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Société Franco-Belge

February 15, 2024

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Société Franco-Belge
IndustryRail vehicle manufacturing
PredecessorCompagnie Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Matériels de Chemins de Fer (1862–1881)
Founded1881
SuccessorSociété Anglo-Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins de Fer (1927–64)

Société Franco-Belge a Raismes, later Soferval (1927–82)
since 1982 Alstom subsidiary
Headquarters
Paris 
,
France 
Key people
Charles Evrard
ProductsLocomotives, carriages, wagons

The Société Franco-Belge was a Franco-Belgian engineering firm that specialised in the construction of railway vehicles and their components and accessories. The company originated in 1859 as the Belgian firm Compagnie Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Matériels de Chemins de Fer, founded by Charles Evrard. The company expanded its share capital in 1881 forming a new firm Société Anonyme Franco-Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Matériel de Chemins de Fer and constructed a factory in Raismes (Valenciennes) in the Département Nord in France.

In 1927, the company split into a Belgian (Société Anglo-Franco-Belge, SAFB) and a French company (Société Franco-Belge).

The company's factories were occupied during World War I, during which period it was used as a sawmill, and during World War II, during which period it manufactured Kriegslokomotives. SAFB merged with the Ateliers Germain in 1964; the company closed in 1968 due to lack of work.

The Franco-Belge (based in Raismes) was acquired by Alstom in 1982, as of 2012 the factory Alstom Petite-Forêt, Valenciennes operates as an Alstom subsidiary, specialising in metros, trams, and double deck trains, A test track Centre d'Essais Ferroviaire is located west of the Raismes factory.

History edit

 
Iron cattle wagon, exhibited Paris Exhibition, 1867

In 1859, Charles Evrard acquired Parmentier Freres et Cie. based in La Croyère, (La Louvière, Belgium) and merged it with the Ateliers Charles Evrard (of Brussels, Belgium) to form the Compagnie Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Matériels de Chemins de Fer (1862),[n 1] with a capital of 1 million francs.[1][n 2] Charles Evrard was the company's director. At the Exposition Universelle (1867) in Paris, the company exhibited a locomotive, passenger coaches, an iron goods wagon, and a steam rail crane.[3][4]

In 1881, the plant in Brussels was closed and the factory's equipment was transferred, reducing pollution and other inconveniences caused to the populace of Brussels.[5][n 3]

A new company, the Société Anonyme Franco-Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Matériel de Chemins de Fer, was created in 1881,[n 4] including all the assets of the 'Compagnie Belge' (representing 60% of the share capital); the company was capitalised to 8 million francs, the Banque franco-égyptienne invested in the new enterprise. In 1882 a new factory was established in Raismes in the north of France, allowing the company to circumvent protectionism in the French market; initially the factory at Raismes in France assembled machines using components manufactured across the border in Belgium. All types of railway rolling stock were built by the company.[5][7][9][10] Charles Evrard died in 1896.[11]

In 1911, the company was renamed Société Franco Belge de Matérial de Chemins de Fer.[5] The company manufactured a wide variety of rolling stock (locomotives, carriages, specialised freight wagons) for clients, including the Belgian railways, private French railways, as well as exporting to Spain, Portugal, and other European countries; China, Turkey, and Indochina; as well as to African and South American countries.[5][12]

Up to 1914, the company board was dominated by Belgians; after 1914, the company became majority owned by French interests, mainly from Paris.[10][13] At this time the company had a capacity of around 50 locomotives and over 1,500 carriages and wagons per year; during German occupation during World War I, the plant in Raismes was ordered to carry out repair work, but this was resisted by the plant management - the factory was used under occupation as a sawmill.[14]

Post World War I, the French and Belgian activities were separated into independent companies in 1927 with the Croyere site forming the company "Société Anglo-Franco-Belge" (SAFB or AFB),[n 5] which received English investment and specialised in equipment for metal and wooden fabrications for transportation equipment.[15] The French operations of the company remained as "Franco-Belge".

