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= Cegelec =

Cegelec is a French engineering company specialised in electrical infrastructure, HVAC, information technology, nuclear energy development, transport infrastructure, robotics and offering both public and private services. Cegelec was officially formed in 1989, and "As of 2014 the company employs around 22,000 people and operates in 30 countries, with major activity in France, Brazil, Indonesia, the Middle East and Africa". It was acquired by VINCI Energies on 14 April 2010, assimilating the collection of Cegelec’s sub-companies, which each specialise in a specific field or geographical region, into VINCI’s corporate system.

Organisation
With VINCI's acquisition of the company from Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment in 2010, Cegelec’s organisation and operation under the Cegelec company title have not changed; VINCI's energy and engineering divisions have assisted Cegelec endeavours but has not actively changed the organisational structure of Cegelec.

Cegelec is split into 15 separate sub-companies, which are all owned by the overarching Cegelec company known as Cegelec Enterprise. After the acquisition, administration and direction of each company were controlled by VINCI Energies, yet each sub-company maintained their original specialisation. The following are all the Cegelec sub-companies listed on Cegelec.com as of 17/April/2020 :


 * Cegelec CEM
 * Specialising in nuclear energy engineering, Cegelec CEM has 240 employees and offers services across the nuclear cycle to nuclear plants throughout France . Some notable customers are Électricité de France (EDF), the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (ANDRA), Areva, and ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) . Cegelec CEM is further subdivided into three business units, each responsible for different stages of the nuclear cycle.
 * CEM Ingénierie:
 * Specialised in preliminary designs and assisting in the creation of new nuclear plants, Ingénierie ensures all designs and plans satisfy nuclear safety codes, are secure, are sustainable and are feasible to construct . Such practices were instrumental in developing modern-day nuclear reactor safety protocols, as seen in their contribution to the 1993 IEEE Conference Record Nuclear Science Symposium.
 * CEM Projets:
 * Primarily focussed on nuclear research projects and waste management, the Projets business unit is called for less conventional nuclear projects, such as that of ITER and their experimental reactor . They provide expertise in reactor pool liners, robotics, high specification tasks and high integrity handling systems.
 * CEM Énergie:
 * This business unit is mostly concerned with post-construction maintenance and refurbishment . They are regularly tasked with renewing EDF’s nuclear power plants, upgrading plants across France to updated nuclear regulations and currently partake in “NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) and associated services” for EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset, England.
 * Cegelec Projets Espace
 * This sub-company is specialised in space projects and works closely with French national agencies such as CNES, with whom they have been contracted “to develop the cryogenic interfaces between the launcher and ground systems” on the Ariane 6 rocket in French Guiana . Like with this project, this branch of Cegelec operates on a contract basis, assisting larger corporations with their engineering experience and maintaining fire solutions for launch and personal protective equipment.
 * Cegelec Défense
 * Cegelec Défense is a sub-company offering personalised security and information security to customers, updating their services regularly via interactions with French Armed Forces, and networks from both within VINCI Group and without . Recently, Cegelec Défense has been contracted by the French Government to maintain a fleet of adaptable Chalands Multi-Missions (CMM), useful in an array of tasks from underwater repair missions, to training duties to pollution management . This subsidiary is further subdivided into four business units, each further specialising in security: Cegelec Défense Solutions & Services, Cegelec Défense Infrastructure & Networks, Cegelec Défense Marine and Cegelec Défense Protection & Security.
 * Cegelec Centre-Est Tertiaire
 * Cegelec Mobility
 * Mobility started as one of the core elements of Cegelec prior to the acquisition by Vinci, specialising in transportation engineering and currently operating under its own brand name of Mobility, while technically classified as Cegelec sub-company . They design, construct, and manage infrastructure of roads, tunnels and railways, both existing and developing. Their work generally involves electrical aspects of transport such as renewal of overheard catenary electrification lines above railways or developing intelligent traffic management systems. Mobility works internationally, having completed projects in France, Luxembourg, Morocco, Algeria and a collection of others . One of their recent contracts include the electrification of the new tram line between Rabat and Salé, Morocco in 2008.
 * Cegelec Netherlands
 * Cegelec Nord Grands Projets
 * Cegelec Perpigna
 * Cegelec Polynésie
 * Cegelec Quimper Infras
 * Cegelec Ancenis Infras
 * Cegelec Belgium
 * Cegelec Shelters Transport Métallerie (STM)
 * Cegelec Tertiaire IDF
 * Cegelec Valenciennes Tertiaire

France:
From the 2010 Cegelec Financial Report, 58.1% of Cegelec’s total sales were made within France, the country which contains the highest diversity of Cegelec’s operations, hosting their nuclear and marine engineering, defence and their largest amount of electrical engineering/transport sub-companies. Cegelec’s international headquarters is in Saint-Denis, just outside of Paris, in which VINCI has its own headquarters, acting as the central hub for Cegelec’s international interactions. One of their recent major contracts in France was the assignment “to design remote handling equipment for France’s proposed underground [nuclear] repository”. This contract is estimated to be valued at €20 million and planned to take approximately four years to complete.

