Publigroupe expands in France

Publigroupe is taking over the French companies Bégécom, based in Nîmes, and Annuaires Téléphoniques de Bretagne (ATB), based in Lorient, in their entirety. The two companies publish telephone directories and yellow pages in Lyon and in 13 agglomerations in the south-east, south and west of France, thus doubling the business volume of Publigroupe's Search & Find segment on the French market, the Swiss intermediary announced on Wednesday. The Bégecom /ATB Group has an annual turnover of 6 million euros and employs 60 people.
Publigroupe has been active on the French market since 1997 with Amitel. Amitel publishes 29 local telephone directories in eastern France and has a turnover of EUR 6.1 million. The Bégécom/ATB products are an ideal geographical complement to those of Amitel, according to the press release.