SOCIETE TECHNIQUE D'APPAREILLAGE RADIO - ELECTRIQUE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R002000120005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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rial contains information affecting the
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DATE OF INFORMATION (Date or dates, on or between which,
events or conditions described in report existed)
Mar 55
1. In March 1955 I visited the S T.A R E L ociete Technique d'Appareillage
Radio-E.1 ectriqu 7 at 110 Boulevard Saint Denis,.Courbevoie (Seine)
France. Mr (fnu) Louse is General Manager and is 43 years old.
The Commercial Director equivalent to Sales Manager) is Louis Loiseau.
He is 51 years old and lives at 125 rue Michel--Ange, Paris.
2. The company is considered to be middle-sized. They employ five
hundred persons and are engaged in the manufacture of variable
condensers, reduction units and printed. dials. They sell in France
land export to Italy, Belgium, Spain, Brazil and Argentina such items
as three-speed variable condensers for record players and radio
reduction units. They import several items, mainly, (wever, piezo-
electric cells. The sources of imports are Germany the Netherlands.
S T A R E now is in the process of trying to develop itself as an
exporter of three-speed record players assembled in France and is
seeking also to establish itself as an importer of electronic measuring
instruments. The plant today is modern and of fairly important value.
3. The firm was founded originally in the early thirties as a partnership
under the name of Raoult Freres. It was reorganized from a partnership
to a corporation in 1935 and assumed its present name. Today, S T A R E
has activities beyond the electronic field. It owns a subsidiary which
specializes in printing on glass, a technique known in France as "Novel".
4. The capital of the company first amounted to one hundred thousand:
francs. It was later increased to one million francs. In December
1946, it was raised to three million; in November 1949 to 5.2:million;
in December 1951 to seven million; and on 7 Sep 53 to 40 million francs
through incorporation of reserve funds. The capital is divided into
one thousand shares of 40 thousand francs each.
5. Before the war the firriz.'s funds were sometimes limited. The situation
improved considerably during the war when the firm had rather good
activity. Volume of business has been maintained and the present
volume of the firm is considered quite satisfactory. They have
Sufficient means to meet obligations promptly (medium range) and the
officers of the company are in good standing in the business community.
S T A R' E banks at Banque fcalbert, 40 rue de Clichy, Paris, France.
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