MARAIS

MARAIS or Groupe Marais, founded in 1962 in France, is a manufacturer of trenchers. The head office and workshop buildings have been located in Durtal since 2001.
At present, MARAIS line includes mainly wheel trenchers, chain trenchers, and micro trenchers.
History
Created in 1962, Mr. Marais, a contractor located in the Sarthe French department, obtained a patent for a cutting wheel designed for : that is the beginning of the MARAIS wheel.
In 1974, the administration of Postes et Télécommunications chose to bury 40,000 km of networks. The company invented the lateral translation of the wheel and the laying box to facilitate work on the verge of the road.
Between 1974 and 1993, forty trenchers were built and leased to civil engineering companies to bury cables and Telecommunications networks, electricity, gas, water...
In 1995, the company investigated new markets abroad : Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Colombia, Mexico, United States, Canada, which will soon represent 30% of its turnover.
2000, MARAIS with its policy of constant innovation developed a micro-trencher named CLEANFAST
2001, the company developed a new activity in the managements of the telecommunications projects and the turnkeys projects.
2005, Marais company established its first subsidiary in Morocco "Marais Morocco".
2008, the innovation policy of the company is to develop new and innovative machines in the field of micro trenching with the Side Cut for the FTTx market.
2009, creation of a joint venture Marais-Lucas Technologies in Sydney (Australia).
2009, acquisition of the Marais company by Qualium Inverstissement (Caisse des dépôts et consignations) and Ouest Croissance (Groupe Banque Populaire -People's Bank-), and Etienne Dugas succeeds to Daniel Rivard as the presidency of the Marais Group.
2010, Marais is established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Group Marais
MARAIS or Groupe Marais manufactures trenchers for both rural and urban areas. The Marais Group is constitued of 6 entities :
* Marais Contracting Services ;
* Marais Participation ;
* Marais Trenching (South Africa);
* Marais-Lucas Technologie (Australia);
* Marais Tunisia (Tunisia);
* Marais Algéria (Algeria);

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