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France, Saudi Arabia
Saudi conglomerate Nesma reaches out to French industry

Meetings between Saudi and French business leaders have intensified since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Paris in June. The Saudi conglomerate Nesma is hoping the bilateral momentum will lead to new deals with French partners.

France
French intelligence services' spending surges before budget boost

The French government has earmarked more funding for intelligence over the next five years, but France's intelligence services, particularly the DGSE, have already exceeded their 2022 provisional budgets.

France, Germany, Turkmenistan
Paris and Berlin in race to woo Ashgabat for business

French companies are making a beeline for Turkmenistan, which has opened its borders after two years, but there is competition from Germany, which is putting big efforts into business diplomacy to court the Turkmen authorities.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
StoneTurn, Highgate, Passage Consulting, EPEE

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every week, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we head to Washington, London, Paris and Belgrade.

New York/London Mackintosh marks StoneTurn's arrival on British insider threat market

London Ileana Konialidis, from Lukashenko to Highgate

Paris/Belgrade Award for French consultant Jacques Hogard amid ethnic tensions

Washington Passage Consulting steps in as ISR's Washington lobbyist

France, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan government speeds up industry prospection in France

After having closed borders for two years, Turkmenistan is getting back to business with France with the help of French advisers and politicians with connections to the country.

France, Turkmenistan
Led by Vinci, Bouygues and Thales, French industrial groups prepare to return to Ashgabat in force

Guided by Vinci, Bouygues and Thales, French industrial groups are set to start prospecting for new business in Turkmenistan. Business diplomacy firm CIFAL is preparing to take a new delegation of industry leaders to Ashgabat.

China, France
Detekt'in helps Chinese firm Nuctech enter French market

Paris-based security systems distributor Detekt'in is helping Chinese scanner manufacturer Nuctech, a company close to the Chinese defence ecosystem, expand in France. Long barred from the United States, Nuctech is coming under increased scrutiny in Europe.

France, Turkmenistan
With Vinci, Bouygues and Thales, French industry turns back towards Turkmenistan

The gradual reopening of Turkmenistan to foreign business representatives, after the Covid-19 pandemic, has revived discussions with French industrial partners, who have sought the advice of their historical contacts in the country.

France, Iraq
Franco-Iraqi torchbearer Groupe ADP left in limbo in Mosul

France's Groupe ADP, which had been due to rehabilitate Mosul International Airport, has been left at a loss following Baghdad's decision to award the contract to Turkish companies instead. With little in the way of explanation from the Iraqi authorities, it has opted to withdraw from the project and its possible follow-up phases.

France, Russia
Consultant Gautier Mangenot makes Franco-Russian business debut in uncertain climate

The task of reorganising the Franco-Russian hydrogen forum, which is already running late and is now threatened by fall-out from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has been given to consultant and former CIFAL executive Gautier Mangenot.

France
Construction conglomerates fight for pole position to build intel services' new HQs

France's internal and external intelligence agencies have begun drawing up plans for their future headquarters, to be located at either end of Paris. Both are now in the process of selecting constructors for these two major public contracts.

Germany
German bug sweeper Albatross Projects wins business in US and China

A string of bug detector acquisitions has allowed German firm Albatross Projects to gain a worldwide presence in a field in which French specialists are beginning to band together.

France
Vinci subsidiary takes control of French bug-sweeper Siepel

Siepel, which works for private companies and the French government, has been acquired by Cegelec Défense, a subsidiary of Vinci Energies, in a deal that further consolidates this niche sector.

United States
NGA moves into economic intelligence gathering

After two years of planning at the Fort Belvoir Springfield headquarters of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), GEOINT-based economic analysis is now becoming part of the agency's armoury and its spending programme.

United States
GEOINT guru Vinci calls for economic intelligence against China

Cyber-offensive guru Anthony Vinci, who spent a brief stint as chief technology officer (CTO) of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), [...]

France
French engineer's shooting puts spotlight on Thales' troubled Colombian bid

Thales' business dealings in Colombia are coming under scrutiny following the mystery shooting of French engineer Philippe Cavaillès in Bogota.