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On 29 March 2018, in Lieusaint, a municipality of the Sénart urban planning project in the Grand Paris Sud suburb of the French capital, Sweden’s ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems – the global leader of automated entrance solutions – inaugurated the new head office of its French division.

Advised by GSE, ASSA ABLOY chose a strategic location in the heart of one of the Paris Region’s fastest growing areas. The location is by no means random: the Swedish global leader was looking for a site with excellent connections to services and providing an outstanding living environment. The new head office, which brings three French entities of the group under one roof, now welcomes 130 employees in an innovative building that stands out both by its method of construction and by the new professional practices it fosters

This will be the 21st consecutive year GSE will take part in the International Week of Transport and Logistics (SITL), held at the Viparis Convention Centre of Villepinte, in Paris, from 20 to 23 March 2018. Logistics is a major part of GSE’s business, alongside projects in real estate for manufacturing, retail, and SME companies.

On Wednesday, 7 March 2018, purchasing and supply cooperative SCAPNOR, an E. LECLERC affiliate, inaugurated its new logistical platform in Bruyères-sur-Oise, about 40 km north of Paris, during an event attended by Michel-Edouard Leclerc, Executive Chairman of E.Leclerc, and Pascal Beaudoin, Chairman of SCAPNOR.

A high-bay building

To rise to the challenge, GSE built a 9,960 m² (107,000 sq. feet) building with 24-metre (258-feet) ceilings, as well as a fully automated warehouse equipped with storage/retrieval cranes and sorting & packaging machines. Covering a total surface area of 26,100 m² (281,000 sq. feet), the new Bruyères-sur-Oise site also has an administrative section: SCAPNOR’s head office.