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    France: Market overview

    2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Will a calmer macro-economic environment enable France to return to more robust growth? Confidence within France is still severely shaken. There are worries about the rise in unemployment, which is forecast at 11% of the active workforce this year, stronger fiscal pressures and the government’s inability to get a grip. ...

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    France: Between fear and optimism

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    With firms caught between hope and uncertainty, what 2013 holds for the French marine market remains unclear. Though life in the financial sector may be less turbulent for now and the Euro’s fate perhaps not quite so perilous, worries remain. The fundamental feeling is that the crisis is not yet ...

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    Headline Financials: Groupe Beneteau - Updated!

    2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

    On 7 November, Bénéteau released earnings results for the 2012 financial year ending August 31, 2012, reporting that sales in the Boat division were down -12.3 % to €609.1 million from €694.7 a year earlier, while operating income declined 108% to -€4.3 million from €54.4 million in 2011. Bénéteau’s Boat ...

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    Financial Headlines: Vidal Diffusion Marine

    2012-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Vidal Diffusion Marine (VDM), a subsidiary of holding group Alliance Marine, was the successful bidder for parts of the Navimo Group, Navimo Distribution and Plastimo Marine groups. Based in Toulon, France and founded in 1987, VDM distributes technical marine products and materials including brands such as Teleflex, Morse, Sierra, Cristec, ...

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    Headline Financials: The Navimo Group

    2012-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Navimo Gets a New Lifeline One of Europe’s largest marine equipment manufacturers and distributors, the Navimo Group, got a new lifeline on 14 September 2012 when a French Commercial Court validated takeover of the company by Vidal Diffusion Marine (VDM), member of the Alliance Marine Group based in Toulon, France. ...

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    France's Marine Market

    2012-03-01T00:00:00Z

    As 2011 drew to a close, the French boating industry braced itself for another year of ‘unknowns’ Amid a backdrop of economic and political uncertainty, the French boating market entered 2012 with some degree of trepidation. In January, Standard & Poor’s stripped the country of its triple-A credit rating, triggering ...

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    Company Intelligence Report: Poncin Yachts

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Poncin Yachts is a publicly traded boatbuilding group (PONY.PA) producing Catana sailing catamarans and White Shark centre console powerboats − both positioned as low-volume, high-end brands. The Poncin family is the majority owner of the group which includes two production yards at Canet en Roussillon and Marans, and a ...

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    Company Intelligence Report: Nanni Industries

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Nanni Diesel is a leading producer and distributor of marinised engines ranging from 10hp - 1,550hp for recreational and commercial/workboats. Estimated to be the third largest supplier of diesel engine units behind Volvo Penta and Yanmar (in its power bracket), the company also offers its own range of onboard ...

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    Economic Snapshot - France Jan 2011

    2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

    New Economic Snapshots Summarise Key Economic Drivers for Boating Markets As the industry progresses through the critical winter shows in Paris, London and Dusseldorf, IBI Plus unveils its new Country Economic Snapshots, presenting a concise and up-to-date summary of key economic, political, and business developments in the main markets of ...

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    Company Intelligence Report: Navimo Group

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    IBIPlus will be adding to and updating an annual list of more than 100 leading marine companies year-round with the most recent financial information including: Corporate news alerts Merger and Acquisition news Standardised Financial Snapshots Financial Snapshots include a brief overview of the company’s activities, ownership, subsidiaries, ...