Aktuelle News
LCI has joined forces with the World Health Association, The Global Fund and Path, in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the world's most devastating diseases. |
May 2010 |
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These non-governmental organizations have called upon LCI to implement an ambitious programme for the prevention of malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. This partnership with LCI will not only focus on drawing up documents centred on a specific programme, but it will also cover all aspects of the issues involved: assessment of needs, creation of programmes, implementation of programmes, assessment of results, subsidy requests, implications of the illnesses on the economies of the affected countries, logistical aspects and vaccination programmes. |
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Linguistics |
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Opening of LCI Shanghai |
May 2010 |
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LCI is increasing its presence in China by opening a new office in Shanghai. Located in the business district, opposite the well-known Pudong area on the banks of the river Huangpu, LCI China's new offices will be dedicated to technical training and translation of technical documents. This new opening will enable LCI to strengthen its training services for European car manufacturers and assert itself as the leading company in the field of multi-lingual technical information processing. |
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Sales Engineering |
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LCI Rennes: Advertising - you said it! |
May 2010 |
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LCI Rennes has been lending its voices and know-how to France and Europe's major car manufacturers. LCI's package which offers dubbed voiceovers for advertising has been a huge success with its customers. |
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Information Technology |
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After the success of its intensive sessions, LCI is extending is range of English training courses |
March 2010 |
LCI’s themed English courses are motoring along in Paris, Rennes and Lannion.The trainees, mainly from France Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent, really enjoy brushing up on their English during these 2 or 4 day intensive sessions which take place in small groups each week and never fail to book up quickly!!
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Linguistics |
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LCI China lands new partnership deal with TBNA YellowPages |
March 2010 |
In January 2010, after a rigorous selection process launched in November 2009 by TBNA YellowPages involving a large panel of potential suppliers, LCI China won and signed a major framework contract with Tianjin Binhai New Area Yellow Pages. The purpose of this contract is to provide the translation and page layout for the latest directory. LCI China is now the exclusive provider of these services for TBNA. This partnership will also enable LCI China to assert its position as leader in providing high quality translation services, which is just one of the many activities the company offers. LCI also specialises in multilingual training, instructional engineering and technical documentation for the industry. |
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Linguistics |
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"The "Elan-Entreprises” event: LCI - in contact with regional companies more than ever” |
February 2010 |
“As part of its partnership initiated in 2006 with the basketball team Elan Béarnais Pau Lacq Orthez, LCI will soon be taking part in the very first “Elan-Entreprises”. |
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Sales Engineering |
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Défi 2009: The Podium |
June 2009 |
| The LCI Lannion team has once again participated in the Défi des Entreprises (Company Sports Challenge Competition) that takes place every year in the Lannion region and this time managed to grab 2nd place on the podium! This feat represents an enormous progression from 2008 when they finished 8th overall. On the successive Saturdays of May 30th and June 6th the Défi brought together over 300 employees from the Trégor region to compete in the various (more or less) sporting events. The small and distinctly feminine LCI Lannion agency competed in collaboration with two other rather more masculine ; small companies to form 10 teams. The programme for the highly motivated top office athletes included: bowling, swimming, pétanque, aquathlon (swimming + running race), mini-rugby and beach volley ball. Two fun days that were concluded with a pleasant evening of cocktails and prize-giving and an opportunity to exchange ideas with the participants from other companies and of course to clearly state the shared dream of finally claiming the trophy in 2010!      http://www.defi-des-entreprises.asso.fr/ |
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Linguistics |
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LCI develops a multilingual sales pitch |
February 2009 |
LCI has enabled the car manufacturer to benefit from its entire range of skills, known as the “LCI-Box”. LCI designed, developed and translated into 9 languages, an interactive sales pitch aimed at the manufacturer’s employees, for proving the contribution of the IT system network in the field of after-sales:
