OBITUARY: Jean-Paul Bechat, the industrialist who steered the Safran merger
The announced merger of state-controlled French engine maker Snecma and privately-owned defence electronics group Sagem 10 years ago may have been greeted by scepticism by analysts and been more about Gallic industrial machismo than smart business. After all, Safran, the seemingly unweildy conglomerate it created, made everything from photocopiers to ...
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