Société Anglo-Franco-Belge (1927-64) edit

 
'Kriegslok' DRB Class 50 number 2146 built 1943 (2007)

In 1939, SAFB two acquired two metal working factories were absorbed, in Seneffe and Godarville (Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont), both in Hainaut, Belgium.[n 5] During occupation, the company manufactured over 100 locomotives for the Deutsche Reichsbahn, as well as carrying out repair work.[15] The company director Gilbert Bostsarron became involved in the French resistance network, and arranged allied attacks on the factory; his network was discovered by axis forces resulting in his being arrested and shot in 1944.[16]

Post war the company experienced financial problems, in part due to loss of overseas export customers to American companies.[17] In the 1950s, the company manufactured Electro-Motive Diesel engined diesel locomotives for the railways of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB classes 52, 53, 54,[18] and Luxembourg (CFL class 800 and class 1600).[19] The company also supplied the Israel Railways with its first diesel locomotives in 1952 with an EMD-powered Bo'Bo' design.[20]

In 1964, the company merged with the road and rail vehicle manufacturing company S.A. des Ateliers Germain based in Monceau-sur-Sambre to form the Etablissements Germain-Anglo.[17]

By 1967, the new company was on the verge of collapse with an empty order book—the staff were given notice of the closure which instigated a strike and sit-in at the factory. The situation became one of national interest, with the workers receiving support from trade unions across the country; the prime minister, Paul Vanden Boeynants, visited the factory to seek a resolution. On 1 June 1967, the workers returned to work, after several mitigation measures had been instigated, including short term transfer of staff to other rolling stock manufacturing companies, and large orders given to the metal fabrication plant. Despite this, in February 1968, the company Germain-Anglo ceased operation.[21][22]

In 1969, the site of the plant in La Croyère was acquired by developer Société Frabelmar and a hypermarket of 6,000 m2 (65,000 sq ft), plus leisure facilities, was built, and opened in December 1970.[23][n 6]

Société Franco-Belge (1927-81) edit

 
Franco-Belge 040 KDL built 1945 (2007)
 
MARTA CQ310 series

Amongst other production in the 1930s, the Franco-Belge in Raismes manufactured Beyer, Peacock & Company designed 4-6-2+2-6-4 high speed (82 mph (132 km/h) achieved) 'Garratt' locomotives for Algeria,[24] and also carriages for an imperial train built for Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.[25] The association as sub-contractor to Beyer, Peacock & Company continued to the 1950s.[26] Over 80 Indian Railways WG class 2-8-2 locomotives were produced in the early 1950s before production capacity at the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, India, was built up.[27]

During the 1970s, several hundred Corail coaches were built for the SNCF.[28] In the late 1970s, the company won an order for 118 aluminium metro railcars (CQ310 series) for the MARTA subway system in Atlanta, USA.[29]

In 1982, the company, then known as Soferval-franco-belge (Société ferroviaire du Valenciennes), was acquired by Alstom after a period of poor management and financial problems.[30]

Alstom Valenciennes edit

 
MI 09 train (Alstom/Bombardier) for RER (2011)

Under Alstom's ownership, the site at Raismes has been known as Alstom Petite-Forêt, Alstom Valenciennes, or Alstom Valenciennes Petite-Forêt (VPF).

The factory site is adjacent to a rail test track established at the beginning of the 21st century,[31] the Centre d'Essais Ferroviaire, which is 61% owned by Alstom (2012).[32] The test track, completed in 1999, includes 2.75 km suitable for testing at 100 km/h, a loop 1.85 km long for endurance testing at 80 km/h, and an S-shaped loop for testing trains with automatic control system (driverless).[31][33][34] The industrial site at Raismes also houses several other engineering companies.[35]

At the beginning of the 21st century, the plant's future was uncertain; by 2009, the situation had reversed — the factory had contracts for production till 2016, and employed 1350 people. Contracts included metros and trains for RATP and RER (Paris), obtained as part of consortia including Bombardier Transportation. The RER contract was worth €917 million, with a value to Alstom of €640 million. Within the Alstom group, the plant specialised in the design and production of metro trains, trams, and double-decker trains.[36]

