Investments

Founded in 1996, Welcome Real-Time is a provider of payment software products that help banks combat commoditization and develop deeper cardholder and merchant relationships by using the EMV (Europay-Mastercard-Visa : standards established to ensure technical inter-operability and security of cards system) platform to create a richer and more memorable payment experience for customers.

The Trecobat Group is a leader in the business of construction of wooden houses and the major regional player in the Brittany. With a turnover of €105m in 2006 and more than 1,000 homes sold during the year, the Trecobat Group is experiencing significant annual growth since 1996.

KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik manufactures and markets storage and transport solutions, particularly folding containers for large volumes and plastic palettes. Based in Bous, near Saarbruecken, the company employs 60 people in 2006. Its main customers are automotive and parts manufacturers.

The Champeau Group is the leading French manufacturer of wood roof truss systems used mainly in the construction of residential houses. Based in Limoges, the Champeau Group had 460 employees and 12 production sites in France in 2006.

Founded in 1964 by the Pirou family, Piriou is specialized in the engineering, construction and repairment of middle-size ships. Thanks to high-performance engineering (studies, procurement, logistics), combined with industrial sites located worldwide, the group provides its customers with personalised global solutions, from ship design to construction, up to the maintenance in operational conditions during the ship's operation.
Piriou has become a highly internationalized group: it is currently present in France, Poland, Nigeria and Vietnam where the group's three businesses are carried out.

Skyrock was founded in 1985 by Pierre Bellanger, its current chairman, and is the leading expression platform for the new generation of 13-24 year olds through its radio station and a website dedicated to blogs.