We wish to thank the car manufacturer for trusting us and congratulate the LCI employees once more for their involvement in this project. |
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Information Technology |
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LCI meets UTT students |
December 2008 |
| On November 26 2008 at Troyes University of Technology, LCI took part in the third utt-businesses forum based around the complementary relationship between students and professionals. LCI was thus able to explain to students the company’s activity and areas of expertise, from technical and support documentation to technical installation. LCI was welcomed by a team of students who then looked after the company for the whole day, giving a guided tour of their establishment. It was the ideal occasion to meet students from many different walks of life and identify or even recruit future trainees or collaborators for the company. Troyes University of Technology (UTT) trains engineers and offers a Masters in ‘Science, Technology and Health’ and postgraduate diplomas. The UTT, a public establishment, forms part of the network of technological universities with the UTC, the UTBM and the UTS. We pride ourselves on diverse and innovative training: strong business links, stays abroad and general culture. http://www.utt.fr/forum/pres.htm http://www.utt.fr  |
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Instructional Engineering |
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LCI working for road transport organisations once more |
December 2008 |
| On November 3rd 2008, LCI improved its assistance service for road haulage contractors. Since January 2008, LCI has provided a hotline offering technical assistance for heavy-goods vehicles using digital tachograph systems (previously the black box). The data collected by tachographs in each lorry must be stored for a period of 5 years by law. Various digital storage systems are available from road transport organisations. LCI has set up a pre-sale support with road haulage contractors in order to be able to offer them the best solutions for legal archiving of this data. |
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Document Engineering |
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LCI at the heart of student innovation at the UTBM |
December 2008 |
| On the 1st and 2nd of October 2008, LCI took part in the 24th Industrial Congress of the Technological University of Belfort-Montbéliard entitled “The Engineer at the Heart of Innovation". Over the course of two these days organised by the university's student union, industrial and academic speakers discussed the innovative techniques used and created by today's engineers as well as the expected results and challenges the engineers of tomorrow will face. At the same time, LCI was able to take part in the Etudiants-Entreprises (Students and Businesses) forum that this year welcomed over 30 industry professionals. The forum represented a meeting place for LCI and students of general engineering hoping to meet professionals and perhaps secure internships or future jobs. It furthermore presented the careers which already exist in the world of technical communication, alongside the ways in which LCI support the implementation of our clients’ technical solutions. LCI was particularly well received by the students who showed professionalism, conscientiousness and enthusiasm, and the company hopes to be part of the experience again next year. L’UTBM (The Technological University of Belfort-Montbéliard, created in 1999,) is a public institution with scientific, cultural and professional interest, training engineers to be rapidly ready to enter the industry, and ensure their exceptional adaptability in a changing technological and social environment. The UTBM is a member of the technological universities network, along with Troyes, Compiègne and now Shanghai, and is the result of the merging of two higher education establishments - l'Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Belfort (1962), (Belfort National School of Engineers), and l'Institut Polytechnique de Sévenans (Sévenans Polytechnic) – an annexe of Compiègne established in 1985.  |
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Instructional Engineering |
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250 interns in heavy goods maintenance virtually trained over the last 2 months |
December 2008 |
| Since September 2008, LCI has virtually trained over 250 interns specialising in the maintenance of heavy goods vehicles in the specific processes and information systems available to major HGV manufacturers. Virtual classes are a means of allowing interns to remain in their place of work to complete the program, while being taught by real trainers. Visual conferencing makes each session interactive, and the trainer can remotely assist each intern and respond to their questions as they complete online exercises. The support systems available for this type of training have been developed specifically by LCI. |
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Document Engineering |
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LCI meets 6 engineering schools from Western France |
