The shipowner, who celebrated his 75th birthday in 2022, invites us on board as it opens a new page in its history with a new 100% Reunion shareholder base. Its general director, Adrien de Chomereau, kindly guided this overview of the company and its projects after its takeover by its historic shareholder, Jacques de Chateauvieux, to which various Reunion entrepreneurs joined who now make up its board of directors. Sapmer under the Reunionese flag : behind this news, it’s the meeting of a company and a profession, fishing, that we invite you. Isn't it a paradox, on an island, that the profession of deep-sea fishing is ultimately quite unfamiliar to its inhabitants ? The explanation perhaps also comes from the fact that the activity is largely oriented towards export.
Sapmer, For example, is the second largest exporting company in Reunion Island. Its products — toothfish, lobster, tuna — are distributed in around thirty countries ! This is why we will read with interest, among others, the company’s desire to develop Les Comptoirs Sapmer, which are aimed at local customers, to catering professionals and individuals. We wish good luck to this crew for this great adventure., they make Réunion shine in the southern seas. So many more discoveries in this issue of Leader Réunion ! The La Perrière group is opening a unique site this month in Reunion Island. : a dry port, that is to say an intermediate and temporary storage location which facilitates the transport and delivery of containers to companies in the south of the island. A small local revolution, the importance of which is measured by the height of the traffic jam problem ! In a completely different genre, In this issue we begin the presentation of a rather discreet and yet active business model in Reunion Island. : the cooperative model. A state of mind, as much as a model, who deserves to be better known.