According to the export approach of Youstone, it is consulting with the French Bouygues Company (one of the world’s largest construction contractors) to send some of its purchase experts to the Stone Exhibition of Mahallat-Nimvar. Youstone considers the introduction of Iranian stones to foreign construction companies as one of its important tasks and it has always worked to achieve this.
So far, our negotiations have led to identifying and inviting a 4-member delegation of French businessmen, as noted from Bouygues , in order to attend and visit the 8th Stone Exhibition of Mahallat and purchase the stone required. Thus, it is a great opportunity for Iranian stone practitioners to offer their products at reasonable prices, and good variety and quality for export purposes and developing their international market.
In the coming days, Youstone will inform you about the visit process of this trade delegation.
In Hall B, Pavilion 50, Youstone honors all practitioners of the stone industry to the 8th Stone Exhibition of Mahallat.
Below is an introduction to the French Bouygues Company:
History:
The company was founded by Francis Bouygues in 1952. In 1970 Bouygues became listed on the Paris Stock Exchange. In 1985 and 1986 Bouygues acquired road construction groups Screg, Sacer and Colas; later reorganised as Colas group. In 1987 the company started operating the television channel TF1 and in 1988 Bouygues moved into its new head office, the Challenger complex, in Saint-Quentin en Yvelines. In 1996 the company launched Bouygues Télécom and in 2006 the company acquired 23.26% of Alstom.
In 2014, consecutively to Alstom’s cession of its Energy activities to General Electric, Bouygues granted a call option to the French government allowing it to acquire a maximum of 20% of Alstom, currently owned by the group.
Business Structure:
Construction
- Bouygues Construction (100% share): construction, public works, energy & services, with a presence in 80 countries worldwide
- Colas group (96.6% share): roadworks, construction, railways and maintenance
- Bouygues Immobilier (100% share): residential, corporate, commercial and hotel real estate and urban development, property development
- BINA Istra (16% share): motorway development and management
60 YEARS TO BUILD A MARKET LEADER:
Ever since the earliest days of the Bouygues Group, Bouygues Construction has grown through a long series of innovative projects, both at home in France and in many international locations. Its ability to leverage its expertise to meet increasingly ambitious challenges defines the identity of a group that never stands still.
Year-book of the group:
1952-1999: In 1952, at a time when France was still rebuilding in the aftermath of the War, Francis Bouygues, a young graduate of the École Centrale engineering school, started up a business in the construction sector, founding Entreprise Francis Bouygues, later to become the Bouygues Group. Initially specialising in building and industrial works in the Paris region, the company expanded in the 1960s and 1970s with projects in civil works and electricity/maintenance. Its operations spread through France and other countries with a series of prestigious projects, including the University of Riyadh (1984), the Ile de Ré bridge (1988) and the Channel Tunnel (1993). In 1999, a Bouygues Group subsidiary was created for all the building, civil works, operation and maintenance businesses: the Bouygues Construction Group.
2004: The Group created a Specialist Civil Works division consisting of VSL and DTP Terrassement. In the same year, Bouygues Construction signed a flagship contract for the construction of the Masan Bay bridge in South Korea. Meanwhile, the Groene Hart tunnel in the Netherlands was handed over. This remarkable 7-kilometre infrastructure, bored under the water table through sand and silt soil, allows 2 trains to pass each other at 300 kph.
2006: Bouygues SA opened its new headquarters, and HQE building at 32 avenue Hoche in Paris. In Cyprus, Bouygues Construction won a public-private partnership contract to reconstruct Larnaka and Paphos airports, with a 25-year concession contract. In Thailand, the Group was awarded a contract to build the 3 tallest residential towers in Bangkok.
2008: Bouygues Construction won its first public-private partnership contract in Canada, for the construction of the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre in Surrey, British Columbia, along with operation for 30 years. In France, the Group handed over the A41 motorway, linking Annecy and Geneva.
2009: Bouygues Construction won a contract worth €950 million in Qatar, for the construction of the QP District, a vast property development consisting of nine towers. Several projects were completed, including a teaching hospital in Clermont-Ferrand, the Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne, and the Tangiers Med 1 port in Morocco.
2010: Bouygues Construction and the Leadbitter management team acquired a majority stake in the British group, Leadbitter. In Singapore, Bouygues Construction signed a contract to build the Sports Hub, a world record public-private partnership contract for a sports facility. In France, through Arema, Bouygues Construction signed a partnership with the city of Marseille for the reconfiguration and operation of the Stade Vélodrome football stadium for 35 years.
2012: VSL, a Bouygues Construction subsidiary specialising in post-tensioning systems, completed the installation of the cable-stayed segments of the world’s tallest cable-stay bridge. Located at Baluarte, Mexico, the bridge crosses a deep canyon, and at its highest point reaches approximately 403 metres. VSL’s contribution to this exploit has been acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Records.
2014: Alongside Vinci, Bouygues Construction was awarded a contract to construct the Nouvelle Route du Littoral on Reunion Island. The Group handed over 2 flagship projects in Asia: the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Building in Hong Kong and the Sports Hub in Singapore, a temple of sports and leisure.
Bouygues is active in 100 countries with over 127,470 employees.
Date: 10 Oct 2015