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Le mot du Président
Jean-Michel Favre - President - FACCI South-Australia
Dear members,
On the 10th of April we will celebrate our First Anniversary. We started FACCI-SA with about 20 members. Now we have grown to 35 members. Your full support of Chamber has been the main contribution to our success. In these difficult economic times, it is vital that we keep maintaining our growth. This will stimulate our network and with it bring further benefits and advantages to our members.
South Australia and France have very strong links and FACCI - SA, with the help and support of its members, intends to be even more involved in that very promising economic relationship.
We look forward to meeting you at our future events. Let’s support each other and succeed together! |
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| MEMBERS' PROFILE |
Clipsal is world famous as Australia’s number one brand of electrical accessories. A market leader in electrical accessories, data communications, industrial and home automation markets, the Clipsal name continues to grow from strength to strength.
Clipsal Australia’s vast product range is largely manufactured in Adelaide at Clipsal’s new home at Gepps Cross. The $50m move to Gepps Cross, from Clipsal’s traditional home at Bowden signals a consolidation of the company’s South Australian operation. Regional satellite factories also operate in Strathalbyn and Wingfield, South Australia and Ringwood, Victoria. These factories create employment for over 1,500 people Australia wide.
In the export arena, Clipsal has met with great success and is now the number one brand throughout Asia. In late 2003, the Clipsal brand joined Schneider Electric to become Clipsal Australia. With the backing of the world’s biggest electrical company, Clipsal is now poised to be a major player in global markets and aims to be the number one electrical product brand name in the world.
Clipsal Australia is also well known as the naming rights sponsor of the hugely successful Clipsal Adelaide 500 V8 Supercar Race, often referred to as ‘The Clipsal’. It was during the 2007 event that Clipsal launched their major consumer campaign, ‘Living Electrical’, with the aim of reaching the 15,000 consumers who will build a new home or renovate their existing home each year. |
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Polyglot Group
Activity: HR & Business Consulting
Level 30 91 King William Street - Adelaide SA 5000
Contact: Jacques Reynaud
Ph:(08) 8113 5345
Fax: (08) 8113 5346
E-mail: sa@polyglot.com.au
Web: www.polyglot.com.au |
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DMAW Lawers
Activity: Commercial Law Firm
Level 3, 80 King William Street - Adelaide SA 5000
Contact:Stephane Gauducheau
Ph: (08) 8210 2288
Fax: (08) 8210 2233
E-mail: sgauducheau@dmawlawyers.com.au
Web: www.dmawlawyers.com.au |
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Decor Provencal
Activity: Retail and Whole sale / Building / Environment
4 Bristol Court - Lonsdale SA 5160
Contact: Daniel Barrachina, Director
Ph : 8278 9556
Fax : 8326 0807
E-mail: decorprov@adam.com.au
Web: www.decorprovencal.com.au |
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French Property
Activity: Real estate / travel
P.O Box 65 - Magill SA 5072
Contact: Craig Bowyer, Director
M: 0408 850 924
E-mail: info@frenchproperties.com.au
Web: www.frenchproperties.com.au |
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Soniclean Pty Lltd
Activity: Electronic / Health / Ultrasonic cleaning machine manufacturer
38 Anderson Street - Thebarton SA 5031
Contact: Julian Smith, Managing Director
Ph: + 61 (8) 8234 8398
Fax: + 61 (8) 8234 8391
E-mail: julian@soniclean.com.au
Web: www.soniclean.com.au |
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Susan Howard
345 Carrington Street - Adelaide SA 5000
Ph: (08) 8223 3966
Fax: (08) 8232 4441
E-mail: phoebeoo@hotmail.com
Katrina Freeman
Level 4/ 41 Currie Street - Adelaide SA 5000
Ph: (08) 8410 8133
Fax: (08) 8410 8155
E-mail: kfreeman@domanlawyers.com.au |
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Carole Sotgiu
6 Windsor Avenue - Burnside SA 5066
Tel: (08) 8431 6904
E-mail: thiercar@hotmail.com |
| MEMBERS AWARDS |
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| In 2008/2009 the following FACCI members were selected by their peers for excellent achievements |
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SONICLEAN, Best Exporter Award
Soniclean was awarded by the Electronic and ICT Industry Association as the Best Exporter of the Year. Congratulations to Soniclean for their performance!!! |
