Cars, cakes, medicines, toys, locks, airplanes, furniture, telephones...the list is endless. Industrial products are everywhere in our daily lives, without us even realizing it.
Over the last century, industry has generated some of the most incredible innovations, and has always played a leading role in the development of new technologies and their dissemination throughout society.
At Les Ponts, we are fortunate to have a large number of comrades active in the various branches of industry, in France, Europe and the rest of the world, as far afield as Asia and America. If you consult our directory, you'll find that some of our comrades work in research, others in production, purchasing and engineering, and still others in marketing and sales of industrial products. Certainly, few sectors of the economy offer such a wide range of opportunities and such exciting and varied careers.
Like the rest of the economy and the world, industry is nevertheless undergoing significant change, and is in the process of adapting to the transformations of our times. Take sustainable development, for example: our sector has realized that it needs to revisit its consumption of resources and energy; it needs to invent new modes of production, undoubtedly closer to the end consumer, and sometimes substituting recycling for total manufacturing. Studies show that customers want products that are more sustainable, yet still affordable, without compromising quality. This new squaring of the circle is a real headache, a real challenge for the industry. It will have to learn to do better, with less. Another upheaval, perhaps the most significant since Fordism, is what is known as Industry 4.0: a set of new ways of organizing the industrial workshop, technologies (3D printing, robotization, sensors, the Internet of Things...) and artificial intelligence enabling customized manufacturing, in smaller series and closer to demand...in any case, that's the ideal goal set by this industrial movement. Thanks to its flexibility and high degree of automation, it's a safe bet that it will help relocate certain industrial activities in France! In 1970, industry accounted for nearly a quarter of our country's GDP. Today, it accounts for just 11%... By way of hope, we can note that the decline has been halted in recent years. This is all the more crucial if we consider the following fact: do you know that one industrial job creates 4.5 indirect or induced jobs in the rest of the economy? Let's hope for a rebound of industry in France very soon!
At Les Ponts, the Industry Club is one of the largest in France, with around 2,675 members. It's a wonderful breeding ground and a remarkable collection of talents and points of view for exchanging ideas and contacts, and helping industry move forward. In addition to our alumni, we hope that the school's students, particularly those in the Industrial Engineering stream, will also be interested in our discussions and events. What would you like to see happen? Here's the list of meetings and conferences we'll be striving to organize on a regular basis (if health conditions give us a break!):
We hope to see many of you at future meetings, and of course welcome your suggestions for enriching the program.
Franck Avedissian (95), Emmanuel Bergerot (95), Ponts Industrie animators
denis.bouteille@ponts.org
tel: 06 74 59 65 17
On June 11, we're delighted to welcome Nicolas Terraz, Head of Exploration and Production at TotalEnergies. We'll be discussing a number of topics with him, including - Total...
- Over the past twenty years, which industrial technologies have proved successful in France and reached their markets?- Which have met with less success? Why or why not?- How...
ENSTA Alumni, in partnership with the Ponts Industrie group, is organizing a major conference on nuclear power with Luc Rémont, PDF EDF, on Thursday December 5, starting at...
Groupe Ponts Ecological Transition conference on November 18, October at 7pm at the Maison des Ponts in face-to-face or distance learning format. on the subject of...
Le groupe professionnel Nucléaire Arts et Métiers, en partenariat avec le groupe Ponts Industrie, vous propose une conférence qui se tiendra le lundi 18 novembre 2024 à la...
The Siemens Digital Experience Center is an experimentation and demonstration laboratory for the industry of the future, located in Saclay and set up in collaboration with CEA...
The Nucléaire Arts et Métiers professional group, in partnership with the Ponts Industrie group, invites you to a conference to be held on Monday September 23 at the Maison...
On September 16 at 7pm, we'll be delighted to welcome Bruno Jacquemin, General Delegate of the Association des Minerais, Minéraux et Métaux, and Maxime Lazard, Deputy General...
On February 26, we're delighted to welcome Benoît d'Iribarne, SVP Manufacturing, Performance & Technology at Saint-Gobain. The topics we'll be discussing with Mr. d'Iribarne...
On December 13, we'll be holding another group meeting, focusing on Airbus and the aeronautics sector in general. On this occasion, we'll be welcoming Julien Puyou, an alumnus of the Ecole...
On October 16, Ponts Industrie will welcome Jean-Baptiste Fayet, Terreal's Managing Director for France. Terreal is a specialist manufacturer of roofing, structural, solar and facade-decoration...
On April 17, we invite Jérôme Christin, VP of R&D for the Air Liquide Group. Ingénieur des Ponts (2001), Jérôme will present Air Liquide's strategy for the next ten years: New products and sectors ...
On February 6, Mr Lionel Prévors, head of the Hydrogen project at the French Ministry of Energy's Directorate General for Energy and Climate, will address our Ponts Industrie group. What is France's...
Meetings, exchanges and visits
Strategy, project management, reverse innovation, industrial policy, entrepreneurship
Dear friends from Ponts Industrie, Over the past two years, you've had the opportunity to attend a number of interesting and varied conferences, led by people with a strong commitment to French...
organized by the Ponts Industrie and Ponts Transition Ecologique trade groups
On January 27, between 7 and 8 p.m., by video conference, we will have the pleasure of welcoming Matthieu Jehl, General Manager of ArcelorMittal France:- What are the Group's main plants in France?...
On December1st, from 7pm to 8:30pm, we'll be delighted to welcome Alexandre Saubot, President of France Industrie, CEO of Haulotte Group and member of the MEDEF Executive Council. Haulotte Group is a...
Over the past few decades, giants with colossal sales and capitalizations have spun their webs all over the world: Google, Ikea, Toyota, Tesla, Huawei, Airbus... They have spread up and down the value...
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(AAENPC/Ponts Alumni Committee deliberation of December 18, 2001)
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