Group and subsidiaries news

16 June 2003 : Contec, MagChem, PSA, BabbCo-Sherwin and Socomore which are founding members of the new alliance Aerochemicals organize a technical day on Monday 16 June 2003.
Aerochemicals' members will explain origin of this alliance, its objectives and organization.
During the afternoon, 14 work groups of 30 minutes each, will enable customers to share information on their needs, requirements, goals. (invitational meeting)

January 2003 - 7 d'Armor sales training 7 d'Armor offers long term contracts which include an initial training period of 9 months: sales training + fieldwork. This new training course is given by 7 d'Armor, under the aegis of the professional chemistry organisation (UIC Ouest Atlantique).

September 2002 : Clean3 Bio System was chosen to be part of the French delegation to South Africa led by the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac . This official accreditation to the Johannesburg Earth Summit is international recognition of the usefulness of our ecological concept for replacing solvents.

June 2002 : Socomore, with a dozen other international suppliers, creates Aerochemicals, an alliance of independent suppliers to the aeronautical industry : they offer an original, credible and coherent alternative on the market of chemical products and surface treatments.

4 December 2001 : Clean3 obtains 1st PRIZE "Environnement Entreprises", category ECO-PRODUCT at the Pollutec trade fair. Clean3 is a biological degreasing fountain with neither solvent nor VOC, for maintenance cleaning, it respects both the user and the environment, and is in conformity with ISO 14 001 norms (permanent recycling).

December 2001 : Trophy for economical and clean technologies Airbus is awarded the 2nd prize for large companies with Socomore, for its fight against VOCs.

March 2001 : Socomore concludes a licensing agreement with Brazilian MIRACEMA for the products in its aeronautical range in South America.

17 October 2000 : Socomore wins the "Trophy for Economical and Environmentally Friendly Technologies" at the Pollutec trade fair thanks to its Contec range This prize, awarded by ADEME, the Ministry of the Environment and the DRIRE, was received on 17 October, at the Pollutec trade fair in Lyon.

Sept 2000 : Socomore wins the market for plane de-icers for Aéroports de Paris (ADP) This market concerns 2 products : - type I : KILFROST DF+ :it respects international standards but is less polluting - type II : KILFROST ABCII + : its "hold over time" is superior to that of other products on the market. This market represents approximately 700 000 litres of product per annum. Socomore is the exclusive distributor of Kilfrost Limited for France. Kilfrost is one of the world leaders in this very specialised type of product. This partnership illustrates Socomore's strategy : to work in collaboration with highly specialised companies.

Sept 2000 : Product : BIB'UP : the first aerosol lubricant for fitting and removing tyres : fast, clean, economic ! BIB'UP is a lubricant to facilitate fitting-removing tyres for cars, vans and motorbikes. This new lubricant is in aerosol form. This innovative packaging guarantees important advantages for user. www.bibup.com