Groupe AURA - Soirée exceptionnelle au coeur de POMA, leader mondial du transport par câble

Hello everyone,

We're delighted to invite you to an exceptional ESCP Alumni AURA evening on Thursday March 20, starting at 5:30pm, featuring an emblematic group from the AURA region, well known to mountain and snow enthusiasts: the POMA Group! The evening will take place at one of the POMA Group's main manufacturing sites, in Les Avenières Veyrins Thuellin (in Isère, less than 1 hour from Lyon).

Thanks to its Chairman, Fabien Felli, its Managing Director, Cécilia Tejedor, and the President of the subsidiary that manufactures Sigma Cabins, Wissam El Moukahal, you'll get an insider's look at the leader in all facets of Cable Transport.

Founded in 1936, the POMA Group (now part of an Italian family-owned group, world leader in Cable Transport) today has consolidated sales of over 500 million euros, 70% of which are exported, nearly 1,600 employees worldwide, including 860 in the AURA region, a presence in 90 countries with over 8,000 installations worldwide, 6.5 million passengers transported per hour, 5 sites in the AURA region where all POMA cable cars and gondolas are manufactured. Above all, POMA stands for mobility with low environmental impact!

The course of your evening:

• Guests welcome from 5:30 pm
• Speeches begin at 6:00 pm
• Fabien, Cécilia & Wissam's respective careers: their backgrounds, their trademarks and a few anecdotes.
• Presentation of POMA and its subsidiaries:
  • Showing of films about POMA
  • Cable transportation: what is it, why use it and what are its advantages?
  • The history of the POMA Group from its creation to the present day
  • Key figures for the POMA Group (sales, workforce, country presence, number of installations worldwide, number of passengers transported, etc.)
  • The different activities (mountain, urban, special projects, tourism & leisure, materials handling, wind power, etc.)
  • Major challenges today and in the years ahead: focus on diversification, growth drivers, etc.
  • POMA's flagship projects, recent or in progress (Jandri, St Gervais, Les Arcs, Ajaccio, Madagascar, etc.)
  • Regulatory context (certifications, safety, authorities and approvals)
  • How is Poma different from other players? Focus on "Made in France", the POMA ecosystem, POMA innovation, technical know-how and studies, customer intimacy, etc.
• Q&A with guests
• Visit to the Sigma Cabins site (A to Z manufacture of cable car cabins and gondolas), with models not yet deployed and cult models at 8:00 p.m.
• Non-alcoholic cocktail reception & networking from 8.45pm
• End of the evening at 10:00 pm

We look forward to seeing many of you,