![France's Jean-Marie Poimboeuf (L), Chairman and CEO of DCN (state owned military shipbuilder), congratulates Thales chairman and CEO Dominique Ranque (R) as French Finance Minister Thierry Breton (2nd L) and Defence Minister France's Jean-Marie Poimboeuf (L), Chairman and CEO of DCN (state owned military shipbuilder), congratulates Thales chairman and CEO Dominique Ranque (R) as French Finance Minister Thierry Breton (2nd L) and Defence Minister](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d1t28e/frances-jean-marie-poimboeuf-l-chairman-and-ceo-of-dcn-state-owned-military-shipbuilder-congratulates-thales-chairman-and-ceo-dominique-ranque-r-as-french-finance-minister-thierry-breton-2nd-l-and-defence-minister-michele-alliot-marie-2nd-r-look-on-upon-their-joint-news-conference-in-paris-december-15-2005-heads-of-thales-and-dcn-and-ministers-breton-and-alliot-marie-signed-thursday-a-joint-declaration-of-intent-with-a-view-to-combining-the-french-naval-business-of-thales-and-dcn-within-dcn-and-the-acquisition-by-thales-of-a-25-percent-interest-in-dcn-2d1t28e.jpg)
France's Jean-Marie Poimboeuf (L), Chairman and CEO of DCN (state owned military shipbuilder), congratulates Thales chairman and CEO Dominique Ranque (R) as French Finance Minister Thierry Breton (2nd L) and Defence Minister
![Jean-Marie Poimboeuf and French President Nicolas Sarkozy talk with worker of French shipbuilder DCNS where the nuclear submarine 'le Terrible' was built in Cherbourg, western France March 21, 2008. President Sarkozy visited Jean-Marie Poimboeuf and French President Nicolas Sarkozy talk with worker of French shipbuilder DCNS where the nuclear submarine 'le Terrible' was built in Cherbourg, western France March 21, 2008. President Sarkozy visited](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E4RMRE/jean-marie-poimboeuf-and-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-talk-with-worker-of-french-shipbuilder-dcns-where-the-nuclear-submarine-le-terrible-was-built-in-cherbourg-western-france-march-21-2008-president-sarkozy-visited-frances-new-generation-nuclear-armed-submarinele-terrible-photo-by-jacques-wittpoolabacapresscom-2E4RMRE.jpg)
Jean-Marie Poimboeuf and French President Nicolas Sarkozy talk with worker of French shipbuilder DCNS where the nuclear submarine 'le Terrible' was built in Cherbourg, western France March 21, 2008. President Sarkozy visited
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France's Thales chairman and CEO Dominique Rank attends a joint news conference [with Jean-Marie Poimboeuf Chairman and CEO of DCN (state owned military shipbuilder), French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Finance Minister Thierry ...
![Jean-Marie Poimboeuf, chairman of French state owned military shipbuilder DCN, attends a joint news conference with Denis Ranque, chairman of French defence and electronics group Thales, to present the "Convergence Project", in Jean-Marie Poimboeuf, chairman of French state owned military shipbuilder DCN, attends a joint news conference with Denis Ranque, chairman of French defence and electronics group Thales, to present the "Convergence Project", in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1725A/jean-marie-poimboeuf-chairman-of-french-state-owned-military-shipbuilder-dcn-attends-a-joint-news-conference-with-denis-ranque-chairman-of-french-defence-and-electronics-group-thales-to-present-the-convergence-project-in-paris-april-2-2007-reutersbenoit-tessier-france-2D1725A.jpg)
Jean-Marie Poimboeuf, chairman of French state owned military shipbuilder DCN, attends a joint news conference with Denis Ranque, chairman of French defence and electronics group Thales, to present the "Convergence Project", in
![L-R) France's DCN chairman and CEO Jean-Marie Poimboeuf (state owned military shipbuilder), French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry Thierry Breton, Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Thales chairman and CEO Denis L-R) France's DCN chairman and CEO Jean-Marie Poimboeuf (state owned military shipbuilder), French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry Thierry Breton, Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Thales chairman and CEO Denis](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2EAAH9X/l-r-frances-dcn-chairman-and-ceo-jean-marie-poimboeuf-state-owned-military-shipbuilder-french-minister-of-the-economy-finance-and-industry-thierry-breton-defence-minister-michele-alliot-marie-and-thales-chairman-and-ceo-denis-ranque-during-a-joint-news-conference-at-the-hotel-de-brienne-in-paris-on-december-15-2005-where-they-signed-a-joint-declaration-of-intent-with-a-view-to-combining-the-french-naval-business-of-thales-and-dcn-within-dcn-and-the-acquisition-by-thales-of-a-25-percent-interest-in-dcn-photo-by-bruno-kleinabacapresscom-2EAAH9X.jpg)