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| On Wednesday November 19th, LCI took part in the 16th edition of the Forum Atlantique, organized at the Nantes Métropole Cité Internationale des Congrès by 6 engineering schools located in the West of France. Over 85 companies from different sectors such as industrial, auditing and consultation firms, BTP and services were there to meet students and promising young graduates. LCI was given an warm welcome and assistance throughout the day by a voluntary student, and was therefore able to provide the students with information concerning the various lines of work involving technical communication (documentation, training, technical support and assistance). This forum gave us the opportunity to get closer to the schools and universities where some of our new partners are trained, to meet students with different profiles and to talk about internship and job possibilities at LCI. Thanks to the combined efforts of the 6 co-organiser schools (Ecole Centrale of Nantes, ENITIAA, Ecole des Mines of Nantes, Polytech’Nantes, ICAM, Ecole Supérieure du Boic, the Forum Atlantique, created over 20 years ago, has become the largest student/company forum in the West of France. http://forumatlantique.ec-nantes.fr/site/visiteurs.php
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The video boom |
December 2008 |
| Corporate films, product presentations, Web broadcasts etc.: video is everywhere nowadays! LCI is responding to the growing needs of customers from all sorts of sectors, supporting them through every step of their video projects : - Video acquisition, - Conversion, - Rough assembly, - Sound-track editing and setting - Voiceover recordings - Subtitling - Cutting the final media (DVD or CD) At a time when sustainable development is top of the agenda, video is a highly eco-friendly form of media. Often hand in hand with the recording service, the Video Team at LCI give companies the chance to leverage the know how of those staff whose retirement date is fast approaching. |
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Instructional Engineering |
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Pau basketball team gets a new look ! |
December 2008 |
| For the 2nd season in a row, Elan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, the Pau basketball team, chose LCI to create their new graphic design range. The new designs will be displayed on 4x3 panels, in Pau bus stops, and in pre-game advertisements. Having made a name for themselves in 2005 with the graphic designs used in items sent to club sponsors and partners, LCI's graphic designers and artists highlighted the family and spectator aspects. The designs give a feel for the atmosphere when big games make the stadium beat to the rhythm of a passion for sports. Ranking 9th at the end of the 2007–2008 season and a long-time member of the French basketball elite (PRO A), EBPO now hopes to bounce back and take off with new momentum. Indeed, as stated in the 2007 slogan designed by LCI, let’s all hope that “after overcoming obstacles, Elan is on it’s way to the highest peaks”!  |
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Information Technology |
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LCI Lannion participates in the Employment Forum for Persons with Disabilities at Saint-Brieuc |
November 2008 |
Marking the occasion of the 12th ‘Semaine pour l'emploi des personnes handicapées’ (Employment week for persons with disabilities) running from the 17th to the 22nd November 2008, LCI has participated in the Saint Brieuc ‘Employment Forum for Persons with Disabilities’ organised by the AGEFIPH and the Côtes d’Armor ‘Cité des Métiers’ (Careers Development Centre). The event, the purpose of which is to enable meetings between disabled employment seekers and companies seeking candidates in one to one interviews, was crowned with success both in terms of its frequentation and its level of organisation.
The LCI stand drew numerous candidates with a variety of professional vocations (commercial assistants, translators, computing technicians, etc.) and mutually convivial contacts were established in a productive environment. While recruitment will certainly result from this Forum, LCI remains ready to examine all future professional candidatures. |
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Linguistics |
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LCI Rennes organises an international conference call covering 26 countries for PSA |
November 2008 |
| The DF/DCNC division (Financial Division / Accounting and Accounting Standards Division) of PSA chose LCI to organise a conference call seminar with 150 participants in 26 countries (list attached) at Poissy, on 22 October 2008. 5 speakers conducted the conference in French. They presented the new accounting and financial standards (translated into English by LCI) to which all the participants had access via PSA's intranet. Two specialist interpreters, together with the equipment necessary for simultaneous interpreting (booth, control room, sound system, technical support, etc.) were dispatched to the Poissy site. At the same time, we set up 150 international telephone lines. PSA was given one telephone number for the French part of the conference (where only the speakers' words were transmitted) and a second telephone number for the English part (where only the simultaneous translation by the interpreters was transmitted). A virtual forum was thus created so that the participants could ask their questions when the presentations were concluded. The questions arrived on the PC of one of the speakers who acted as moderator by relaying the questions to the relevant speakers, while the entire dialogue was simultaneously interpreted. This "virtual telephone" seminar took place in both French and English with significant technical resources implemented for the event and translators specialising in field of finance. |
