Actemium in
electrical engineering and installation and Opteor in maintenance. Combining
strong local roots, which generate a large number of small recurring contracts,
with a global systems integration approach, the strategy meets the dual market
demand: industrial groups expect high-quality local service to maintain and
optimise their existing sites and also seek multi-site solutions, particularly to
support the creation of new production centres on their growing markets.
Applying the strategy - and building on their in-depth familiarity
with industrial processes and the requirements of their customers in the areas
of productivity, quality, traceability, environmental protection and accident
prevention and safety - VINCI Energies business units also increased
their market share in the industrial sector in 2005, against an economic
backdrop which, while diffi cult, offered many opportunities.
Activity was particularly brisk in the automotive sector. Group business
units completed a large number of projects for French automakers, both
at their historic sites and their international locations, such as the PSA plant
in Trnava, Slovakia (see below). The petrochemical and natural gas industries
also generated a substantial volume of business. In the environment sector,
tightened regulatory constraints - especially those relating to fumes emitted
by waste treatment plants - helped boost business activity.
Moreover, the development of cross-border cooperation across VINCI
Energies’ European networks was further boosted at the end of the year
by major orders placed by food processing groups Masterfoods and Veltins
as well as by Michelin for its Polish location.
In this context, business units operating under the Actemium brand
generated revenue of €400 million in 2005, up 10% from the previous year.
The increase was 30%, to €65 million, for the Opteor network business units.
ACTEMIUM: A PSA PEUGEOT-CITROEN PARTNER IN EUROPE
The deployment of the Actemium brand (electrical engineering and PLCs) in Europe supports industries in their new location
projects as well as in the modernisation of their existing sites. As a longstanding partner of Peugeot-Citroen in France, Actemium
worked for two years on the automotive group’s new site in Slovakia, which will be producing 55 vehicles an hour. The systems integration contract covered
implementation of the parts conveyor system among the different shops as well as the design and installation of a fl oor production line comprising 40 robots. In
other work for PSA Peugeot-Citroen, Actemium developed a new conveyor table without telescopic arms and equipped with a “friction wheel”. The device won
the Special Ingenuity Prize at the VINCI 2005 Innovation Awards and has been successfully installed at the PSA Peugeot-Citroen sites in Poissy, France and Trnava,
Slovakia (opposite).