Lacroix continues its strategic development and reinforce its
management team.
LACROIX CONTINUES ITS STRATEGIC
DEVELOPMENTAND
REINFORCE ITS
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Through its Leadership 2025 strategic plan,
launched in April 2021, LACROIX intends to almost double in size.
This ambition is driven by an expansion in strategic international
markets, together with the strengthening of its technological and
operational leadership.
In order to support its strong development,
LACROIX is reinforcing its management team, with the appointment of
Stéphane KLAJZYNGIER as President of LACROIX North America, Louis
POURDIEU, as Executive General Manager of the Electronics activity
in the EMEA zone, and finally Serge LAVERDURE, to manage LACROIX
Design Center.
Supporting the Group’s strategic
international deployment
The acquisition of Firstronic in the United
States at the end of December 2021, now allows the Electronics
activity to address a new domestic market, which has significant
commercial potential. By building up a strategic position in North
America, LACROIX has reached an important milestone in the
international development of its activities.
To support this
strategy, LACROIX is launching a new dedicated organisation, and
appointing Stéphane KLAJZYNGIER. Currently Executive Managing
Director of the Electronics activity, Stéphane now becomes
President of LACROIX North America. He will be based in Michigan
(United States), as of 1 October 2022 and will be responsible for
supporting the integration of Firstronic into the Electronics
activity as well as the local development of the Environment and
City activities, notably through targeted acquisitions.
He holds an MBA in Finance from Pace University
in New York and has occupied several management positions with an
international scope in the telecommunications world.In the 90’s,
his initial experience in the field of portable batteries led him
to Japan where he worked for Saft. Later, Alcatel entrusted him
with the implantation of its Mobile Phones division in China, from
the implementation of R&D to marketing. A division of which he
later became President. During this period, he also concluded a
joint venture with TCL.In 2005, he became President and CEO of
Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), a group specialised in mobile
telecommunication and broadcast infrastructures, with a strong
presence in Germany, United States, France, China, Brazil and
Australia.He joined LACROIX on June 1st, 2015, as Managing Director
of the Electronics activity, becoming Executive Managing Director
in July 2018.
Stéphane KLAJZYNGIER said, “After 7 years at the
head of the Electronics activity, I am delighted to be given the
opportunity of this new challenge. I am looking forward to working
with the teams to carry on the integration process of Firstronic,
now LACROIX Electronics North America and to accompany the Group’s
future developments in North America.”
Striving for operational excellence in
the Electronics activity in EMEA
LACROIX also announces the arrival of Louis
POURDIEU to take over from Stéphane KLAJZYNGIER as Executive
Managing Director of LACROIX's Electronics activity in the EMEA
zone - an operational position effective as of September 15th,
2022. As a member of LACROIX Executive Committee, Louis POURDIEU
will be entitled with the execution of the activity’s strategic
plan, with ambitious objectives in terms of customer satisfaction
and operational performance.
As a graduate of Centrale Paris and holder of an
MBA from INSEAD, Louis POURDIEU has more than 25 years of
experience in operational departments of major groups in the
automotive sector — for companies such as Faurecia and Valeo —
where he held the position of CEO of the JV between Valeo and
Siemens in the field of high voltage transmission components.
In response to his appointment, Louis POURDIEU
said: “I am proud to join LACROIX and to accompany its development
with these passionate teams. The positioning and expertise of the
Electronics activity are indisputable assets to support our
customers”
Strengthening
LACROIX technological leadership
in design
Finally, as a major pillar of its strategic
plan, the Group is strengthening the Electronics activity design
offer management team, by appointing Serge LAVERDURE as its head,
as of September 12th, 2022.
Capitalizing on the technological platforms
developed within the City and Environment activities, his main
responsibility is to support the strategic evolution of the LACROIX
design offer through the development of industrial IoT, Artificial
Intelligence and the design of electronic and mechatronic equipment
for critical applications in the industrial, home automation,
automotive and medical sectors.
Having started his career in R&D with the
Safran group, Serge LAVERDURE subsequently specialised in the
development of embedded software and systems for the automotive
equipment manufacturer Magnetti-Marelli. He then worked for Ayrton
Technology, a company he co-founded and developed internationally
for 10 years. Finally, he worked for the software publisher ESI
Group, where he was in charge of Control and Virtual Systems and
Autonomous Driving activities for the last 10 years.
“R&D is clearly one of the Group’s strategic
drivers, particularly in relation to the development of products
with a LACROIX design. I am particularly honoured to join the
LACROIX teams, and to continue the efforts that have been made up
until now.”, confirms Serge LAVERDURE.
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About LACROIX Convinced that
technology should contribute to making our living environments
simpler, more sustainable and safer, LACROIX supports its customers
in the construction and management of intelligent living
ecosystems, thanks to connected equipment and technologies. As a
publicly listed family-owned mid-cap, LACROIX combines the
essential agility required to innovate in an ever-changing
technological sector with the ability to industrialise robust and
secure equipment, cutting-edge know-how in industrial IoT solutions
and electronic equipment for critical applications and the
long-term vision to invest and build for the future. LACROIX
designs and manufactures electronic equipment for its customers'
products, as well as IoT (hardware, software, and cloud) and AI
solutions, particularly for the industrial, automotive, home
automation, aeronautics, and healthcare sectors. The Group also
provides safe, connected solutions for the management of critical
infrastructure such as smart roads (street lighting, road signs,
traffic management, V2X), and for the management and coordination
of water and energy facilities. Drawing on its extensive experience
and expertise, LACROIX works with its customers and partners to
build the connection between the world of today and the world of
tomorrow. It helps them to create the industry of the future and to
make the most of the opportunities for innovation that surround
them, supplying them with the equipment for a smarter world.
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