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EXPORTIA P/L winner of the National Small Business Award 2008 from the Business Enterprise Centres National Network
Christelle Damiens, its Director, is also the Secretary and a co-founder of FACCI-SA
Exportia’s mission is to help Australian ICT, electronics, medical and high-tech companies to establish their products or services and drive export sales in the European markets, particularly in France. |
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PELLENC AUSTRALIA, NAB Agribusiness Awards for Excellence
Pellenc Australia's Managing Director, Louise Fraser, said that the company was absolutely thrilled at being named a finalist for the second year running. |
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New Agreement between Australia and the European Union
« Nouvelles économiques d’Australie, Nouvelle-Zélande et du Pacifique Sud »
Published by the French Trade Commission
Australia and the EU have just signed a new wine agreement which will replace that from 1994. This agreement, to be enforced from mid-2009, is set to benefit both parties: For Australia, the agreement guarantees and improves access to the European market, its leading wine export market. All the production methods for Australian wines will be recognised, and the laws relating to the labelling of products destined for Europe will be...read more |
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A new step forward in the campaign for raw-milk cheese
Signed on Monday 15 December 2008, in Paris, by French Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Michel Barnier, and his Australian counterpart, represented by Australian Ambassador to France, David Ritchie, the MoU makes official the opening of the Australian market to Roquefort cheese, which was granted in September 2005 after many years of negotiation. The addition of a clause to the text prepared in 2005 also means that exporters of Roquefort cheese, so far the only soft raw-milk cheese allowed to be sold in Australia, will be able to rely in Australia......read more |
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French to answer the big food questions
A pioneering research centre is to open in France in an attempt to answer questions that have haunted cooks for centuries: what makes a good meal and how can we make children eat vegetables? The project, which has an official stamp of approval from the French Government, aims to provide what may be the first objective analysis of diners’ likes and dislikes......read more |
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The French Consulate
The French Consulate helps all the French residents in Australia, the French tourists and Students with the formalities to obtain passports, visas, National ID cards and Registration cards, Declaration of birth, marriage and death. The consulate is also dealing with foreigners who have worked in France and with the French to help them with their pension files.
We also deal with a number of lost passports and other documents, problems with the police, and numerous requests for visas ( short stay, long stay, African countries, student, research, working Holiday visa...).
The consulate offers some help to French visitors who have been injured and need to be sent back to France. We cannot give any financial help but we can liaise with health insurances, translation between doctors and patients, visits to hospitals.
We must remind the French national that they must be registered with the General Consulate in Sydney in order to vote at the next elections.
Hon Consul Dr Christine Rothauser
1/102 Gawler Place - Adelaide SA 5000
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.30 - 1.30 pm
Phone: 82 32 76 14
Fax 82 32 76 15
Email: frconsul@bigpond.net.au |
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Alliance Francaise in Adelaide
It is primarily a school to learn French which offers a selections of courses for children students and adults. Alliance has a petite école which gives the opportunity to French children to get together and speak French.The Alliance offers a range of cultural events scattered during the year:
The French week end every second year at Carrick Hill in November. The event brings together French and Australian for a celebration of French Culture and food. In 2008 we had more than 7.000 people attending the event.
The French Film Festival in March, a fabulous event that shows a large selection of films at Palace Nove in Rundle Street.
La fête de la Musique in June, a free event which is celebration of Music around the world.
Cinemaa evenings, tasting of cheese and wine, special gatherings with the French Cyclists teams for Tour Down Under, Rudgy etc...
