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{{Infobox Company
{{Infobox company
| company_name = EIFFEL
| name = EIFFEL
| company_logo = [[Image:LogoEiffel.gif]]
| logo = LogoEiffel.gif
| industry = [[Construction]]
| company_type = [[Public limited company|Public]] ({{lse|BBY}})
| foundation = 1866 by Gustave EIFFEL
| foundation = 1866 by [[Gustave Eiffel]]
| location = [[Colombes]], [[France]]
| location = [[Colombes]], [[France]]
| key_people = Jacques Huillard, Chairman
| key_people = Jacques Huillard, Chairman
| industry = [[Construction]]
| revenue = [[Euro|€]] 703 million (2009)
| num_employees = 4,100
| products =
| homepage = [http://www.eiffel.fr www.eiffel.fr]
| revenue = Euro|€]] 703 million (2009)
| num_employees = 4,100
| parent =
| subsid =
| homepage = [http://www.eiffel.fr www.eiffel.fr]
| slogan =
| footnotes =
}}
}}


[[File:Paris 75007 Rue de Buenos Aires 20070709 Eiffel Tower.jpg|right|thumb|Eiffel Tower]]
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[[File:Liberty-statue-from-below.jpg|thumb|Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World'')]]
[[Image:eiffel tower from the neighborhood.jpg|left|thumb|Eiffel Tower]]
'''Eiffel''' (French ''Eiffel Constructions métalliques'') is part of the [[Eiffage]] group and the descendant of the engineering company Société des Établissements Eiffel founded by [[Gustave Eiffel]], designer of the [[Eiffel Tower]].


'''Eiffel''' (French ''Eiffel Constructions métalliques'') is part of the [[Eiffage]] group and the descendant of the engineering company Société des Établissements Eiffel founded by [[Gustave Eiffel]], designer of the [[Eiffel Tower]].
==Notable Structures built by the Eiffel Company and its Predecessors==

* [[Eiffel Tower]] completed in 1889.<ref name=Eiffel>{{cite web|url=http://www.eiffel.fr/cms/le-groupe-eiffage/histoire.html|title = Notable Structures}}</ref>
==Notable structures==
* [[Statue of Liberty]] completed in 1878
* [[Garabit bridge]] completed in 1884
* [[Budapest-Nyugati Railway Terminal]] completed in 1877
* [[Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni]], completed in 1877
* [[Maria Pia Bridge]], completed in 1877
* [[Statue of Liberty|Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World'')]] completed in 1878
* [[Garabit viaduct]] completed in 1884
* Colbert Bridge completed in 1888
* [[Eiffel Tower]] completed in 1889.<ref name=Eiffel>{{cite web |url=http://www.eiffel.fr/cms/le-groupe-eiffage/histoire.html |title=Notable Structures |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219223729/http://www.eiffel.fr/cms/le-groupe-eiffage/histoire.html |archive-date=2008-12-19 }}</ref>
* [[Jiu Bridge]], completed in 1897<ref>{{cite news|url=http://adevarul.ro/locale/targu-jiu/pod-monument-istoric-targu-jiu-abandonat-autoritati-marginea-orasului-taiat-bucati-hotii-fier-vechi-1_559530d0cfbe376e35ca4779/index.html|title=Pod monument istoric din Târgu-Jiu, abandonat de autorităţi la marginea oraşului şi tăiat în bucăţi de hoţii de fier vechi ("The Târgu-Jiu Bridge, historical monument, abandoned by the authorities on the city limits and cut into pieces by the scrap iron thieves")|newspaper=Adevarul|date=2 July 2015|access-date=21 May 2017|language=ro}}</ref>
* [[Tancarville Bridge]] completed in 1955.<ref name=Eiffel/>
* [[Tancarville Bridge]] completed in 1955.<ref name=Eiffel/>
* [[Louvre Pyramid]] completed in 1989.<ref name=Eiffel/>
* ''[[Louvre Pyramid]]'' completed in 1989.<ref name=Eiffel/>
* [[Pont de Normandie|Normandy bridge]] completed in 1995.<ref name=Eiffel/>
* [[Pont de Normandie|Normandy bridge]] completed in 1995.<ref name=Eiffel/>
* [[The Living Bridge]] completed 2007
* It assisted with the construction and support of the glass wall of [[Columbia University]]'s [[Alfred Lerner Hall]], the largest in [[North America]] completed in 1999.
* [[Millau Viaduct]] completed in 2002.
* [[Millau Viaduct]] completed in 2002.
* [[Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir|Simone-de-Beauvoir foot bridge]] completed in 2006.
* [[Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir|Simone-de-Beauvoir foot bridge]] completed in 2006.
* It assisted with the construction and support of the glass wall of [[Columbia University]]'s [[Alfred Lerner Hall]], the largest in [[North America]] completed in 1999.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.eiffel.fr/ Eiffel website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911224207/http://www.eiffel.fr/ |date=2017-09-11 }} (in French)


{{Statue of Liberty|state=collapsed}}
*[http://www.eiffel.fr/ Eiffel website] (in French)
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[[Category:Companies of France]]
[[Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of France]]
[[Category:Gustave Eiffel]]
[[Category:Companies based in Île-de-France]]
[[Category:Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1866]]
[[Category:French companies established in 1866]]


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Latest revision as of 11:29, 28 February 2024

EIFFEL
IndustryConstruction
Founded1866 by Gustave Eiffel
HeadquartersColombes, France
Key people
Jacques Huillard, Chairman
Revenue 703 million (2009)
Number of employees
4,100
Websitewww.eiffel.fr
Eiffel Tower
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World)

Eiffel (French Eiffel Constructions métalliques) is part of the Eiffage group and the descendant of the engineering company Société des Établissements Eiffel founded by Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower.

Notable structures

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Notable Structures". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19.
  2. ^ "Pod monument istoric din Târgu-Jiu, abandonat de autorităţi la marginea oraşului şi tăiat în bucăţi de hoţii de fier vechi ("The Târgu-Jiu Bridge, historical monument, abandoned by the authorities on the city limits and cut into pieces by the scrap iron thieves")". Adevarul (in Romanian). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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