De la Brosse & Fouché

• 1895: Two polytechnicians - Eugène Guillet de la Brosse and Henri-Edmond Fouché took over the "Paul Oriolle shipyard", placed in compulsory liquidation.

• 1898: Absorbing the mechanical workshops of the Voruz foundry

• 1902: Takeover of the Le François site, close to the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire (ACL).

• 1907: Assimilation of the old Sâtre shipyard, located just downstream of the ACL.

• 1909: La Brosse et Fouché becomes the Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne (ACB).

• 1961, the Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne and the Nantes site of the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, merged to form the Ateliers et Chantiers de Nantes.

 1966, the structure changed its name and became Société financière et industrielle des Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne (SFI-ACB).

In 1969, the Ships division was sold to Dubigeon-Normandie, SFI-ACB kept its Mechanics and Boilermaking division. This division became Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne in 1972, and the ACB subsidiary of Alsthom-Atlantique in 1976, ACB subsidiary of GEC Alsthom in 1989, became ACB again in 1991 and finally Alstom-Fluides et Mécanique in 1998.