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- Signaux Girod S.A. designs, manufactures, markets, installs, and maintains signage equipment and related products for road traffic and urban planning primarily in France. The company offers police signaling; directional signage; construction site signage; general signage; street furniture; floor markings; road markings; street signs and house number products; installation, care, maintenance, rental, and site marking services; as well as development solutions for communities, schools, public works companies, campsites, and private companies; including enamel signage, road signs, tourist signage, location identification, plastic signage products, electronic equipment, municipal billboards, road traffic panels, and flowering products. Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Bellefontaine, France, Signaux Girod S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Gestion Girod, employs 774 people, and generates net sales across signage equipment (64.2%), flowering and street furniture (9%), and international activities (24.8%) in countries including Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Belgium, Morocco, Colombia, Peru, and Bulgaria. In recent developments, the company completed the acquisition of Michat Electronique on October 1, 2025, adding expertise in dynamic parking signage, LED panels, counting systems, and interfaces to support growth in urban digitalization and private parking clients; sold its Frontenex building in October 2024 for a 446 thousand euro gain; reorganized regionally by closing its Strasbourg site in February 2025 and concentrating activities in six agencies; and underwent a parent entity restructuring in March 2025 when Société Familiale de Gestion de Portefeuille Girod was absorbed by L’Action Girod.