SGCI, based in Bellegarde, has been the first company of the CIRE group, since 1970. Today, CIRE group is one of the EUROPEAN leaders and the French undisputed leader in PCB's 1979   SGCI creation 1979   SPCI creation 1984   BREE creation 1986   CIRETEC buying over from Thomson 1989   CIREA buying over from Thomson 1991   BREE INDUSTRIE creation 1996   PLANTIN buying over 1997   SIFELMET buying over 1999   CIREP buying over from Thomson 2000   COCIM buying over 2002   CIRE GmbH foundation 2002   Italian Sales office foundation 2005   UK Sales office foundation 2006   SIFELMET and COCIM fusion 2007   BREE INDUSTRIE and BREE fusion 2011   Acquisition by Elvia PCB Group