In late 2015 the factory was allotted the construction of 90 Bmx driving motor vehicles as part of a €1.3 billion contract awarded to an Alstom/Bombardier consortium for 445 M7 doubledeck passenger vehicles from SNCB.[37]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Often referred to as Compagnie Belge pour la Construction de Matériels de Chemins de Fer
  2. ^ The company received royal assent in 1862, with limited on total issuable capital of 3 million francs (6,000 shares at 500 francs), the company prospectus mandated the formation of the company when 1 million francs of share capital had been raised.[2]
  3. ^ The area of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Bruxelles, in which the Société Belge's factory was located gained the nickname "le Manchester belge" due to the industry there.[6]
  4. ^ Different sources give 15 Sep,[7] and 12 October 1881,[8] as the date of formation.
  5. ^ a b "Anglo-Franco-Belge, in full Société Anglo-Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins de Fer, after the acquisition of the Seneffe and Godarville plants: Anglo-Franco-Belge des Ateliers de La Croyère. Seneffe & Godarville.
  6. ^ 50°29′07″N 4°12′18″E / 50.48514°N 4.204921°E / 50.48514; 4.204921 (former Société Franco-Belge factory, Cora hypermarket), Cora, La Louvière. On site of former factory at La Croyère, La Louvière, Belgium.

References edit

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    • "Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins de Fer, Raismes, near Valenciennes", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 3–4: 628, 1914
    • Jane's world railways, Franklin Watts, 1967, FRANCO-BELGE, p.175
  2. ^ Adolphe Demeur (1863), "111. Compagnie Belge Pour La Construction De Machines Et De Matérial De Chenmins De Fer", Les Sociétés anonymes de Belgique en 1857.
  3. ^ Exposition universelle de Paris en 1867 : Belgique : Catalogue des produits industriels et des oeuvres d'art (in French), Bruylant-Christophe, 1867, Classe 52, p.437; Classe 63, p.464
  4. ^ Sources:
    • Zerah Colburn, ed. (30 August 1867), "Iron Cattle Truck for the Belgian Railways: Paris Exhibition", Engineering : An illustrated weekly journal, vol. 4, p. 179
    • Zerah Colburn, ed. (6 September 1867), "Steam travelling crane at the Paris Exhibition", Engineering : An illustrated weekly journal, vol. 4, p. 187
  5. ^ a b c d Alain Dewier, "Le site Germain-Anglo à La Louvière..", De la création à 1914; p.3
  6. ^ Aug. Jourdain (1869), Dictionnaire encyclopédique de géographie historique du royaume en Belgique (in French), F. Vromant, Moleenbeek-Saint-Jean, p.647
  7. ^ a b Odette Hardy-Hémery (1985), Industries, patronat et ouvriers du Valenciennois pendant le premier XXè siècle: développements et restructurations capitalistes à l'âge du charbon et de l'acier (in French), vol. 1, Atelier National Reproduction des Theses, Université Lille III, pp. 227–9, ISBN 9782729500368
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  13. ^ Firmin Lentacker (1974), La frontière francobelge (in French), Service de reproduction des thèses, Univ. de Lille, p. 170
  14. ^ Anne Callite (2006), "Une entreprise en territoire occupé : Arbel à Douai (1914-1919)", Revue d'histoire des chemins de fer (Online) (in French) (35), para. 4, 19, doi:10.4000/rhcf.511
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  16. ^ Odette Hardy-Hémery, "BOSTSARRON Gilbert", maitron-en-ligne.univ-paris1.fr (in French), Maitron
  17. ^ a b Alain Dewier, "Le site Germain-Anglo à La Louvière..", L’après Seconde Guerre mondiale
  18. ^ Lolke Bijlsma, "GM Locomotives in Europe (Belgium)", www.lolkebijlsma.com
  19. ^ Lolke Bijlsma, "GM Locomotives in Europe (Luxembourg)", www.lolkebijlsma.com
  20. ^ Sources:
    • "Developing the Israel Railways", Railway Gazette International, Reed Business, 103: 264, 1955
    • , www.rail.co.il, The Israel Railway Museum, Diesel-electric Bo'Bo' locomotive No. 102, archived from the original on 2012-06-19
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  22. ^ Francoise Zonemberg (11 May 1998), "LA LOUVIERE Un livre rappelle le "mai 67" vécu au coeur de la région du Centre La lutte pionnière des travailleurs d'Anglo-Germain", archives.lesoir.be (in French)
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  24. ^ Oswald Stevens Nock (1975), Locomotion: a world survey of railway traction, Taylor & Francis, p. 223, ISBN 9780710082220
  25. ^ Jeanne-Pierre Crozet; Francoise Faulkner-Trine, "Le Chemin de Fer Franco Ethiopien et Djibouto Ethiopien - Djibouti Addis-Abeba : The Imperial Cars", www.train-franco-ethiopien.com
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  27. ^ Indian Steam Pages - Post War Steam, Indian Railways Fan Club, IRFCA, Building locomotives at Chittaranjan, retrieved 2 March 2012
  28. ^ Domus (in French), Casa ed. Domus, 1977, p. 35
  29. ^ William D. Middleton (2003), Metropolitan railways: rapid transit in America, Indiana University Press, p. 129, ISBN 0253341795
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    • Julien Savary (1984), French multinationals, Frances Pinter, p. 9, ISBN 9780861873630
    • "Débats Parlementaires Assemblée Nationale" (PDF), Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French) (26), Matériels ferroviares entreprises Nord : 1005. - 3 Août 1981 - M. Alain Bocquet expose à M. le ministre de l'industri, p.2457, 3 August 1981
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  37. ^ "SNCB signs €3·3bn framework for 1362 M7 cars", Railway Gazette International, 18 Dec 2015

