{"id":1405,"date":"2019-02-25T14:42:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T13:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/our-history-our-identity-our-vision\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:10:50","slug":"our-history-our-identity-our-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/our-history-our-identity-our-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history, our identity, our vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns ctn-bloc-flex is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column bloc-txt-flex is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mce_27\">Founding the company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapo-parag\">Stepping back in time :  <strong>the FPSA company<\/strong> was born in the heart of  \u201c<strong>Plastics Valley<\/strong>\u201d, the French \u201ccradle\u201d of the plastics industry since the 1930\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its history began in 1981, when Mr. Paul SEIGNEMARTIN  \u201cthe Father\u201d started his own business when he bought out a small artisanal plastics transformer, the INNOCENTI company, located in Veyziat (Community of Oyonnax).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following year he founded the FPHB company, Precision Foundry of Haut-Bugey, located in Bellignat, just south of Oyonnax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul SEIGNEMARTIN clearly understood the advantage of offering his customers a synergy of two trades :  <strong>pressure foundry of zamak<\/strong>, and <strong>thermoplastic injection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/our-expertise\/\">Find out more about our expertise<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column bloc-img-flex contain is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-fpsa-oyonnax-1.jpg\" alt=\"FPSA -  Our history, our identity, our vision\" class=\"wp-image-1176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-fpsa-oyonnax-1.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-fpsa-oyonnax-1-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading bloc-chiffre\">FPSA, a few figures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-3-columns bloc-chiffre is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"chiffre\">3 % <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Percent of annual investments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(as a percentage of turnover)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"chiffre\">25 %<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Percent of export sales<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>made<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"chiffre\">135 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Number of employees <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in the group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-3-columns bloc-chiffre is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"chiffre\">21 M\u20ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turnover for  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the group in 2023 (FR+RO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"chiffre\">2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Industrial sites <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in Western and Eastern Europe <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"chiffre\">52<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> injection presses <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>including 4 Zamak injection presses <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer bloc-chiffre\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mb60\">Company development <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"history\">\n<ul class=\"history-nav\">\n<li><a class=\"transitions\" href=\"#date-1\"><span class=\"date-item\">1997<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"transitions\" href=\"#date-2\"><span class=\"date-item\">1999<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"transitions\" href=\"#date-3\"><span class=\"date-item\">2004<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"transitions\" href=\"#date-4\"><span class=\"date-item\">2009<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"date-1\" class=\"history-content\">\n<div class=\"date-item\">1997<\/div>\n<h3>Physical regrouping of entities<\/h3>\nIn 1997, supported by the growth of his markets, Paul SEIGNEMARTIN undertook the physical merger of two activities (plastics and foundry) onto a single site of 4 500 m2.<\/div>\n<div id=\"date-2\" class=\"history-content\">\n<div class=\"date-item\">1999<\/div>\n<h3>Modernisation of production<\/h3>\nIn 1999, the eldest son of Paul SEIGNEMARTIN, Eric, arrived.  His main task was to boost growth at the site by modernizing production management and manufacturing flows.<\/div>\n<div id=\"date-3\" class=\"history-content\">\n<div class=\"date-item\">2004<\/div>\n<h3>Development and sales units<\/h3>\n<p>Five years later, Paul SEIGNEMARTIN turned to his younger son Olivier, to structure the development and sales units, thereby defining market sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Mr SEIGNEMARTIN the Father then regrouped the INNOCENTI, FPHB and FPSA companies into one single entity : Fonderie Plasturgie Seignemartin Associ\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"date-4\" class=\"history-content\">\n<div class=\"date-item\">2009<\/div>\n<h3>Manegerial transition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"chapo-parag\">2009 was the year of managerial transfer, towards the two children&nbsp;: Eric and Olivier SEIGNEMARTIN.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed up in a new \u201cmade over\u201d graphic charter, the company entered its first economic crisis during this year, forcing Eric and Olivier to turn towards a better adapted business model, with a human organization, trained and prepared to weather the storm !<\/p>\n<p>Once the slump of 2009 had passed, the two brothers continued to maintain motivation within work teams, and through a new site, consolidated the start-up of a \u201cbusiness unit\u201d in Romania : TCD srl.<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn_default more-link transitions\">Diversification<\/a>\n<div class=\"more-hide\">\n<p>Diversification seemed an obvious choice for the two brothers, who decided to create, side by side :<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list square blue\">\n<li>A <strong>sub-contracting<\/strong> skills center, in response to Automotive and Industrial clientele currently present in Eastern, as well as Western Europe, <\/li>\n<li>A new <strong>health &amp; well-being<\/strong> skills center, to prepare for a new range of clean products in the medical and child care sectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A new corporate brand name emerged from the new FPSA SAS, displaying new values, new services, headed toward new horizons, fully committed to combining operational excellence with industrial performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile zone-img-bg\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/rituel-quotidien-production-logistique-1024x386.jpg\" alt=\"Specialist in thermoplastic injection and pressure foundry of zamac, at FPSA we think outside of the box\" class=\"wp-image-1188 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rituel-quotidien-production-logistique-1024x386.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rituel-quotidien-production-logistique-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rituel-quotidien-production-logistique-768x290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rituel-quotidien-production-logistique.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"before-quote\">Free to think outside of the box, free to surpass our goals, free to think that anything is possible, free not to be the same age, to each his own background !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"after-quote\">It\u2019s our differences that make us complementary, and make up our personal contribution, our force for tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/join-the-team\/\" class=\"btn_default\">Join us<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founding the company Stepping back in time : the FPSA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642,"parent":0,"menu_order":58,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1405","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5140,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405\/revisions\/5140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fpsa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}