s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . june 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message bollor s.a. type public traded as euronext bol industry transport founded 1822 ; 194 years ago 1822 headquarters puteaux france key people vincent bollor president & ceo yannick bollor vice chairman thierry marraud cfo products logistics cargo paper automobiles revenue 10 billion 2012 operating income 174 million 2009 net income 120 million 2009 number of employees 33 000 2009 parent bollor investissements s.a 92.2 % website www.bollore.com bollor is a french investment and industrial holding group headquartered in puteaux on the western outskirts of paris france . the company a paper energy plantations logistics conglomerate employs 28 000 people around the world . in 2004 the group ranked amongst the top 200 european companies . whilst the company is listed on the euronext exchange in paris the bollor family retains majority control of the company through a complex and indirect holding structure . the company is led by vincent bollor . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 electric vehicles 3.1 velib 3.2 pininfarina b0 3.3 bluecar 3.4 bluebus 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the firm was founded in 1822 in ergu gab ric near quimper brittany by nicolas le mari 1797 1870 as a paper manufacturer named papeteries d odet . beginning in 1863 it was directed by jean ren bollor 1818 1881 a nephew by marriage who had obtained a medical doctorate in 1863 . the firm remained owned by the bollor family . gwenn a l bollor was vice president of the papeteries bollor from 1952 to 1974 . in late 2004 the bollor group began taking an interest in the advertising sector and started building a stake in havas becoming its single largest share holder . in a boardroom coup alain de pouzilhac was deposed as president and ceo on july 12 2005 . the bollor stake in havas stood at 26 % and the group had 3 seats on the havas board as of june 2006 . vincent bollor s son yannick bollor is now havas chairman and ceo after the stepping down of its previous ceo in january 2014 . in 2005 bollor expanded its media interests by launching the television station direct 8 . towards the end of 2005 the firm began building a stake in the independent british media planning and buying group aegis . as of 19 july 2006 this stake stands at 29 % . 1 bollor s attempts to obtain board representation have so far been repelled . from june 6 2006 to december 22 2010 2 bollor launched a free evening newspaper direct soir . lack of readers and advertising revenues made the group focus on its other free newspaper direct matin launched in february 2007 . 3 on february 17 2009 bollor held talks with bolivian president evo morales about the use of its lithium reserves for electric vehicle batteries . 4 bollor manufactures the bollor bluecar a small electric car initially produce to showcase the company s range of electric power cells . the bluecar was introduced in december 2011 as part of the autolib carsharing service in paris . 5 bluecar deliveries to retail customers began in march 2012 . 6 in 2014 bollore increased its stake in havas from 36 percent to around 83 percent through a public exchange offer of new bollore shares for havas stock . the company said at the time it would like to hold onto a stake well in excess of 50 percent . in march 2015 bollore sold a 22.5 percent stake in the media group for a price of around 600 million . 7 the next month in april 2015 bollore raised its stake in vivendi from 10.2 percent to 12.01 percent at a total cost of 568 million . 8 as of 2016 it owns 20 % of vivendi 30 % voting power 60 % of havas and 9 % of gaumont 9 10 operations edit bollor nergie the group s principal activities are as follows transport & logistics freight forwarding by sea land and air port handling and shipping services operation of shipping lines ; plastic film & special papers polypropylene film for capacitors and packaging special papers and cigarette paper packs ; energy distribution distribution of petroleum and coal products ; special terminals design production integration and distribution of intelligent systems and terminals for access control ; plantations rubber and palm oil production in africa and asia other interests real estate and banking sectors media & advertising owns 60 % of the media and communications company havas telecommunication owns 90 % of bollor telecom a french wimax operator electric vehicles edit velib edit there are plans to integrate payment for the bike and car hire schemes with the ticketing systems for traditional modes of public transport . two electric vehicle manufacturers are said to be in the frame to supply the cars the dassault group and bollor . the former has a vehicle called the cleanova which employs the body of the renault kangoo van while bollor s bluecar has been developed with italian styling house pininfarina and is due to go on sale commercially in 2009 . 11 needs update bollor bluecar charging at autolib station on boulevard diderot paris pininfarina b0 edit pininfarina introduced its own electric vehicle concept the pininfarina b0 b zero . the four seat hatchback features a solid state lithium polymer battery supercapacitors and a roof integrated solar panel to achieve a range of 153 miles . developed in partnership with the bollor group the vehicle was slated for limited production in 2009 . 12 13 needs update bluecar edit see also bollor bluecar and autolib bollor manufactures the bollor bluecar a small electric car initially produce to showcase the company s range of electric power cells . the bluecar was introduced in december 2011 as part of the autolib carsharing service in paris . 5 bluecar deliveries to retail customers began in march 2012 . 6 bollor s bluecar will also be used in the london autolib scheme in 2015 . 14 bluebus edit bollor bluebus has capacity for 22 passengers . two copies of this electric vehicle transportation arrived mid april 2015 to mulhouse haut rhin . 15 see also edit bollor logistics references edit aegis major shareholders . hemscott group ltd. 2006 07 19 . la pub a progress de 4 4 % dans la presse en 2011 . lefigaro.fr . dossier presse gratuite . strategies.fr . rfi be partners not predators morales warns french firms on paris visit . rfi.fr . retrieved 2012 06 14 . a b richard lord 2011 12 05 . autolib electric car sharing service launches in paris france . sustainable guernsey . retrieved 2011 12 17 . a b micha l torregrossa 2012 03 07 . bollor bluecar 1000 immatriculations pour autolib et d but des livraisons pour les particuliers bollor bluecar 1000 cars registered for autolib and deliveries for individuals begin in french . avem . retrieved 2012 03 21 . bollore sells 22.5 percent havas stake for 662 million press release . reuters . 26 march 2015 . bollore raises vivendi stake again as agm battle looms press release . reuters . 2 april 2015 . http www.bollore.com en us activities portfolio of shareholdings http variety.com 2016 digital global vincent bollore ups stake voting rights in vivendi 1201885211 move over velib autolib is on its way . bikeradar . 2008 06 30 . retrieved 2012 06 14 . eere news eere network news . apps1.eere.energy.gov . retrieved 2012 06 14 . 1 archived october 5 2008 at the wayback machine . holloway hilton 12 december 2014 . electric rental car scheme to land in london next year . autocar . retrieved 11 february 2015 . deux bluebus d barquent mulhouse external links edit bollor group bollor logistics bollor africa logistics v t e automotive industry in france automotive industry economy of france transport in france active manufacturers auverland beneteau group microcar bollor de la chapelle exagon iveco bus heuliez bus ligier motob cane nexter panhard pgo psa group citro n peugeot peugeot cycles pvi renault renault trucks acmat renault trucks defense scorpa y.o concept defunct 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