FOX HANDLING

Consulting engineer office for the design, installation, maintenance, refurbishment and dismantling of lifting and handling equipment

Manager profile

Francis LAPRE

President and sole shareholder

Engineer in Mechanical Engineering; I started my career in the nuclear industry at USSI in 1982 as a Business Engineer in charge of various projects:

In uranium enrichment: Developments at Eurodif to improve the lifetime of UF6 compressor seals
In Mox fuel: Prototype airlock for transferring PuO2 powders
In the transport of nuclear fuels: management of the qualification file for the future IL49 packaging for Superphénix spent fuels

Business Expertise

I joined the REEL company in 1985 – to which I remained faithful until my retirement at the end of 2023 to create Fox handLing – within which I accumulated a complex and multidisciplinary experience around handling equipment, which earned me to be considered as an expert in different trades.

Expert in the design of handling equipment
Expert in the management of a design office
Expert in project management
Costing expert
Technical expert