Montreal's BPR buys France's Saunier

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Montreal's BPR buys France's Saunier

Engineering firm boosts international presence

 

The Gazette

Published: 9 hours ago

 

Montreal's BPR engineering group is boosting its international presence with the acquisition of France's Saunier & Associés, a Paris-based firm specializing in energy and environmental work and building design.

 

The merged company will have annual revenue of about $250 million and a staff of 2,400 in North America, Europe, South Africa and the Caribbean, chief executive Pierre Lavallée said yesterday.

 

"This deal opens up the French and European markets to BPR and allows Saunier to market its specialized engineering services in Quebec, across Canada and in the U.S.," he added.

 

BPR, which began 47 years ago in Quebec City with three engineers, grew steadily into a design, engineering, procurement and construction management firm. It moved its headquarters and main operations to Montreal in 2000, while retaining its offices in Quebec City and the Saguenay and taking on projects in Ontario and the U.S.

 

Lavallée said BPR's focus is on heavy industry, mining, metals and petrochemicals, water, waste management, roads, bridges and other infrastructure, hydro and nuclear energy, and office buildings.

 

"We're involved in the upgrading of Petro-Canada's Montreal refinery and Ultramar Canada's Quebec City refinery to produce the new low-sulphur diesel fuels," he said. "One of our strengths is instrumentation for industry."

 

Saunier will add specialized skills in the energy and environmental sectors, such as the transfer of heat generated from waste processing to serve buildings, and other technologies for industry and municipal infrastructure. It has 19 offices across France.

 

"We got to know each other when we were working on a massive waste water management upgrade in Paris," Lavallée said. "We were responsible for the design and were strangers in France. Now Saunier's technologies, experience and consulting skills can be applied here ... we'll both benefit from the synergies stemming from our alliance."

 

CEO Bernard Saunier said the merger will provide Saunier with access to new markets and new opportunities for its engineers and technicians.

 

"The alliance comes just at the right moment and it will help us accelerate our development, especially in energy."

[Malek]

Excellente nouvelle, vous croyez que l'accord sur la mobilité de la main d'oeuvre y est pour quelque chose? ( les ingénieurs pourront travailler au Québec ou en France sans tracas).

[Habsfan]

Excellente nouvelle, vous croyez que l'accord sur la mobilité de la main d'oeuvre y est pour quelque chose? ( les ingénieurs pourront travailler au Québec ou en France sans tracas).

 

C'est officiel que ça rend leurs vies beaucoup plus facile!