DIRECT. Follow the evening of the Top companies in Indre-et-Loire

Good evening and welcome to this live. It is supplied by our journalists on site – Bruno Pille, Cécile Lascève, Julien Pruvost – and edited by Grégoire Cornet.

21 h 02. PRD Dubois wins this second special prize. Christophe Clément, president, can be exultant. “I never knew the 5th grade^e. I still had the ferry between Fouras and the island of Aix. The room is amused. Proof that we can always achieve it! »

The company, founded in 1989 and based in Joué-lès-Tours, has accelerated the corporate social responsibility (CSR) aspect in recent years, by promoting the recycling of floor coverings and the management of paint and glue.

20 h 58. It’s time to find out the winner of the Special Chamber of Trades and Crafts Prize (CMA), which will be awarded by its president, Gérard Bobier. “Our role is to promote successes. Here, we have a panel of business leaders who roll up their sleeves all year round. And they make gems that Touraine is proud of. Buy local and nearby »he enjoined the spectators.

20 h 54. It is attributed to Sedipec. Jonathan Flahaut, co-founder and president, and Pierre-Jean Goupil, co-founder and general manager, are called to collect their trophy.

“This award allows us to propel ourselves into the Central region, where the risk culture is not so present. Our mission is to support disaster victims with protection based on topology and masonry”they explain.

The Touraine company, which operates throughout the country, works in a very specific niche: flood protection. She would like the risk to be better taken into account in a region that thinks it is safe.

20 h 50. First special prize of the evening: that of the Rabelais Foundation. Its president, Stéphane Martinez, is present this evening.

20 h 45. A musical interlude, again by the group JujuBees, is offered before awarding the special prizes.

20 h 40. The Top favorite is won by Gougeon, represented by Alexandre Gougeon, director of his eponymous company. “We have just completed a project on Notre-Dame de Parishe specifies to the applause of the room. It’s a great family adventure, my parents created the company forty years ago. It is a great pride to have this extraordinary profession. »

Better known in the retirement process, Carsat is a partner of the Top Companies for the first time and rewards the campaniste Gougeon for his management of risks at work.

20 h 37. The eighth Top is also new. It’s about the crush. René-Pierre Pignotti, chairman of the Board of Directors of Carsat Centre-Val de Loire, is called on stage at Vinci.

20 h 32. Culinary Values wins this Top inclusion. Michel Lestrez, co-manager, is delighted with this distinction. “Valeurs Culinaires was created by my son ten years ago. I joined it five years ago. With us, the cost represents 80%. Every day we have our chef who cooks with adapted workers, it happened quite naturally. We have prospects for development in relation to people with disabilities. »

A caterer for communities from Fondettes with his company, he allows workers with disabilities to successfully train in the profession of catering cook.

20 h 28. For the first time, Top inclusion will be awarded. It is Olga Romulus, director of external relations at Fiducial, who must give the trophy to the winner.

20 h 23. Alexis De L’Espinaygeneral manager of Artus France, is named manager of the year. The Touraine boss is developing his temp agencies by betting on the value of his employees, whatever the economic situation.

“If we are here thirty-three years after opening, it is also thanks to my father. We are from Tours, we are growing, we are highlighting the territory! Even if we are a little big, we are not a whale but rather a school of fish”declared Alexis De L’Espinay.

20 h 20. Sixth Top, that of manager of the year. Louis D’Herbais, associate lawyer at Orva Avocats, is responsible for rewarding the winner.

20 h 15. Top export is awarded to Creative Seed. Its president Delphine Roth is called on stage at the convention center. “After Covid, we went through a complicated period. We thought about developing exports and carried out additional recruitment. We recruited a Finnish woman and a salesperson who goes all over Europe. We were proud of our first order in the Philippines! »

Initially specializing in candles, the Preuilly-sur-Claise company Graine Créative today produces and distributes nearly 7,000 references and makes export its development objective.

20 h 12. The winner of Top export will be revealed. The trophy will be presented by Lise Clerc-Pescheux, development and transformation director of Caisse d’Epargne Loire-Centre.

