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Celebration of the Group's integration under the Artelia banner - 2012, Paris - France - © Bahi
Artelia,

the challenge of a merger between equals

After a year of discussions, Coteba and Sogreah at last decided to merge, giving rise to the Artelia The name "Artelia"
Group in March 2010. The two founders opted for a union of equals, a configuration that was often expresses two
criticised as being the root cause of many failures. fundamental values:
“excellence” in reference to
We therefore applied all our efforts to defy the statistics and make this merger a success. Amongst art (ART), and the “human
the many actions set in motion, we created and organised “synergy” workshops as a rapid means of dimension” of our business
initiating meetings amongst several hundred people from the Group. These were organised for each lines, referring to links
business line, discipline and area of expertise. The employees appreciated these exchanges, which (LIA).
allowed them to set up connections, discover their respective qualities and reinforce their pride in
belonging to this new Group.
Whereas Coteba and Sogreah had different practices in many fields, it was necessary to establish a
common framework for operations very quickly, and one that each employee would be able to adopt
and use in their daily tasks. Significant concerted effort was required to create a legible presentation
of the Group, both internally and for clients, to adapt essential documents, and to implement internal
processes and cross-disciplinary decision-making bodies, all the while trying to take the best of what
existed in order to offer the Group a suitable environment in which to grow. Artelia’s first success was
to complete this stage rapidly and apply this new model without hesitation, creating a common base
and initiating a policy of dialogue that became a melting pot for the next stages.

Jean-Marc Usseglio
Vice President of Artelia until 2015

40 I ARTELIA, 10 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, 100 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE