Kristine Kirchner Bouvier

Société Automatique de Profilage SAS, a French company that produces cold rolled metal products, was acquired by voestalpine Profilform GmbH on September 19, 2006. Part of voestalpine AG, Société Automatique de Profilage SAS is a manufacturer of metal products.

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