20 h 07. Granule wins this fourth Top, to the delight of Charlotte Bernard, manager of the company. “My husband is also part of the adventure! We are structuring a value chain that is geared towards the future. »

Since July 2023, the company born in Chartres has opened a branch in Esvres-sur-Indre under the leadership of Charlotte Bernard. Thanks to it, concrete waste from demolition sites is 100% recycled for the concrete sector.

20 h 03. The Top sustainable and responsible commitment will be awarded by Nicolas Plas, EDF deputy director of commerce Centre-Val de Loire, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin.

19 h 59. It is Invacare-Poirier which wins this Top Innovation. Represented this evening by Kévin Arnoult, head of the Unique brand. “Innovation is no longer a choice, it is a necessity. We have always put people at the heart of innovation. this top is for all of our employees who know why they get up every morning. »

No longer seeing the armchair as the external sign of disability but making it a customizable object: this is what led the manufacturer, based in Fondettes, to create the Unique brand.

19 h 55. The third Top concerns innovation. Olivier Loriot, regional director of Enedis, is present to award it.

19 h 47. It is awarded to WDK Group Partnerspecializing in the sale of toys. Jean-Yves Bourgeais, its president, receives the award. “It’s a collective work. the historic shareholders had to agree to be diluted. They did it and I thank them. »

Since 2023, the company, whose headquarters is in Tauxigny, has opened 100% of its capital to its employees. Among the group’s 265 employees, 130 currently hold shares. A way to perpetuate the business and build loyalty.

19 h 43. Place at the Top recovery and transmission. It is sponsored by Attila, represented by its manager Jean-François Moreau.

19 h 38. SCM Welding Boilermaking wins Top Creation. Anais Novais Andrieux and Julien Bodin, co-managers, go on stage to collect the trophy. “Great emotion this evening. The key to our success is the two of us. Six days after the creation of the company, we had our little girl…”

This Descartes company has quadrupled its growth in just three years. In particular, it manufactures protective meshes for the nuclear power plants of Chinon and Civaux (Vienna), as well as filtration grids for the environment of the oil industry (Andritz).

19 h 35. It’s time to know the first Top, that of creation. Cécilia Lerouvreur, Advenis Tours associate, will present the distinction.

19 h 30. Emmanuelle Pavillon, departmental director of Indre-et-Loire of the NRrecalls the concept of Tops and Trophies which will be awarded to 13 companies. “For several years, I have been telling you that I am delighted to be here, despite Covid, wars, etc. This time, I’m just going to say that I’m delighted to be with you. We’re only going to talk about the economy and never mind what can happen outside! »

19 h 25. « The year 2024 is the last of TV Tours-Val de Loirewhich will now be called Loire Valley TV »announces Émilie Tardif.

19 h 15. Luc Bourrianne, editor-in-chief of the NRenters the scene. “The brand The New Republic has, in recent years, been digitalized. It was necessary for our survival, but it in no way detracts from our line inherited from the Resistance”he underlines, recalling that 170 journalists are mobilized to provide quality information.

19 h 10. Émilie Tardif, deputy director of TV Tours-Val de Loirelaunch this Top Companies! She recalls that this evening has a special flavor, because it has been 80 years since The New Republic delivers local, verified and engaged information.

19 h. JujuBees, a music group, introduces the event as the last guests settle down.

18 h 53. The evening will start in a few minutes.

18 h 40. The Tours convention center is starting to fill up.

18 h 30. To make you experience this exceptional evening, to which 1,400 guests are invited, The New Republic uses appropriate means, with in addition to this live video broadcast of the ceremony. So you won’t miss anything of the event.

In total, eight winners will be rewarded in as many categories: creation; recovery and transmission; innovation ; sustainable and responsible commitment; export ; manager of the year; inclusion; crush.

Then, five special prizes will be awarded by the Rabelais Foundation, the Chamber of Trades and Crafts, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tours Métropole Val de Loire and Dev’up.

Finally, at the end of the evening, the public will vote live to designate the “Top of the Tops” of the year.