COMPANY BACKGROUND AND SPECIALISATION : ARC, founded in 1983, located in the southern part of Paris, 5 persons, has specialised for 25 years in the engineering, manufacturing and marketing of patented automatic resetting systems for low voltage circuit breakers (5 patents, so far)

PURPOSE OF AN ARC AUTOMATIC RESETTING SYSTEM : To ensure, after tripping of one circuit breaker, that electric equipment located on remote sites is put back into service automatically or through remote control. Such sites are also not easily reachable (high points in the country or on top of buildings, such as): hertzian and radio relays, re-emitters, mobile telephony sites, shelters, etc…

OBJECTIVES AND ADVANTAGES OF AUTOMATIC RESETTING SYSTEMS

- Analyze automatically temporary or permanent faults before reclosing circuit breakers on remote sites.
- Ensure human protection
- Ensure protection and safety of remote electric installations
- Restore electric power as quickly as possible, from a few seconds to several minutes.
- Reduce operating costs produced by unnecessary and costly maintenance trips.
- Reduce maintenance and valorise technical teams
- Avoid loss of money
- Keep customers loyal through better quality of electric service

ARC KNOW-HOW

- The only French and European company with 25 years of experience in this field
- 55% of market share in France

- 65.000 active resetting systems in France and abroad
- Permanent Research and Development department
- Technical and sales partnership with main and international circuit breakers manufacturers
- Digital technology
- Full range of products compatible with most power driven modular circuit breakers of the market (Schneider Electric, Legrand, General Electric)

CUSTOMER PROFILE AND POTENTIAL MARKETS

- Major telecommunications operators and their sub-contractors: FRANCE TELECOM, VIVENDI CEGETEL, BOUYGUES TELECOM, ALSTOM, ALCATEL. Abroad: MAROC TELECOM(Morocco) MOBISTAR (Belgium) DUTCHTONE (Netherlands) MOBIROM (Romania) GLOBTEL (Slovaquia) etc…
- Private radio broadcasting companies
- Private radio networks: EDF (National Electricity Company), Fire service companies etc..
- Motorway construction companies and their sub-constructors : ALSTOM, SPIE-AMEC, COFIROUTE …
- Water treatments companies: VIVENDI – GENERALE DES EAUX / LYONNAISE DES EAUX.