Press release                                                                             Lyon, Nov, 28th, 2014

 

ORAPI Winner Futur40 Prize
SME Finance / Morningstar

The ORAPI Group was awarded on Friday 21 November the Futur40 Prize at the Actionaria exhibition dedicated to the company for the strong growth of its business.

With an average increase of 24% per year, ORAPI, amongst the 40 listed French SMEs and ETI posted the strongest activity increase during the last 3 years.

This first edition organized by SME Finance in partnership with Morningstar, aims to demonstrate the richness of the French market and the performance of companies that comprise it.
The Futur40 Prize is awarded to the 40 most dynamic French companies listed from a selection of 4,000 securities eligible for PEA-SMEs, including 600 from France. To be selected, companies must have recorded an increase in their activity greater than 15% per year over the last 3 years.

"We are very proud of this award which recognizes an ambitious business project. Our development, combining external and organic growth, allowed us to multiply our sales by a factor of 20 during a 12-year period. I want to thank all the staff of ARIPO which has enabled the Group to become the leader in occupational health in France. We will maintain our focus and continue our active development '' Guy Chifflot, Chairman of ORAPI.

Read the interview of Henri Biscarrat, Deputy CEO of ORAPI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV5PgzQbVG0&list=UUtvO61ZpDqAuv6jyETNu85Q:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV5PgzQbVG0&list=UUtvO61ZpDqAuv6jyETNu85Q

ORAPI designs, manufactures and sells technical solutions and products for Professional Hygiene and Maintenance. Orapi is the French leader in Professional Hygiene

About Finance SMEs: To give entrepreneurs the means to accelerate their growth through internationalization and innovation, SME Finance brings together the entire community of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurs, individual and institutional equity investors, banks , financial markets, intermediaries and advice. The association supports the need for a comprehensive reform of corporate finance to accelerate the development of small businesses, SMEs and ETI.

About Morningstar : Morningstar France was founded in Paris in 2001 and launched its investment website, Morningstar.fr that year. This site provides access to funds offered to private investors in France and get objective information on these.
Morningstar, Inc. is an independent investment analysis leading provider with the mission of creating products to help investors achieve their financial goals.

Orapi is listed on compartment C of Euronext Paris under ISIN code : FR0000075392
Reuters code : ORPF.PA              Bloomberg code : ORAP.FP

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Contacts :   
                                                                           

    Deputy CEO                                               Financial Communication
    Henri Biscarrat                                            J.Gacoin/S.Kennis
    Tel : +33 (0)4 74 40 20 04                            Tel : +33 (0)1 75 77 54 67
    henri.biscarrat@orapi.com:
mailto:henri.biscarrat@orapi.com                            jgacoin@aelium.fr:
mailto:jgacoin@aelium.fr

    ORAPI Communication
    Fabienne CHIFFLOT
    Tel : +33 (0)6 60 36 46 81
    fabienne.chifflot@orapi.com:
mailto:fabienne.chifflot@orapi.com

ORAPI-Futur40 Prize-VDeng:
http://hugin.info/143522/R/1876225/661269.pdf


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