LACROIX

#SeasonsGreetings | This year, we embraced opportunities and laid the foundation for a brighter, impactful future. But behind every milestone, every success, are the people who make it all possible, so here are two important thanks we want to extend : 👉 To our teams, for your commitment and the great work you have achieved this year. 👉To our partners, clients and stakeholders, for your trust and collaboration. As the holiday season approaches, we wish you all precious moments of sharing, and well-deserved rest. Now, let’s look forward to 2025 with renewed energy, ambition and inspiration, ready to continue shaping the industry of tomorrow together. Happy Holidays to all! 🎄 

#SeasonsGreeting | The magic of Christmas arrives at LACROIX !🎁 This year, our international teams had the opportunity to gather around warm, friendly moments to celebrate the end-of-year festivities.   Here are just a few examples: 🌍France: Christmas snacks in Saint-Herblain and Vern-sur-Seiche, as well as a Christmas dinner in Les Chères and Cesson-Sévigné. 🌍Germany: Our teams participated in World Christmas Sweater Day. 🌍Italy: A festive Christmas dinner organized by our collaborators. 🌍Poland: The animation group organized a Santa party for employees' children. 🌍Spain: Our collaborators also got together for a Christmas dinner.   Thank you to all our employees for their commitment and creativity in inviting the spirit of the festive season into the heart of LACROIX sites !

#Mobility | We are pleased to announce that we are today entering into exclusive negotiations with Austrian group Swarco, a world leader in mobility solutions, for the sale of LACROIX City-Mobility segment.   This milestone marks a significant step forward in our strategy. It also reflects our commitment to building a promising future for all our stakeholders including City-Mobility, widely recognized in Europe for its equipment and solutions offering intelligent mobility.   The current discussions do not prejudge their outcome, but the aim is to close the deal in the first quarter of 2025. In the meantime, we remain fully focused on the quality and service that define us.   🔗Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/eaMcMG-9

#Award | Pour la 5ème année consécutive, LACROIX compte parmi les 200 ETI du classement #ChoiseulConquérants 2024 !🏆   Le classement Conquérants de l'Institut Choiseul met à l'honneur les entreprises qui contribuent activement au dynamisme de l'économie française. 🚀   Cette année, nous sommes nommé dans la catégorie "Fers de lance de l'autonomie stratégique", parmi les entreprises qui contribuent à dynamiser un bassin d'emploi, à valoriser et transmettre des compétences singulières, mais aussi à sanctuariser, ou réactiver, la capacité industrielle du pays.   Une belle récompense qui met en lumière notre travail pour relever le défi de la réindustrialisation avec un modèle industriel plus sobre et durable afin de contribuer à la transition écologique tout en renforçant notre compétitivité.   Nous sommes fiers de cette distinction qui témoigne de notre volonté de faire progresser l’industrie française de manière responsable et innovante !   🔗Pour retrouver l'intégralité du classement 2024 : https://lnkd.in/e86C4jpn

#EllesBougent | La semaine dernière, nos collaboratrices ont inspiré des collégiennes et lycéennes avec "Elles bougent pour l’orientation" L’objectif ? Leur faire découvrir la richesse des métiers techniques, scientifiques et d’ingénierie à un moment clé de leur parcours. Nos marraines ont présenté leur expérience et leurs motivations : ➡️ Sophie CARAYOL, R&D Software Architect, au lycée Thépot à Quimper ➡️ Camille Cleret, Computer vision & Embedded systems Engineer, au lycée Saint Vincent à Rennes ➡️ kholoud abdelmonem, Junior R&D engineer, au collège la Tour d’Auvergne à Rennes ➡️ Rachelle Taochy, IT Skill Center Manager, au lycée Camille Claudel à Blain Ces échanges mettent en lumière des représentations féminines et montrent que ces métiers sont ouverts à tous. Merci à nos collaboratrices pour leur engagement, en espérant avoir suscité des vocations pour les carrières industrielles et technologiques ! LACROIX - Impulse

