Our aim :
to defend and promote the interests of the sector
GICAN, the French maritime industry association, is the trade association for over 260 manufacturers and organizations in the French maritime sector.
It brings together shipyards, systems manufacturers, equipment suppliers, subcontractors, engineering companies, naval architects, the naval aviation industry, as well as companies and organizations from the maritime ecosystem.
THE INDUSTRY’S LEADING UNION
Representing over 80% of the sector’s sales and workforce, it is the industry’s representative union, and the recognized contact for the various ministries and central administrations.
MORE THAN 80 MANDATES
With over 80 mandates, GICAN participates in the work of numerous government-industry dialogue bodies, as well as in the work of the Comité France Maritime alongside the Secrétariat Général de la Mer and the Cluster Maritime Français.rnrnGICAN is a member of the Comité Stratégique de Filière (CSF) des Industriels de la Mer, attached to the Conseil National de l’Industrie. GICAN is a trade federation member of UIMM and France Industrie.
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A EUROPEAN IMPACT
In Brussels, GICAN works with the European associations The Shipyards’ & Maritime Equipment Association of Europe (SEA Europe) and AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD).
Our mission
are threefold
Our history
1899
On December 6, 1899, the Chambre Syndicale des Constructeurs de Navires et de Machines Marines was created (law of March 21, 1884 on professional unions). Its head office is located at 6 rue Mogador (9th arrondissement).
The founders are :
- Jouet-Pastré et Widmann, from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée,
- de Cabrol et Chaudoye, from Chantiers de la Loire,
- de Bondy, from Chantiers de la Gironde,
- Daymard, from Chantiers de Penhoët,
- Lichtenberger, from Schneider & Cie.
Mr Jouet-Pastré will be the first Chairman.
1992
Creation of the Groupement Industriel des Constructions et Armements navals (GICAN), whose purpose was to :
- to bring together French exhibitors at the French exhibition of equipment for naval and air-naval forces, with a view to expressing their point of view and contributing to the Official Services, in particular the Délégation Générale pour l’Armement, in the organization and realization of this exhibition
- to promote the naval and aeronautical equipment and services of the association’s members, both in France and abroad, by means of any other promotional events.
2009
Absorption of GICAN by CSCN, keeping the name GICAN, but with a different meaning: “Groupement des industries de construction et activités navales” to better emphasize the dual aspect of the trade association.