Companies

Edmé Campenon (1872-1962)

Campenon Bernard

Edmé Campenon came from an old aristocratic family, who intended him to study at Ecole Polytechnique. Instead, he chose to enlist in the Army as a private and to see the world. In 1910, he entered the civil engineering sectorand ten years later, founded Campenon Bernard, with André Bernard, a young engineering graduate of Arts et Métiers. The success of the venture is due to the quality of the Campenon-Bernard teams, the talent of Eugène Freyssinet, and Edmé Campenon's many relations. Campenon remained chairman of Campenon Bernard until 1958.