La Compagnie des Lampes

The plant was subsequently attached to the CGE (Compagnie Générale d'Electricité) on its acquisition in 1898.

In 1915, the plant was the second to start manufacturing TM triodes ("Télégraphie Militaire") in France, under their Métal brand (the first was E.C.&A.

Founded in 1911 by Paul Blavier, La Compagnie des Lampes was a light bulb factory workshop, located in Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, near Cholet.

The company changed its name in 1918 to become Manufacture de lampes à incandescence, la Française.

[7] Between 1924 and 1939, it was part of the Phoebus cartel, an oligopoly that dominated the market for light bulbs while putting in place an agreement on the principle of planned obsolescence for their products.