Sources edit

  • Alain Dewier (April–June 2006), "Le site Germain-Anglo à La Louvière : d'une entreprise de renommée internationale à une surface commerciale moderne (approche non-exhaustive)" (PDF), Bulletin Trimestriel de l'ASBL Patrimoine Industriel Wallonie-Bruxelles (in French), Patrimoine industriel Wallonie-Bruxelles (65): 3–6
  • Adolphe Demeur (1863), "111. Compagnie Belge Pour La Construction De Machines Et De Matérial De Chenmins De Fer", Les Sociétés anonymes de Belgique en 1857, collection complète des statuts, collationnés sur les textes officiels, avec une introduction et des ns (in French), L'Editeur (Bruxelles), Guillaumin (Paris), Muquardt (Leipzig), pp. 282–288
  • "CENTRE D'ESSAIS FERROVIAIRE", www.c-e-f.fr (in French), Centre d'essais ferroviaires, retrieved 5 March 2012

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Société Franco-Belge.
  • José Antonio Gómez Martínez (2005), "LAS LOCOMOTORAS DEL FERROCARRIL DE HERRERÍAS A PALOMARES" (PDF), El Ferrocarrl Digital (in Spanish), Asociación de Amigos del Ferrocarril de Almería, ASAFAL (2), La Société Franco-Belge y las locomotoras de la Compañía de Águilas , pp.10-11, ISSN 1885-0510
  • "Anglo-Franco-Belge AFB", www.rail.lu