Rest of Europe:
Excluding France, the rest of Europe constituted 26% of annual sales in 2010, with countries closer to France yielding higher revenue. Operations in each nation vary from team to team, with countries like the Netherlands and the Czech Republic having their websites in the local language and conducting business independently of the broader Cegelec brand name.

List of countries in which Cegelec has been involved in Europe (excluding France) since 2010 :


 * Austria
 * Belgium
 * Czech Republic
 * Germany
 * Italy
 * Luxembourg
 * Netherlands
 * Portugal
 * Poland
 * Spain
 * Switzerland

Africa:
Cegelec’s operations in Africa are focused on developing/managing electrical and transport infrastructure, with countries involved generally putting forth highly specific contracts in their requests. Some of their contracts include their 2008 job of managing electrification of the 18km long tram line in Rabat, Morocco, which officials commissioned to connect the inner and outer bounds of the capital city. Two years later, Cameroon's Société Nationale de Raffinage contracted Cegelec to refit and redevelop Cameroon’s only national oil refinery. With the refinery’s last upgrade in the late 1970s, Cegelec was offered €25 million to implement modern pneumatic technology and completely remodel the safety features and protocols of the refinery. This contract lasted 18 months and resulted in Cegelec establishing a larger presence in West Africa and the refinery increasing in efficiency and meeting modern safety standards.

List of countries in which Cegelec has been involved in Africa :


 * Algeria
 * Angola
 * Cameroon
 * Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Gabon
 * Morocco
 * Nigeria

Middle East:
Beginning in the early 2000s, the Middle East’s oil and gas supply entered the world economy, increasing regional GDP by 32% for local countries involved, and employing offshore companies to assist the facilitation of the new supply. Cegelec became involved in this economy via the employment of their engineering and safety system expertise, with one such assignment from the Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Limited. contracting them to “design, supply and install new integrated control systems (ICS) for the gas liquefaction plants of Bab and Adab”. The contract was priced at $72 million USD for a timeframe of 28 months and completed in mid-2007.

List of countries in which Cegelec has been involved in the Middle East :


 * Bahrain
 * United Arab Emirates
 * Oman
 * Qatar

Other Areas of Operation:
List of countries in which Cegelec has been involved in the rest of the world :


 * China
 * Brazil
 * Indonesia
 * Singapore

Scientific Achievements:
As an engineering company, Cegelec has contributed to the global community in the fields of nuclear engineering, electrification logistics, robotics, infrastructure, information systems and safety systems. Developments they have participated in include a variant of a programmable safety protection system (SPS – AC 132-16), which is one of the centerpieces of nuclear reactor safety protocols and controllers. The code base and core components of this system have been integrated into modern nuclear plants, which Cegelec has been contracted to develop, maintain and innovate for clients. They own a collection of patents on energy technology (primarily transistor and energy-loss prevention techniques) that have since been incorporated into current energy sources. Two such patents that pertain to renewable energy include design components for a wave energy converter and a variable speed converter for wind turbines, put forth at the 1997 IEEE Colloquium and implemented later in projects. Cegelec designed and implemented a common DC bus fed inverter into the wave energy power generator known as the OSPREY (Ocean Swell Powered Renewable EnergY) project, a new generation of international, modular wave energy generators; Cegelec’s role in this project was regulating the electrical output of each generator and maximising conversion efficiency. For wind turbines, Cegelec developed a product called Alspa GD4000, a “bi-directional 45 kW power electronic variable speed drive and controller,” used for integrating generators and flywheel systems within wind turbines. Both patents and consequent projects center around electrical energy conversion and provided a foundation for future advances in both wave and wind energy technology, fields which are generally not as profitable for Cegelec as nuclear, coal, and electrical infrastructure work. International, large-scale scientific projects that Cegelec has been invited to work in include the two below: The first is their participation in the ITER fusion program starting in 2016, known as Fusion For Energy (F4E), in which they have been employed to design, produce, operate and maintain remote handling equipment to function within the fusion reactor. According to World Nuclear News, F4E is the “world's largest experimental nuclear fusion facility,” and is at the forefront of the scientific community in this field; Cegelec’s involvement in the first Cask and Plus Remote Handling System (CPRHS) of this size is one of Cegelec’s most globally renowned nuclear projects.

In 2017, they were contracted to by the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to remodel and create cryogenic interfaces operating between Ariane 6 rocket launch systems and the ground systems in French Guiana. The CNES is attempting to horizontally integrate the entire launcher system for the first time in the Ariane space programs history, tasking Latecoere Services (the lead contractor), Air Liquide and Cegelec to allow fueling arms to seamlessly operate within this system.