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Linguistics |
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LCI LANNION working on voice synthesis |
October 2008 |
After participating in the creation of a synthesized Spanish voice (phonetics and segmentation verification by native Spanish speakers) project leaders from LCI LANNION, using client software, are presently working on the creation of a synthesized English voice. This end to end project involves the participation of an on-site native English speaking team. The English voice will be ready by the end of 2008. |
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Linguistics |
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LCI is granted Microsoft MCSA certification |
August 2008 |
After completing its training, LCI was granted Microsoft MCSA certification. This certification validates the theoretical and practical skills acquired by the technicians concerning Microsoft products, especially those in the Windows 2003 Server range. Microsoft MCSA certification is granted upon successful completion of 4 technical tests on Microsoft products; in this case Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2003 Network Service and Windows 2003 Security. This new certification will helps us to strengthen our relationship with a major IT supplier as well as to provide our customers with a higher level of service quality. |
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Information Technology |
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ISO 9001: July 2008: SGS confirms that the Quality Programme initiated in 2007 is off to a good start |
August 2008 |
Following the audit carried out on June 3 2008, the SGS certification organisation confirmed LCI’s ISO 9001 certification. The originality of LCI’s approach is based on the fact that the management system decided to obtain certification first. In 2009, LCI will be working towards certification for its translation activities, confirming the fact that the example set by management is being followed by the various activity sectors. |
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Administrative |
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The LCI/TURBOMECA training centre welcomes its 1,000th trainee |
August 2008 |
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After its inauguration in October 2006, the Izarbel Training Centre for helicopter engines confirmed the important role which training holds for a company such as Turbomeca. In 2008, LCI's teams will welcome over 2,500 trainees. The training sessions will take place both in our offices and on our many customers’ premises. The training courses will be held in over 30 countries this year. In addition to their technical expertise, the trainers are skilled teachers who provide training in English, French, German, and Spanish. In August 2008, the Izarbel Centre welcomed its 1,000th trainee. LCI’s close-knit, dynamic administrative and teaching teams work hard and smoothly to receive Turbomeca clients in a way which demonstrates the company's values in action. |
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Instructional Engineering |
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LCI is a major player in language training in Brittany |
August 2008 |
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English-language training programmes have been held in Rennes and Lannion: in June and July 2008, several clients took intensive week-long or day-long courses in the offices of these two agencies. The themes on offer were: Trégor Business Challenge results |
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Linguistics |
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Pau basketball team gets a new look! |
August 2008 |
For the 2nd season in a row, Elan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, the Pau basketball team, chose LCI to create the new graphic design range. The new designs will be displayed on 4 x 3 panels, in Pau bus stops, and in pre-game advertisements. Having made a name for themselves in 2005 with the graphic designs used on items sent to club sponsors and partners, LCI's graphic designers and artists highlighted themes such as family and spectators. The design conveys a feel of the atmosphere during big games, when the arena beats to the rhythm of a passion for sports. Ranking 9th at the end of the 2007–2008 season and a long-term member of the French basketball elite (PRO A), EBPO now hopes to bounce back up and take off with new momentum. Indeed, as decreed by the 2007 slogan composed by LCI, let’s all hope that “after overcoming obstacles, Elan is on its way to the highest peaks”! |
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Information Technology |
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New office in Beijing |
August 2008 |
With success spreading internationally, the LCI group has decided to found a new agency in the Chinese capital, Beijing. With its office at the heart of the China Business District (CBD), LCI will be closer to its clients, allowing it to further improve the quality of the services on offer. This new office will serve as a base for winning over the Asian market in general and the Chinese market in particular. |
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Linguistics |
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LCI Lannion competes in the Tregor Défi Sportif des Entreprises 2008 (Tregor Business Sports Challenge) (See attached article) |
