DOCUMENTS
historic
Ad (1976)
Astron signal
Ad (196)
Ad (1952)
Standard signal fluorescent source
New Silec signal in 1954
The end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s saw the progressive disappearance of fluorescent tube sources in favor of LED sources.
In 1996, Silec became part of the Sagem group, which continued to develop traffic visualization and regulation products. The Silec entity was retained for some time, before being completely replaced by Sagem, then Sagem Communications and finally Sagemcom.
The flagship products of Silec's signaling activity, such as the Astron or Atlas lights, will be modernized several times by Sagem.
In 2010 Sagem sold its signaling and traffic regulation activities to the Aximum group (Colas), which continued to manufacture Astron lights and the third generation of Atlas lights from Silec.
Silec's cable and fiber optic activities were bought out in 2005 from Sagem by the General Cable group, which named its French subsidiary Silec Cable.
The Société Industrielle de Liaisons Electriques was founded in 1932 in Paris. The activity begins with the design of electrical cables and cables for telecommunications.
In 1948, a period of post-war industrial revival which saw the rise of traffic lights, Silec opened a workshop in La Garenne Colombe to launch the production of traffic lights and control devices for intersections. Many French cities will be equipped with the first steel Silec lights.
The first traffic light fitted with fluorescent tube light sources was patented by Silec in 1957. It was marketed a few years later under the Standard name and fitted to a large number of towns.
In the 1970s, the cable business also took off and made Silec a recognized manufacturer for the design of cables for networks.
New controllers, reputed to be reliable and efficient (1521, 2PHC, Phaselec, AZ) complete Silec's reputation in the field of traffic regulation. Silec will also design a controller model specifically for the city of Paris (VDP).
The 1980s saw several strategic acquisitions follow one another: the Sysin company specializing in software development in 1981, then the signaling activity of Oméra which was bought from Philips in 1985.
A new range of traffic lights in composite materials was also marketed in the early 1980s: Europe traffic lights. Like their predecessors, they will be widely established (Marseille, Lille, Caen, Lorient, Paris region, Ile-de-France motorways and even in the heart of Paris for the signaling of movable bridges).
A few years later, new generation of traffic lights, with a more daring design (Atlas, Astron and Silux 2000), will be developed by Silec, and each time will meet with great success with French cities, but also abroad.
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