Places: France/Famous French Industries/companies.

Listing and sourcing companies established or created in France- to give a view of their heritage, trade and business in both the past and modern day. I will later go on to blog further details and research about specific companies that have played real significance on particular markets and industries as a potential branding/advertising path for the 'What is Good' print aspect of this project.

The companies highlighted in bold are the ones which I am going to research further at a later stage this week.

Sourced from the 'List of companies from France' page from Wikipedia...because I live dangerously...

A-B

* A Novo

* Aaton

* Accor

* ACMAT

* Affine (Société)

* Afone

* AGF

* Airbus

* Air France- KLM

* Air France

* Air Liquide

* Aixam

* Alcatel- Lucent

* Ales Groupe

* Alstom

* Altran

* Andros (Bonne Maman jam, etc.)

* Antefilms Production

* Areva

* Arianespace

* Arkane Studios

* AT Internet

* Atisreal

* Atlas Telecom

* Atos Origin

* Auchan

* AXA

* Baccarat

* BIC

* Babolat

* BNP Paribas

* BNP Paribas Hong Kong

* Bolloré

* Bouygues

* Bouygues Télécom

* Brittany Ferries

* Bugatti (registered office located in France but now owned by Volkswagen in Germany)

* Bull

* Buzzinbees

C-D

* Canal+
* Capgemini
* Carrefour
* Cartier SA
* Casino Guichard
* Ceca speciality chemicals
* Chantelle
* Christian Dior
* CMA CGM
* Crédit Agricole* Calyon

* CLSA

* Crédit Lyonnais

* Crédit Foncier de France

* Danone

* Dassult Group

* Dassault Aviation

* Dassault Systemes

* DCNS

* Dexia (Franco-Belgian)

* Diptyque

E-K

* EADS

* EADS Austrium

* EADS Austrium Space Transportation

* Éditions Philippe Amaury

* Amaury Sport Organisation

* Électricité de France (EDF)

* Essilor

* Eurotunnel

* France Télécom

* Orange

* Galeries Lafayette

* Gameloft

* Gandi SAS

* Gaumont

* Havas

* Hermès

* Hutchinson SNC

* HSBC SA, part of HSBC

* Iliad

* Free

* Infogrames

* JCDecaux

* Jean-Paul Gaultier

* JFPI Corporation

* Keolis

L-Q

* Lacoste

* Lactalis

* La Poste

* Lafarge

* Lafuma

* Oxbow

* Lagardère Group

* Hachette

* Hachette Filipacchi  Media

* Hachette Livre

* Le Zèbre

* LOOK

* L'Oréal

* Lancôme

* LVMH - luxury goods group, owners principally of Louis Vuitton, Moët et Chandon, and Hennessy

* Mandriva

* Medimix International

* MC2 France

* Michelin

* Montagut

* Nicolas

* Nicox

* NYCO

* Parrot SA

* Pathé

* Pentalog

* Pernod Ricard

* Pierre Fabre Group

* PPR

* PSA Peugeot Citroën, with brands:Citroën Peugeot

* Publicis

* Quantic Dream

R-S

* RATP

* Renault

* Rexel

* Rhodia

* SAFRAN

* Snecma

* Saint-Gobain

* Salomon Group

* Mavic

* Sanofi-Aventis - merger of Sanofi-Synthélabo and Aventis in 2004

* Schlumberger Limited - incorporated in the Netherlands Antilles

* Schneider Electric

* SFR

* SNCF

* SNCM

* Société Générale

* Boursorama

* SG Cowen

* Sodexo

* Sogeti

* Sopra Group

* STMicroelectronics

* Suez

T-Z

* Technip

* TF1 Group

* TGV

* Thales Group

* Theam

* Thomson

* Total

* Ubisoft

* Valtech

* Venturi Automobiles

* Veolia Environnement

* Victor Korbel

* VINCI

* Vivendi

* Yoplait

FORMER COMPANIES

Companies that merged and were renamed or companies that have disappeared:

* Aéropostale

* Aérospatiale-Matra

* Aventis - merged to become Sanofi-Aventis

* Banque de l'Indochine - now part of Crédit Agricole

* Company of One Hundred Associates

* Crédit Commercial de France, now HSBC SA part of HSBC Holdings plc

* Elf Aquitaine - now part of Total

* Genset - now part of Serono

* Index+ now part of MC2 France

* Matra, now part of Lagardere

* Matra Marconi Space, now EADS Astrium

* Microïds, now part of MC2 France

* Rhône-Poulenc - Chemical and Pharmaceutical company, merged with Hoechst AG to form Aventis.

* SAGEM - Merged with SNECMA to become SAFRAN

* Sanofi - Pharmaceutical company, merged with Synthélabo.

* Sanofi-Synthélabo - Pharmaceutical company, merged with Aventis.

* Synthélabo - Pharmaceutical company, merged with Sanofi.

* SNECMA Moteurs

* Thomson-CSF, now part of Thales

* Vivendi - split into the present Vivendi (formerly Vivendi Universal) and Veolia Environnement

* Wanadoo Edition, now part of MC2 France

* Waterman, now part of American company Newell Rubbermaid