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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only.
Context is provided by the broader communications and
media timeline on this site.
1952 Francis Bouygues founds Entreprise Francis Bouygues
1956 launches upmarket property development arm with Société
Technique Immobilière (STIM)
1959 establishes subsidiary for industrial concrete precasting
1959 restructures group as Entreprise Francis Bouygues
(or EFB)
1963 founds property development financier Union Immobilière
d’Investissement et de Participation (UNIVEST)
1965 expands into civil engineering (eg acquisition of
Quille) and public works activities
1970 Bouygues floated on Paris stock exchange, family
retains 26% stake
1970 buys Groupement Français de Construction (GFC)
1972 launches international operations with Tehran olympic
complex
1974 founds Bouygues Offshore, specialising in oil and
gas contracting (transferred to Saipem in 2002)
1978 launches 'Maison Bouygues' catalogue homes arm (sold
in 1990)
1980 fails in bid to take control of offshore engineer
Doris
1981 fails to gain dominant shareholding in Lyonnaise
des Eaux et de l'Eclairage
1982 fails to gain control of Drouot group, second largest
French private insurer
1983 acquires HDR (Henningson, Durham and Richardson)
group in US
1984 acquires Société d’Amenagement
Urbain et Rural (Saur), France's third largest water supply
company
1984 gains control of Amrep
1984 failed takeover bid for Framatome
1984 acquires power transmission and supply specialist
Entreprise de Travaux d’Equipement Electrique (ETDE)
1985 builds stake in leading competitor Spie Batignolles
1985 takes stake in commercial radio station IDF
1985 Bouygues Loisirs and Havas
found Latitudes joint venture
1986 acquires SCREG group (Colas, SCREG Routes and Sacer),
France's leading roadworks contractor
1986 sells Spie Batignolles stake
1986 acquires Dragages and Smac Acieroïd (waterproofing)
1987 becomes main stockholder (25%) and operator of French
television channel TF1 in US$900m privatisation, with
support from Crédit Lyonnais, Indosuez, Société
Générale and Robert Maxwell
1987 acquires flour milling and frozen food group Grands
Moulins de Paris (GMP)
1987 ETDE buys Compagnie du Midi de Siemephone
1987 joins with Lagardère's
Matra, Ericsson and Indosuez in takeover of Compagnie
Générale de Constructions Téléphoniques
(CGCT)
1988 TF1 launches music publishing subsidiary Une Musique
1989 TF1 launches film production and video editing company
TF1 Films Production
1990 Bouygues acquires Losinger, Switzerland's third-ranking
construction group, whose subsidiary VSL is world leader
in post-tensioning
1990 Francis Bouygues founds feature film production company
Ciby 2000
1991 TF1 takes over thematic channel Eurosport
1992 Bouygues sells HDR to MBO
1993 Bouygues acquires South African construction group
Basil Read
1993 establishes national paging network under ERMES standard,
1994 merger of Stim and Batir
1994 Bouygues raises stake in TF1 to 34%
1994 TF1 launches LCI (La Chaîne Info) news channel
1994 Bouygues gains licence to operate France's 3rd mobile
phone network
1995 Bouygues Offshore and Saipem form Saibos joint venture
(turnkey construction and installation of platforms and
subsea pipelines)
1995 TF1 acquires 60% of entertainment producer Glem Productions
1996 TF1 takes 36.6% stake in film production company
Film par Film
1996 launch of TPS (Télévision par Satellite)
in partnership with France Télévision, France
Télécom, CLT, M6 and
Lyonnaise des Eaux
1996 commercial launch of Bouygues Telecom
1996 Colas acquires Scregs
1996 40% of Bouygues Offshore floated on Paris Bourse
and NYSE
1996 Saur merges with Saint-Gobain's Cise
1997 Vincent Bolloré
acquires 12.5% stake in Bouygues, challenging founding
family's control
1998 Bouygues sells Grands Moulins de Paris
1998 Bolloré sells Bouygues stake to François
Pinault for US$210m profit
1998 agreement between SCDM (Martin Bouygues and Olivier
Bouygues) and Artémis
1998 Ciby 2000 ceases film production
1999 reorganization of Saur's capital
1999 Ciby 2000 catalogue sold
1999 creation of Bouygues Construction as spin-off of
construction arm
1999 Bouygues raises stake in Bouygues Telecom
2000 Bouygues increases stake in Colas to 96.5%
2001 TF1 acquires 50% of Série Club
2001 Eurosport becomes wholly owned subsidiary of TF1,
with purchase of Canal + and
Havas interests
2001 TF1 acquires France Telecom and France Television
25% stake in French digital television platform TPS
2002 Bouygues acquires Telecom Italia's stake in Bouygues
Telecom
2002 Bouygues Construction transfers majority ownership
in Bouygues Offshore to Saipem
2002 TF1 acquires Suez 16% stake in TPS
2003 Bouygues acquires E.ON's stake in Bouygues Telecom
2003 TF1 acquires 34.3% stake in Publications Metro France,
publisher of free daily newspaper Metro
2004 TF1 acquires 100% of Histoire, history theme channel
2004 Bouygues sells stake in Saur to PAI partners
2004 Bouygues and TF1 fail to acquire stake in Socpresse
2005 TF1, M6 and Vivendi Universal
announce agreement aimed at bringing together pay-TV operations
of Canal+ group and TPS in France
2006 Bouygues acquires French state's 21% stake in ALSTOM
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