<p style="margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left; clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In 1991, Gilles Dutoit sets up TECHNEAU Company specializing in the design and marketing of water treatment and water pumping equipment.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Its activity will then extend to floor drain equipment.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The fast-growing company sets up an export department in 1996. To meet its new needs, commercial subsidiaries are set up:</p>
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<li style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">TECHNEAU CZ, Czech Republic in 2000,</li>
<li style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">TECHNEAU PL, Poland in 2002,</li>
<li style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">TECHNEAU ES, Spain in 2008.</li>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In 1998, Gilles DUTOIT founds PLASTEAU, a company focused on polyethylene rotational moulding. Initially geared to the production of tanks to be incorporated in the TECHNEAU products, Plateau rapidly develops its own product range for rainwater collection and reclamation.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">CHAUDREAU was created in 2001 to meet the need for the production of steel tanks, hydraulic equipment and floor drain equipment.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In 1999 TECHNEAU is certified to ISO 9001, in 2003 to NF EN ISO9001 : 2000, and then obtains the CE Marking.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Turnover will continue to grow. In 2000, it was € 10.3 million, in 2013 it will be € 21.2 million, 15 % of which is exported.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Now it is a competence center representing 165 employees in three companies working in synergy, TECHNEAU, PLASTEAU, CHAUDREAU on an 8 hectares site including 10 000 m2 of offices and workshops .</p>
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