June 2008 |
| press article Once again it’s time to exhibit sporting prowess and vanquish the competition or simply take part and enjoy the fun of the annual Tregor Business Sports Challenge. Maïté, Vice-President of the Défi association and linguist with LCI, oversees motivation of the troops!     9 colleagues from LCI Lannion have teamed-up with associated local computer systems management company, V2Plus, to take up the challenge, to win glory or get wet trying, in some of the world’s most arduous sporting events: Canoeing, Swimming, Bowling, Running and of course for the truly athletic personnel Pétanque! A great way to meet with people from other local companies as well as enjoying the company of office colleagues in a fun and friendly context. Results will be posted on the 14th June! |
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Linguistics |
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SDL-TRADOS certifies LCI as an Approved Training Centre |
February 2008 |
LCI has received the ATC (Approved Training Centre) program certification from SDL TRADOS. The SDL TRADOS ATC (Approved Training Centres) program was developed in order to meet the growing demand for training sessions for independent translators, translation service providers as well as company translation services. These training sessions enable you to obtain SDL TRADOS certification. Thanks to its ATC certification, LCI is the first French partner authorized to dispense very high-quality training to current and future SDL TRADOS customers in preparation for their certification. Certification is the main program destined to evaluate the command of the SDL Trados software, one of the branch’s main technologies. It offers a recognized standard of excellence. As a comprehensive professional training program, it is destined for developing and validating the command of SDL Trados translation tools. SDL TRADOS is thus reinforcing its strategic partnership with LCI, who in turn may use this certification to stand out among its customers and strengthen its competitiveness.  |
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Linguistics |
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LCI TRAINING JOINS THE AEROSPACE VALLEY COMPETITIVE CLUSTER |
January 2008 |
| A collective project With it’s « competitive cluster » labellisation, the intelligence and networking economy is being supported, the one which associates conception and manufacturing, product and service, the one which requires an active public/private partnership network, the one which identifies specialists for each theme or industry, and encourages their collaboration, the one which irrigates it’s entire territory with energy. This mobilisation and this common future focus on one ambition: the creation of 40 000 to 45 000 jobs by 2025 with six aims:
We are pleased to announce that the Cluster Accession Board referenced LCI in November 2007. |
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Document Engineering |
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LCI is now a QlikView Partner |
November 2007 |
LCI keeps on growing, and our relationships with our customers keep on growing stronger. In order to accompany them with their reporting and data analysis needs, we are widening our service offer as far as decision-making and data analysis (or “Business Intelligence”) are concerned.
QlikView, the much-rewarded decision analysis solution by QlikTech, works just like the human brain: with just a couple of clicks, it establishes data associations from various sources, providing precise information which may be processed immediately. This patented “in-memory” association concept makes QlikView a quick to learn and easy to edit intuitive tool which is capable of instantaneously analysing billions of records, using low-cost hardware platforms. |
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Information Technology |
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LCI and Orange R&D labs present ''Language Technology'' indexing and voice synthesis. |
October 2007 |
Within the framework of the Science Festival held on 12th, 13th & 14th October, LCI will give a presentation at the Science village/centre in Lannion alongside another twenty companies and research laboratories from the region. In the “Language Technology” area, LCI has chosen to present an automatic document indexing tool which uses natural language processing technologies, alongside Orange R&D Labs who will be demonstrating voice synthesis. This event is an opportunity to get to know LCI's expertise in the field of NLP. The demonstration will be given by a computational linguist from LCI Lannion, Maité Briselet. You can download the programme for this scientific weekend. |
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Linguistics |
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LCI Information Technology China opens its doors |
October 2007 |
 After expanding to 10 sites in France and Europe, the LCI Group has now opened its first center in China! LCI has chosen Tianjin, in the Tianjin Economic - Technological Development Area (TEDA), for its new offices. The first 4 employees will be welcomed in the brand new 200m2 offices managed by Miss Sha Yu (pictured center).LCI China will focus on engineering, technical support, translation, website design and sourcing of Asian suppliers. LCI China has already had its first commercial success with its client Gomesa. A few figures on Tianjin Tianjin is about 90 miles southeast of Beijing, at the mouth of the Hai He river, near the Bohai sea. It is the largest commercial port in China. The city boasts six million inhabitants and, with the surrounding area, more than ten million. The Economic and Technological Development Area:
