Denis
The design and manufacture of equipment for continuous mechanical cleaning and bulk solids handling. Since 1855, DENIS has built up an international reputation in our specialist fields, based on a thorough understanding of the processes our customers use in their various trades. The standard equipment that we manufacture in quantity is intended for the particular needs of the markets we serve. We manufacture 5 000 to 6 000 items of handling and cleaning equipment a year on a range of leading-edge machines in a facility of more than 22 000 m2 (230 000 sq ft) located on an industrial site of 8 hectares (20 acres). The drive and motivation of the whole DENIS staff are at your service. Commercial and technical support in France and throughout the world.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Manufacturing, Other
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1855
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
PRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY DENISAt DENIS, we have our own design departments
Engineers and technicians work in two design departments equipped with powerful computer facilities
- The 'installations' design department enables DENIS to offer its customers an engineering team to work with the installer or plant designer to provide assistance with the planning-in and installation.
- The 'production' design department, with the help of a prototypes workshop and a test centre, is in charge of the construction of equipment, special designs and the development of new machines.
Commercial and technical support in France and throughout the world
Eleven customer representatives, specialists in technical sales, cover the whole of France, where a network of 140 outlets and 35 qualified installers provide advice, distribution and service close at hand: assembly and maintenance.
DENIS has an export organisation backed up by 4 engineers and represented in 37 countries by our subsidiaries or agents.
A quick and efficient after-sales service
The after-sales service is staffed by qualified personnel who are aware of the sort of problems connected with production and operations.
Their mobility enables them to provide support for the technicians, to ensure that the equipment we have supplied, gives continuous operation.
Our commitment
For the 200 DENIS staff, your satisfaction is our most treasured reward.
We will spare no effort to meet your requirements by keeping to your deadlines and we will play our part with you in your success.
History
Louis Denis son (1857-1912) succeeded him. The first alveolar sorter will be constructed by Denis and awarded at the Paris contest in 1889.
Death of Louis Denis. His son, Louis-Raymond, had to do his military. Meanwhile, Angèle,his mother will run the company till 1918.
Louis-Raymond, third of name, takes the lead of the company. The company experienced a prosperous period after World War I, followed by the economical crisis in the thirties.
Death of Louis Denis. His son, Pierre, 9 years old, is still a schoolboy. The company will be run again by a woman : Marthe Denis.
1941
Pierre Denis (1924-2011) was only 17 when he takes the company's management.Then the company has 12 employees.
1944
The plant is shelled by the US Airforce.
1947
A fire burns down the workshop, that will be rebuilt and extended...
1963
Rue du Mail became a residential street. A new plant is built in the suburbs. Today it is located at the entrance to the industrial park of Brou.
1982
1985
Extension of the workshops. Their surface is extended to 200,000 ft² of covered area on a 860,000 ft² ground.
1988
The output raises to 300 metric tons per hour.
1998
Stéphane Lizambard (born 1973) grandson of the company's CEO, Pierre Denis takes over the head of the company. The company is awarded with the ISO 9001 certification.
2000
New extension of the buildings. Their total covered area raises to 240,000 ft².
Commissioning of first laser cutting machine.
2002
Stéphane Lizambard takes the company's management.
2013
2014
Production of the first grain loading port of Ile de France in Corbeil-Essonne.
Key Figures
DENIS produces per year some :
- 6.000 à 8.000 items, whereof :
- 4,000 tubular and troughed screw conveyors
- 900 bucket and paddle elevators
- 800 chain conveyors
- 1,000 fans and grain vantilators
- 50.000 components
- 350.000 spare parts for its own production
- whereof some are used for 30 years.
In order to produce these items, Denis lays in per year:
- 20 km of straps and belts
- 4,500 motors
- 100,000 buckets
- 12 km of ISO handling lines.
- Denis transforms some 5,000 tons of steel every year.
Plant
- 240,000 ft² covered
- plant in an industrial complex of 860,000 ft2.
- The painting line is 360 m long; all the enamel painted products are oven baked during 20 minutes at 180°C.
Staff
- Some 200 employees