History The history of the group begins in 1992, when it was a limited company operating out of a 300 m2 building, with a team of three people. Several years later, S2i Devillers has 500 employees, 30,000 m2 of industrial buildings and unique steel expertise in Europe. 1992 Incorporation of Devillers Oxycoupage SARL (limited company) in Héricourt Business: Service oxygen cutting 1997 Integration of pre-assembly activities. The company acquired new business areas and achieved pole position among supplier groups. 1998 Construction of new buildings - Integration of surface treatment and finishing activities. Capital increase: €1,525,000. Entry into the Top 20 most competitive French companies. Move. Inauguration of new buildings. 1999 The company received the business trophy for the Grand Est region. 2000 Creation of Transfométal (pre-assembly of components). Adoption of a "key account" organisation - Continuation of service development: preproduction of sub-assemblies. 2001 Creation of Usinov (pre-machining of components). New business: high-speed machining of flat parts on pendular machine. Third position in the Le Figaro-Coface SCRL awards for the Franche-Comté region. 2002 Creation of the engineering - technical-sales department. Investment of €9m to increase capacity. Opening of the laser-cutting workshops. Creation of S2i with a view to centralising the common services of the various sites. 2003 Creation of Stalobrex in Poland. 2005 Development for export. Devillers Oxycoupage took over the French subsidiaries: Transfométal and Usinov. Expansion of the Héricourt site and reorganisation of flows in a process of ongoing improvement. 2006 14 February, Arcelor Distribution acquired 67% of S2i Devillers. This agreement was the start of a common development strategy based on the desire to perpetuate the growth of the S2i group and to participate in setting up an industrial project based on the "product-service" concept. Creation of the Ancenis platform. 2007 Investment of €20m, development of laser activities, folding, machining, logistics. Increased production capacity in Poland.   Gilles Devillers when the company started - 1992  The first buildings - 1992 Inauguration of the new buildings - 1998 S2i Devillers owns the entire Mont Vaudois Industrial Estate - 2004 Creation of the Ancenis logistics platform - 2006   New Polish site, Stalobrex - 2007