Doing business with russia: The Guisnel Group.

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GUISNEL DISTRIBUTION SA

Route de Dinan

35120 Dol de Bretagne

Phone : (+33) (0)2 99 48 47 47

Fax : (+33) (0)2 99 48 47 61

THE HISTORY OF THE GUISNEL GROUP

It was back in 1957 that Monsieur and Madame GUISNEL founded their Transport company at PLEUGUENEUC in the ILLE ET VILAINE area.

They had two basic principles already in mind at the time :

That driving is not an end in itself, but an activity to be carried out with skill and gentility

That a professional attitude is required and is particularly valid where difficult sectors with a high added value are involved

This was how quite naturally Monsieur and Madame GUISNEL became successively interested in areas varying from delivering funeral monuments, distributing gas and liquid petroleum, transporting furniture and brand new cover-wrapped 3-piece suites, to the rental of

industrial vehicles.

In 1965, the company relocated to Dol-de-Bretagne, and acquired new markets while managing development, evidence of this is the company's presence at :

Dol-de-Bretagne (Siege social) (35) Fleury-Merogis (91) Noisy le Grand (93) Vaulx en Velin (69) St Pierre du Mont (40) Chatenois (88) St Saturnоn les Avignons (84) Epone (78) Toulouse (31)

Currently the company is made up of :

GUISNEL DISTRIBUTION SA

GUISNEL LOGISTIQUE SARL GUISNEL SERVICES SA

GUISNEL LOCATIONS SA

It's turnover is about 45,5 Million euros

The company employs about 608 associates and currently has a fleet of over 800 tax licensed vehicles of which 568 are tractors.

A single objective for this " mini-Group ": To gain confidence and total Customer satisfaction by the reliability and Quality of the Staff and the services rendered.

This is the ideal which motivated Gerard GUISNEL to create his own Driver Training School with contracts leading to qualifications and a Professional Road Haulier qualification.