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By this time , the market was becoming standardized and
new technologies were becoming increasingly prevalent in the field of mass
production. Christian Coste, son of the company's founder, took over the
running of SAMR and broadened its expertise
in the manufacture of limited-production parts with a high added
value.
He transferred the foundry plant to the main company site, and during the
1980's had the production machinery adapted to operate
by numerical control. At the same time, he assimilated ISO rules for quality
control procedures.
At the start of this new century, the changing demands placed on production, the legitimate expectations of customers in terms of quality and the growing market naturally led the company to consider new channels that would enable it to expand.
In 2002, he opted to sell the company and Lionel
Pellevoisin bought it. His first challenge was to relocate the
company and consolidate the production plant, stocks, design and administrative
offices on a new 65,000-ft² site, including almost 20,000 ft²
indoor premises, that is almost entirely focused on the manufacture of sliding
bearings .
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