Arnaud Brisard

SpineVision SA develops and markets implants for the treatment of spinal disorders. It also designs instrumentation for the spinal treatments. Its products include Flex 2, Lumis, Plus/X-Plus, ULIS, Unithread, Spacevisions, and C3. The firm also offers solutions for spinal pathologies, such as lumbar degenerative disc diseases, deformities, cervical disorders, trauma, and tumors. The company was founded by Gérard Vanacker on July 16, 1999 and is headquartered in Antony, France.

Alcatel Alsthom Cie Generale D'Electricite SA is an international group whose core businesses are telecommunications systems & railroad and energy transportation systems. The group's cable subsidiaryis the largest producer of power transmission cables in the world. The company also produces batteries and has electrical engineering activities. Telecommunications accounted for 44% of 1996 revenues; telecommunication cables, 21%; energy and transportation, 18%; electrical systems, 13%; batteries, 3%, and other, 1%.

NETASQ SA develops and markets IPS firewall and VPN security solutions. They offer intrusion prevention, firewall, antivirus, antispyware, antispam, content filtering, and a Vulnerability Manager for real-time vulnerability detection and risk management. The company was founded in 1998, and is based in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.