This year we shall have two Theatrical events: The Imaginary Invalid by Molière on April 22 at the Nexus Theatre and to celebrate the Beaujolais nouveau: Clochemerle in November in the same theatre. The latter will be played in French with English surtitles.
For more information and bookings to those events ring 8272 4281 or email adelaide@af.org.au |
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Visit of a French sommelier to SA wineries
Emmanuel Delmas, an award-winning sommelier at Fouquet’s Restaurant on the Champs Elysees, spent a week touring the Barossa, Adelaide Hills, Clare and McLaren Vale. He’s already published on his internet site a glowing account of his trip and this all helps to shape the reputation and image of South Australian wine in France.”
Marjane Beaugeois-Grdovic from the Department of Trade and Economic Development and FACCI-SA board member accompanied Mr Delmas on his tour of SA, which included a visit to Penfold’s Magill Estate, Henschke, Yalumba, Skillogalee and Wirra Wirra.
On his website, www.sommelier-vins.com he writes: “One week and 17 wineries visited. And wow! Weren’t there some pleasant surprises? I was amazed at the level of awareness and passion among wine makers down under …”
He talks of tasting “wines of stunning freshness, whites, reds that can sometimes be sublime or very good, often surprising …”
Mr Delmas was surprised that so many of the South Australian winemakers he met had implemented the biodynamic and organic principles, referring to it as a “return to the true values of the earth – no herbicides, no pesticides, little or no irrigation – hence a respect for the soil, the return of wildlife to the wine growing regions, life back to what it should be…”
On his website he’s urged French wine distributors to “get out and try some really good wines.”
Source : DTED media release |
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Tour downunder
Monsieur Delmas, a keen follower of professional cycling, watched part of Stage 5 of the Tour Down Under when he visited Willunga and the McLaren Vale wine region on January 24.
Lance Armstrong’s participation to the 2009 Tour Down Under attracted an unprecedented international media attention.
Mr Frederic Millet, a French sports journalist specialising in cycling followed the Tour closely and reported to the daily breakfast show on RTL Radio about the performances of the 7th times champion of the Tour De France. |
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Encounter at sea of Captain Baudin-and Captain Flinders
General Alain Picard, a top French military leader, was guest of honour at the Naval, Military and Air Force Club of SA to celebrate the 207th anniversary of the sea encounter of British captain Matthew Flinders and French captain Nicholas Baudin. General Picard , who is in charge of the Association of the Legion d’Honneur abroad, and honorary Consul of France in SA Dr Christine Rothauser were hosted by the club’s president, Commodore Orm Cooper, in the presence of His excellency the Governor of SA, Rear Admiral Scarce and Mrs Scarce.
In a jovial speech delivered in French, General Picard had the guests laughing when he reminded them that SA would have been French if Nicholas Baudin had not left his French flag behind in France.
Among military leaders with French connections of their own were Dr Pamela Schulz, the newly-appointed Chair of the Defense Reserves Support Council-SA, Dr Rex Lipman,long time club member and former French Honorary Consul, Lieutenant Michael Manetta of the Navy Reserve, with his 94-year-old French-born father Paul Manetta , and Mr Olivier Foubert, vice-president of the French Veterans’ Association in South Australia. |
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14th of July - Gala dinner
Adelaide’s Bastille Day Dinner Dance was held at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom and comprised an impressive list of State ministers, Consuls and VIPs, the Lieutenant Governor of South Australia, and Mr Le Van Hieu as Guest of Honour. In a strong show of support for the new chapter, the Hon. Michael Atkinson, Attorney-General; Dr Jane Lomax-Smith, Minister for Tertiary Education; Ms Chloe Fox, MP; and South Australian Business Ambassadors Peter Darley and Deborah Lavis celebrated Bastille Day along with Franco Australian business community of South Australia. The French Trade Commissioner in Canberra, M. Eric Noitakis, and the consuls from seven different countries including, France, Greece, Italy, Russia, Japan, Fiji and Mauritius added a multicultural touch to the event. William Corneloup, the patriarch of the French Community, had also gathered several members of the French Veterans’ Association to commemorate Bastille Day. |
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September 5th 2008 - 2008 CITCSA Awards
The CITCSA Awards celebrate the achievements of South Australia’s international chambers of commerce and business councils and the individuals who drive them. FACCI SA has won the Small and Emerging Chamber Award. This award is for a small business chamber or council that has displayed outstanding achievements with minimal resources. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of its members, assisting and supporting them to operate successfully |
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September 25th 2008 - ”Home” event at INTRAMAR p/l, Freight Forwarder
AQIS Communication officer Neil Ramsay gave us an insight on Quarantine.issues including minimising risk of exotic pests and diseases entering the country and Import/export inspection and certification |
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6/ 7th November 2008 -, 16th annual Peugeot Regatta – Bénéteau Cup
In this 16th year, the prestigious Peugeot Regatta – Bénéteau Cup is one of the major sporting events of the French-Australian business community. Held in Sydney Harbour, with over 500 participants, this race is an opportunity to take part in a fun and memorable day with FACCI members and Bénéteau owners, whatever is yoursailing experience.