February 15, 2024
société, franco, belge, 38614, 474877, 38614, 474877, industryrail, vehicle, manufacturingpredecessorcompagnie, belge, pour, construction, machines, matériels, chemins, 1862, 1881, founded1881successorsociété, anglo, franco, belge, matériel, chemins, 1927, rai. 50 23 10 N 3 28 30 E 50 38614 N 3 474877 E 50 38614 3 474877 Societe Franco BelgeIndustryRail vehicle manufacturingPredecessorCompagnie Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Materiels de Chemins de Fer 1862 1881 Founded1881SuccessorSociete Anglo Franco Belge de Materiel de Chemins de Fer 1927 64 Societe Franco Belge a Raismes later Soferval 1927 82 since 1982 Alstom subsidiaryHeadquartersParis France Key peopleCharles EvrardProductsLocomotives carriages wagonsThe Societe Franco Belge was a Franco Belgian engineering firm that specialised in the construction of railway vehicles and their components and accessories The company originated in 1859 as the Belgian firm Compagnie Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Materiels de Chemins de Fer founded by Charles Evrard The company expanded its share capital in 1881 forming a new firm Societe Anonyme Franco Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Materiel de Chemins de Fer and constructed a factory in Raismes Valenciennes in the Departement Nord in France In 1927 the company split into a Belgian Societe Anglo Franco Belge SAFB and a French company Societe Franco Belge The company s factories were occupied during World War I during which period it was used as a sawmill and during World War II during which period it manufactured Kriegslokomotives SAFB merged with the Ateliers Germain in 1964 the company closed in 1968 due to lack of work The Franco Belge based in Raismes was acquired by Alstom in 1982 as of 2012 the factory Alstom Petite Foret Valenciennes operates as an Alstom subsidiary specialising in metros trams and double deck trains A test track Centre d Essais Ferroviaire is located west of the Raismes factory Contents 1 History 1 1 Societe Anglo Franco Belge 1927 64 1 2 Societe Franco Belge 1927 81 1 2 1 Alstom Valenciennes 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 4 1 Sources 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Iron cattle wagon exhibited Paris Exhibition 1867In 1859 Charles Evrard acquired Parmentier Freres et Cie based in La Croyere La Louviere Belgium and merged it with the Ateliers Charles Evrard of Brussels Belgium to form the Compagnie Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Materiels de Chemins de Fer 1862 n 1 with a capital of 1 million francs 1 n 2 Charles Evrard was the company s director At the Exposition Universelle 1867 in Paris the company exhibited a locomotive passenger coaches an iron goods wagon and a steam rail crane 3 4 In 1881 the plant in Brussels was closed and the factory s equipment was transferred reducing pollution and other inconveniences caused to the populace of Brussels 5 n 3 A new company the Societe Anonyme Franco Belge pour la Construction de Machines et de Materiel de Chemins de Fer was created in 1881 n 4 including all the assets of the Compagnie Belge representing 60 of the share capital the company was capitalised to 8 million francs the Banque franco egyptienne invested in the new enterprise In 1882 a new factory was established in Raismes in the north of France allowing the company to circumvent protectionism in the French market initially the factory at Raismes in France assembled machines using components manufactured across the border in Belgium All types of railway rolling stock were built by the company 5 7 9 10 Charles Evrard died in 1896 11 In 1911 the company was renamed Societe Franco Belge de Material de Chemins de Fer 5 The company manufactured a wide variety of rolling stock locomotives carriages specialised freight wagons for clients including the Belgian railways private French railways as well as exporting to Spain Portugal and other European countries China Turkey and Indochina as well as to African and South American countries 5 12 Up to 1914 the company board was dominated by Belgians after 1914 the company became majority owned by French interests mainly from Paris 10 13 At this time the company had a capacity of around 50 locomotives and over 1 500 carriages and wagons per year during German occupation during World War I the plant in Raismes was ordered to carry out repair work but this was resisted by the plant management the factory was used under occupation as a sawmill 14 Post World War I the French and Belgian activities were separated into independent companies in 1927 with the Croyere site forming the company Societe Anglo Franco Belge SAFB or AFB n 5 which received English investment and specialised in equipment for metal and wooden fabrications for transportation equipment 15 The French operations of the company remained as Franco Belge Societe Anglo Franco Belge 1927 64 edit nbsp Kriegslok DRB Class 50 number 2146 built 1943 2007 In 1939 SAFB two acquired two metal working factories were absorbed in Seneffe and Godarville Chapelle lez Herlaimont both in Hainaut Belgium n 5 During occupation the company manufactured over 100 locomotives for the Deutsche Reichsbahn as well as carrying out repair work 15 The company director Gilbert Bostsarron became involved in the French resistance network and arranged allied attacks on the factory his network was discovered by axis forces resulting in his being arrested and shot in 1944 16 Post war the company experienced financial problems in part due to loss of overseas export