Marais (company) explained

Marais
Foundation:1962
Founder:Jacques Marais
Key People:Etienne Dugas (CEO)
Area Served:Worldwide
Subsid:Marais Contracting Services, Marais Trenching, Marais-Lucas Technologies, Marais Tunisia, Marais Algeria
Homepage:samarais.com

Marais or Groupe Marais, founded in 1962 in France, is a manufacturer of trenchers. The head office and workshop buildings have been located in Durtal since 2001. Marais society via its founder, Jacques Marais is in 1962 behind the trenching wheel and the mechanized laying of cables or flexible pipes process.

At present, MARAIS line includes mainly wheel trenchers, chain trenchers, and micro trenchers.

History

Created in 1962, Mr. Marais, a contractor located in the Sarthe French department, obtained a patent for a cutting wheel designed for drainage system (agriculture) : that is the beginning of the wheel trencher.

1974, the administration of Postes et Télécommunications chose to bury 40,000 km of networks. The company invented the lateral translation of the wheel and the laying box to facilitate work on the verge of the road.

Between 1974 and 1993, several trenchers were built and leased to civil engineering companies to bury cables and Telecommunications networks, electricity, gas and water.

1995, the company investigated new markets abroad : Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Colombia, Mexico, United States, Canada, which will soon represent 30% of its turnover.

2000, Marais developed a patented micro-trencher named CLEANFAST for optical fiber cable laying in urban areas.[1] [2]

2001, by building the 12 000 km LDCOM network, now 9 telecom, the company acquired the skill and experience of a turnkey network solutions manufacturer.

2005, Marais company established its first subsidiary in Morocco "Marais Morocco".[3]

2006, it is the European leader of mechanized laying in the field of power networks, telecommunications and water and gas supply burying.[4]

2008, the policy of the company is to develop new machines in the field of micro trenching with the Side Cut[5] [6] for the FTTx market.[7]

2009, creation of a joint venture Marais-Lucas Technologies in Sydney (Australia).

2009, acquisition of the Marais company by Qualium Inverstissement (Caisse des dépôts et consignations) and Ouest Croissance (Groupe Banque Populaire), and Etienne Dugas[8] [9] succeeds to Daniel Rivard as the presidency of the Marais Group.

Marais Group

Marais or Groupe Marais manufactures trenchers for both rural and urban areas. The Marais Group is constituted of 5 entities :

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mobese Sisteminin Alt Yapı Çalışmaları Başladı . Sondakika.com . 11 October 2009 . Haber Yayin Tarihi . 30 July 2009 . Turkey. tr.
  2. News: Cleanfast for Tassie NBN . Contractor . April 2009 . Greg Keane . Australia.
  3. News: Marais Groupe porte le capital de sa filiale Finetis Maroc à 20 MDH . La Vie Eco . 11 May 2009 . J.B . France. fr.
  4. News: Trophée INPI de l'innovation 2006 . La vie des réseaux . 16 November 2006 . PDF . Dossier de presse de l'INPI . https://web.archive.org/web/20071029044431/http://www.inpi.fr/fileadmin/mediatheque/pdf/DP_trophees_PaysdelaLoire.pdf . dead . October 29, 2007 . France . fr .
  5. News: Sidecut trencher from Marais developed with increased capacity . Intermat Daily News . April 2009 . J.B . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811172239/http://archive.dailynews-online.com/intermat2009/news.asp?id=546 . 2011-08-11 .
  6. News: Pour un déploiement rapide et discret . France BTP . 26 June 2009 . Frank Prades . France. fr.
  7. News: La location tire l'activité de Marais . France BTP . 26 January 2009 . Frank Prades . France. fr.
  8. News: L'expertise Marais se vend de mieux en mieux à l'étranger . France BTP . March 2010 . Frank Prades . France. fr.
  9. News: Etienne Dugas, président de Marais . France BTP . March 2010 . La rédaction . France. fr.
  10. News: Construction des réseaux de demain . Anjou ECO number 16 page 20 . 13 September 2010 . Dominique Gruson . France. fr.
  11. News: L'expertise Marais, un vecteur d'exportation . Réseau VRD number 170 . 20 March 2010 . Frank Prades . France. fr.
  12. News: Automated trenching innovation seen as aligned to big fibre push . Engineering News . July 2007 . Martin Zhuwakinyu . South Africa.
  13. News: Faster trenching know-how tested . The Civil Engineering Contractor . September 2007 . David Poggioloni . South Africa.
  14. News: Telecom, Crown Fibre, MED team on Lower Hutt fibre trial . The National Business Review . 7 June 2011 . New Zealand.
  15. News: Deployment Standards Initiative (DSI) Fibre deployment trial . Ministry of Economic Development of New Zealand . 14 March 2011 . New Zealand.
  16. News: Kelson chosen for ultra-fast broadband trenching trial . The Hutt News . 1 February 2011 . Simon Edwardsi . New Zealand.
  17. News: Le Tunisien GTN construit pour Orange son réseau fibres optiques en utilisant des techniques innovantes . Tunisia IT . 13 September 2009 . Tunisia . fr . 7 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110820035055/http://tunisiait.com/article.php?article=5681 . 20 August 2011 . dead .
  18. News: Groupe Marais membre du FTTH Council Europe . La vie des réseaux . 8 March 2011 . France . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310233438/http://www.laviedesreseaux.fr/Informez-vous/Actualite/Groupe-Marais-membre-du-FTTH-Council-Europe . 10 March 2011 .
  19. News: Membership companies . FTTH Asia pacific website . May 2011 .