car factories caused it to be bombed for the fi rst time by Allied
aircraft. Rehabilitated, it was again damaged in April 1943. As a
result, all the installations were damaged, and commercial activity
almost stopped; only some maintenance work remained for oil
industry customers.
1950
Since the bombardment, the activity had practically stopped. In addition, 1950 marked an important turn in the company’s life:
Joseph Perolo made way for his sons Pierre and Claude, the former
becoming chairman and chief executive offi cer and the latter deputy
chief executive offi cer. From the outset, the Perolo sons built the
choices made by their father by creating and developing a complete
range of tanker equipment that was quickly adopted by major oil
companies.
Until 1954 1958
The ‘war damage’ compensation allowed the gradual reconstitution
of manufacturing equipment and the reconstruction of the affected
premises.
At the same time, contacts established with oil distribution
customers led the company’s management to focus activity entirely
on this sector, gradually reducing the production of general
mechanics. The refurbishment of new workshops and the
installation of new machines led to a signifi cant increase in activity,
which naturally translated into a signifi cant increase in turnover. In
the early 1950s, J Perolo & Cie’s clientele included world-renowned
companies, such as Esso Standard, French Shell, British Petroleum,
Antar and PetroFrance. A new industrial valves business line was developed to license
lubricated ball valves previously imported from England. This new
equipment allowed Perolo to focus on the entire oil industry.
This new activity was also strengthened by the exclusive
distribution, acquired by the company, of Newman McEvoy high
pressure valves, used mainly for gas and crude oil blowout heads.
These new markets forced the company to expand. Since 1958,
the Perolo brothers had been looking for a solution to solve this
surface problem and reassure the company’s customers.
1947
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bank of the Gironde estuary, the economic situation has
characterised by continuous recession in the late 1940s and early
1950s.
In this particularly gloomy context, the future of the region’s
largest employer, the ABG plant, was of paramount importance.
ABG SA resulted from the merger of the companies Aries, La Bougie
BG and SFEDR. It was then the largest French manufacturer of
auxiliary engines and the third largest manufacturer of mopeds since
the end of the Second World War. After the failure of a plant
extension project in 1959, ABG no longer wanted to absorb the
defi cit of the Blaye production unit, which it considered too far
removed from its main activities located in Hazebrouck, in the
North, where it wanted to consolidate everything. The decision was
therefore taken to separate from the Blaye plant.
However, this plant had undeniable advantages: it was a recent
construction (1939), its state of maintenance was excellent, it had a
modern fl eet of machine tools, and was one of the most modern
factories in Southwest France.
1961
Through the Chambers of Commerce of Paris and Bordeaux, the
Perolo brothers learned of the existence and sale of the ABG Blaye
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