#LACROIXWorldWide | To meet growing demand in our domestic and international markets, we are developing an extensive industrial and logistics infrastructure🌍 We develop our activities Electronics and Environment locally in our 3 largest or highest-potential markets : 📍France 930 employees spread over 5 different sites with 3 R&D centers including our design center Impulse, 3 production sites including one with 5 SMT lines and our headquarters for the activities Electronics and Environment. 📍Germany (DACH) 240 employees based in Willich (NW) with a production site comprising 2 SMT lines for the activity Electronics and Cologne (NW) with a design center and a production site for the activity Environment. 📍North America 1300 employees based in Grand Rapids (USA) with a production site comprising 3 SMT lines and Juarez (MX) with a production site comprising 15 SMT lines for the activity Electronics.   Thanks to our locations, we have the capacity and flexibility to address our various markets and be close to our customers. Our determination to be a leader in these strategic markets, we reaffirms its commitment to offering useful and sober equipment and solutions, to contribute to a more responsible future. 🔗To know more, read our article : https://lnkd.in/eNUn6gXe

#TradeFair | Over the past few months, we participated in several trade fairs to engage with our markets, showcase our latest innovations and strengthen our connections with industry leaders! From our Road show tour across France to Electronica in Germany, our teams had the opportunity to meet our customers to present our industrial expertise and new solutions for water and energy networks. It was great to meet our LACROIX - Electronics and LACROIX - Environment ecosystems to maintain relations and continue the promising expansion of our activities in our domestic and international markets. Congratulations to our teams for their hard work and dedication at all these events 👏 Stay tuned for upcoming events!

#WhoRunTheTech | 1 femme sur 2 quitte la tech avant l'âge de 35 ans*. Comment renforcer l’attractivité et surtout retenir les talents féminins du secteur ? Pour répondre à ce défi, ESTIMnumérique a organisé la 2ème édition de Who Run the Tech à Rennes : un événement à la fois inspirant et nécessaire. Élodie CORBEL, Laurie-Anne Sanchez, Tolga DAĞTEKİN et Françoise S. Djeumen ont assisté aux conférences et ateliers animés exclusivement par des expertes qui façonnent la tech. Cet évènement 100% Tech, 100% Expertes permet de :   ➡️ S’inspirer des dernières tendances numériques  ➡️ Soutenir les carrières des femmes dans la tech ➡️ Développer son réseau professionnel  ➡️ Rompre l’isolement dans un secteur majoritairement masculin La féminisation de la Tech est un enjeu collectif où chaque initiative compte pour encourager la mixité, soutenir la montée en compétences et valoriser l’expertise féminine. *Source : Rapport - La Femme Invisible dans le numérique : le cercle vicieux du sexisme, Haut Conseil à l’égalité entre les Femmes et les Hommes, novembre 2023

#Certification | For the second year in a row, LACROIX received the silver medal from EcoVadis and joins the TOP 11 of the companies rated in 2024. 🥈 With a global rating of 69/100 in 2024, we improved our result by 14% compared to previous years (61/100 in 2023 and 53/100 in 2022). Thanks to our actions implemented on CSR topics, we increased our ratings on all the indicators taken into account by EcoVadis: - Environment - Labor and Human rights - Ethics - Sustainable procurements This certification is a great reward for the Group and confirms that we are on track to achieve our positive impact objectives. Congratulations to our teams for their dedication and commitment to our environmental approach in the service of simple, sustainable, and safer environments. 👏 Let's continue on this path together to contribute to useful and sober technology!

#BusinessStory | Through its activity Environment, LACROIX continues to grow thanks to a strategy focused on innovation and positive-impact solutions: ➡️ +10% average annual growth for the activity Environment since 2021 (including Smart Lighting segment) ➡️ +13.6% in the first 9 months of 2024 Driven by a context of cost and energy savings, but also by technological and regulatory transformations, particularly in Europe, the water and energy markets are expanding and offering new opportunities for market players. In order to respond to the new specificities of these markets, our R&D teams are continuously optimizing our range of products and solutions thanks to our business expertise and technological synergies in our teams: Some examples: • SOFREL S4W and S4TH remote terminal units for water and heating networks (50,000 units installed in France) • SOFREL LogUp data logger for water networks (+200,000 data loggers sold worldwide) • The new generation “series5X” for smart grids • The new Tegis Lite offer for smart lighting Continuous improvement allows us to always provide the best solutions for our customers, while getting closer to our goal: 🎯 Reach 80% of revenue from positive-impact products by 2030 (compared to 61% in 2022) 🔗 To find out more: https://bit.ly/3V4f7ef LACROIX - Environment