The first Chinese high speed railway connecting Tianjin and Beijing will be operating for the 2008 Olympic Games. The trip will take only 30 minutes. |
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Information Technology |
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LCI Rennes moves to better serve its clients |
October 2007 |
To handle its growing turnover and staff, the teams at LCI Rennes left their offices in Saint Grégoire (35) to move to a new, entirely renovated, 450m2 location. These offices are located on the Ker Lann campus in Bruz, an area dedicated to training, research and business services. To properly celebrate this event, a cocktail reception was held on September 21, 2007 attended by many clients, employees, friends and local personalities. The group Agua Na Boca (http://www.info-groupe.com/aguanaboca/) played Brazilian music and provided a lively atmosphere. However, it wasn't easy for Agua Na Boca's singers and musicians, who had to endure the shouts of encouragement from the rugby fans watching the France/Ireland World Cup game, which France won (to the utter disappointment of our Irish employees who had to console themselves on the dance floor!) |
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Linguistics |
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LCI is expanding to Tianjin in China |
April 2007 |
| Following a recent business trip to Shanghai, Mr. Erik Lebreton, CEO of the LCI Group, joined by Chinese project manager Miss Sha Yu, has decided to open offices in Tianjin, China, in order to offer the best possible service to its international customers. This trip gave LCI the opportunity to meet the Director of the Chinese government’s investment association as well as several company directors from various industry sectors. LCI is looking to work with them in order to expand its international influence. Sha Yu will be in charge of managing LCI’s China division. Tianjin is a city with 11 million inhabitants directly dependent on the central Chinese government, and is situated 120 kilometres south of Beijing. Since the opening of the Chinese market, goods sold by companies located in Beijing are manufactured in Tianjin. Tianjin is a large industrial city and is situated in the ‘Gold region’ on the coast of the Bohai sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, where a flourishing market is developing at a fast pace, attracting more and more foreign investors most notably in the automobile, aeronautics, chemical, medical, textile, mechanic and electronics industries. Some of the biggest international names such as Toyota, Motorola and Airbus are based there. |
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Linguistics |
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After Chicago and Paris, Laurent GARNIER ran the 2006 New York Marathon in the colors of LCI |
November 2006 |
The New York Marathon is one of the biggest running events in the world, attracting over 37,000 runners from all kinds of backgrounds and nationalities. Beyond the lucrative prize of over 600,000 US dollars, a fantastic atmosphere created by 2 million spectators lining the course and 315 million watching at home boosted the moral of all those taking part. Out of the 700,000 who took part in the previous marathons, none of them would deny that crossing the finish line in Central Park is one of the greatest feelings one could ever experience in a lifetime! More information at www.nycmarathon.org Our very own Laurent Garnier, director of one of our instruction engineering centers, once again beat his own marathon record this year with a time of 4 hours 13 minutes and 9 seconds, which was 9 minutes less than his last marathon (Paris, April 2006) and 38 minutes less than the one he ran in Chicago in October 2005! It is this type of achievement which encapsulates the spirit found in our teams here at LCI: Commitment and performance in action. Here are a few facts to give you an idea of the sheer size of the New York marathon:
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Instructional Engineering |
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Inaugural speech for the opening of the Turbomeca / LCI Training Center, on October 19, 2006. By Erik Lebreton |
October 2006 |
I would like to thank the Regional and General councils, the Bayonne Anglet Biarritz area, the elected representatives from Biarritz and Bidart, and finally the representatives from the UIMM (the metallurgy industry union) and the CCI (the Chamber of Commerce and Industry) for their attendance.
For a Breton like me, it is a great honor to be given such a warm welcome in this wonderful part of the Basque country.
I don’t believe in luck. I believe in the careful planning of events:
This means that in the next 5 years, the number of training courses given will increase by 50%.     
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Document Engineering |
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LCI Engineering is expanding |
September 2006 |
| To include industrial vehicle manufacturers and national distribution networks. Technical assistance, guarantees, audits, technical and sales training focusing on the automotive and aeronautics industries. |
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Document Engineering |
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