Framatome
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| legal form | Société Anonyme (France) |
| founding | 1958 |
| Seat |
Courbevoie France
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| management | Bernard Fontana (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 14,000 (as of end of December 2017) |
| sales | EUR 3,101 million (2016) |
| Branch | Nuclear technology |
| Website | www.framatome.com |
Framatome (formerly Areva NP ) is the power plant division of the former Areva group. The company's headquarters are located in the La Défense business district on the territory of the Courbevoie municipality , a suburb of Paris .
Framatome offers comprehensive solutions for the development, construction and maintenance of nuclear power plants . The range of services includes the design and manufacture of components, the development and manufacture of nuclear fuels and fuel elements as well as a broad portfolio of services for reactors. Framatome employs around 14,000 people and has been a subsidiary of the EDF Group since 2018 .
background
The original Framatome (for Franco-Américaine de Constructions Atomiques ) was founded in 1958 by Schneider , Merlin Gerin and Westinghouse to build pressurized water reactors for the French nuclear program under license from Westinghouse. In 2001, Framatome and Cogema , which are predominantly owned by the French state, were merged under the company name Areva .
Also in 2001 was the merger of Siemens Nuclear Power (SNP), the nuclear division of Siemens and Framatome, the nuclear engineering company Framatome ANP ( A dvanced N uclear P ower founded), headquartered in Paris. Siemens held a 34% stake in the joint venture. Framatome ANP GmbH was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Framatome ANP from the company parts of SNP located in Germany . The renaming of Framatome ANP to Areva NP on March 1, 2006 was intended to clarify the integration into the Areva Group; On April 1, 2006, Framatome ANP GmbH also changed its company name to Areva NP GmbH (now known as Framatome GmbH ). On January 26, 2009, the Managing Board of Siemens announced the intended exit from the joint venture. This exit took place in March 2011 after the Fukushima nuclear accidents . On March 18, 2011, Siemens sold its stake in Areva NP for EUR 1.62 billion to its parent company Areva.
In June 2015, the French state decided to reorganize the nuclear sector in France. This includes, among other things, the decision to split the previous Areva Group into two companies, temporarily referred to as "Areva NewCo" (New Company) and "New NP". Areva Newco has been trading as Orano since January 2018 ; Areva NP was sold to EDF and has been trading under the Framatome name again since then. On December 22, 2017, Areva and EDF announced that EDF would acquire 75.5% of Areva NP from Areva on January 1, 2018 at a valuation of EUR 2.47 billion; at the same time Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Assystem acquired 19.5% and 5% of the capital, respectively.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Document de référence 2016 Areva SA , page 80 (French, pdf)
- ↑ www.welt.de: Siemens leaves the French nuclear company. , accessed May 30, 2011
- ↑ de.areva.com: Reorganization of the nuclear sector in France: AREVA in transition ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 24, 2017
- ↑ Press release EDF and Areva of December 22, 2017 (English)