customers to American companies 17 In the 1950s the company manufactured Electro Motive Diesel engined diesel locomotives for the railways of Belgium NMBS SNCB classes 52 53 54 18 and Luxembourg CFL class 800 and class 1600 19 The company also supplied the Israel Railways with its first diesel locomotives in 1952 with an EMD powered Bo Bo design 20 In 1964 the company merged with the road and rail vehicle manufacturing company S A des Ateliers Germain based in Monceau sur Sambre to form the Etablissements Germain Anglo 17 By 1967 the new company was on the verge of collapse with an empty order book the staff were given notice of the closure which instigated a strike and sit in at the factory The situation became one of national interest with the workers receiving support from trade unions across the country the prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants visited the factory to seek a resolution On 1 June 1967 the workers returned to work after several mitigation measures had been instigated including short term transfer of staff to other rolling stock manufacturing companies and large orders given to the metal fabrication plant Despite this in February 1968 the company Germain Anglo ceased operation 21 22 In 1969 the site of the plant in La Croyere was acquired by developer Societe Frabelmar and a hypermarket of 6 000 m2 65 000 sq ft plus leisure facilities was built and opened in December 1970 23 n 6 Societe Franco Belge 1927 81 edit nbsp Franco Belge 040 KDL built 1945 2007 nbsp MARTA CQ310 seriesAmongst other production in the 1930s the Franco Belge in Raismes manufactured Beyer Peacock amp Company designed 4 6 2 2 6 4 high speed 82 mph 132 km h achieved Garratt locomotives for Algeria 24 and also carriages for an imperial train built for Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia 25 The association as sub contractor to Beyer Peacock amp Company continued to the 1950s 26 Over 80 Indian Railways WG class 2 8 2 locomotives were produced in the early 1950s before production capacity at the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works India was built up 27 During the 1970s several hundred Corail coaches were built for the SNCF 28 In the late 1970s the company won an order for 118 aluminium metro railcars CQ310 series for the MARTA subway system in Atlanta USA 29 In 1982 the company then known as Soferval franco belge Societe ferroviaire du Valenciennes was acquired by Alstom after a period of poor management and financial problems 30 Alstom Valenciennes edit nbsp MI 09 train Alstom Bombardier for RER 2011 Under Alstom s ownership the site at Raismes has been known as Alstom Petite Foret Alstom Valenciennes or Alstom Valenciennes Petite Foret VPF The factory site is adjacent to a rail test track established at the beginning of the 21st century 31 the Centre d Essais Ferroviaire which is 61 owned by Alstom 2012 32 The test track completed in 1999 includes 2 75 km suitable for testing at 100 km h a loop 1 85 km long for endurance testing at 80 km h and an S shaped loop for testing trains with automatic control system driverless 31 33 34 The industrial site at Raismes also houses several other engineering companies 35 At the beginning of the 21st century the plant s future was uncertain by 2009 the situation had reversed the factory had contracts for production till 2016 and employed 1350 people Contracts included metros and trains for RATP and RER Paris obtained as part of consortia including Bombardier Transportation The RER contract was worth 917 million with a value to Alstom of 640 million Within the Alstom group the plant specialised in the design and production of metro trains trams and double decker trains 36 In late 2015 the factory was allotted the construction of 90 Bmx driving motor vehicles as part of a 1 3 billion contract awarded to an Alstom Bombardier consortium for 445 M7 doubledeck passenger vehicles from SNCB 37 See also editANF Industrie as of 2012 owned by Bombardier Inc located nearby in Crespin Arrondissement of Valenciennes in the north of FranceNotes edit Often referred to as Compagnie Belge pour la Construction de Materiels de Chemins de Fer The company received royal assent in 1862 with limited on total issuable capital of 3 million francs 6 000 shares at 500 francs the company prospectus mandated the formation of the company when 1 million francs of share capital had been raised 2 The area of Molenbeek Saint Jean in Bruxelles in which the Societe Belge s factory was located gained the nickname le Manchester belge due to the industry there 6 Different sources give 15 Sep 7 and 12 October 1881 8 as the date of formation a b Anglo Franco Belge in full Societe Anglo Franco Belge de Materiel de Chemins de Fer after the acquisition of the Seneffe and Godarville plants Anglo Franco Belge des Ateliers de La Croyere Seneffe amp Godarville 50 29 07 N 4 12 18 E 50 48514 N 4 204921 E 50 48514 4 204921 former Societe Franco Belge factory Cora hypermarket Cora La Louviere On site of former factory at La Croyere La Louviere Belgium References edit Sources Societe Franco Belge de Materiel de Chemins de Fer Raismes near Valenciennes Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 3 4 628 1914 Jane s world railways Franklin Watts 1967 FRANCO BELGE p 175 Adolphe Demeur 1863 111 Compagnie Belge Pour La Construction De Machines Et De Material De Chenmins De Fer Les Societes anonymes de Belgique en 1857 Exposition universelle de Paris en 1867 Belgique Catalogue des produits industriels et des 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