This year Cameron Williams (sport presenter on TODAY show on Channel 9) was the Commodore and rewarded the winners with amazing prices. FACCI-SA was represented by two of our members
Peugeot Regatta – Bénéteau Cup is also a great opportunity to be sponsor and promote your company. |
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21st November 2008 - Beaujolais nouveau Time
All Around the world, the third week of November is special, as thousands of people meet to celebrate the Beaujolais Nouveau! Fallowing the tradition, we met on the 21st of November 2008, at the pétanque Club House. New wine was accompanied by cheese and pate plates by SAY CHEESE and FRANK FOOD. |
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10th December 2008 - Christmas Cocktail
A well attended event for members only at the Brompton Hotel, and an occasion to exchange the greetings of the season. |
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12th February 2009 - Cocktail at Boho Bar - Unley
A great opportunity to share memories and new projects for the coming year. At this occasion The SA Red Cross received officially a donation of $1950, raised during the Bastille day celebrations. |
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26th February 2009 - Business Drink
Held at DMAW Lawyers’ premises, the event was an excellent occasion to meet Lucie Grieu, Manager of International Partnerships at the “Ecole of Management de Normandie” (Normandy Business School), The result of combined efforts from the Chambers of Commerce of Caen and Le Havre, the school, whose origins date back to 1871, strives to be a business school of choice that provides pre-experience and continuing education to meet both the national and international needs of firms. There is an opportunity for Australian firms to join in their Student Internship Programme |
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| APRIL |
Wednesday 15 - Home event with member Nocelle - Details TBA |
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| MAY |
Tuesday 5 - Networking event - Details TBA
Tuesday 19 - Business Breakfast - Details TBA |
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| JUNE |
Wednesday 3 - Member’s “Home” event Alcan Packaging - Details TBA |
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| JULY |
Tuesday 14 - Bastille Day Gala Dinner - Details TBA |
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26 March - 5 April -20th Alliance Française 2009 French Film
For information: www.frenchfilmfestival.org
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2 Fisher Street | Port Adelaide SA 5015
T. 0404 888 208 |
E. contact@facci-sa.com |
W. www.facci.com.au
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Executive Committee at the Chamber is:
President: Jean-Michel Favre - Industrialisation Manager, Clipsal.
Vice President: Philippe Gravier - Sale Director, Intramar P/L.
Secretary: Christelle Damiens - Sale Director, Exportia.
Treasurer: Chris Morrison - Accountant
Committe Member:
Olivier Foubert
Christine Rothauser
Eric Dechegne
Marjane Beaugeois-Grdovic
Susan Howard
John Rosie
Craig Bowyer
If you wish to contribute to FACCI SA e-news or are interested in advertising in the newsletter, please contact Claire on contact@facci-sa.com
The editorial team wishes to thank FACCI Victoria for their help and contribution |
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