Pargesa Holding S.A. of Geneva, Switzerland holds significant positions in two large companies based in Europe. In accordance with a 1990 agreement, Power Corporation of Canada and the Frère-Bourgeois/CNP Groups jointly control the company through the Dutch holding company Parjointco NV.

Pargesa Holding S.A. has a stake in Imérys and controls Groupe Bruxelles Lambert website, a holding company that has major share positions in:

• Total S.A. (energy - France’s largest corporation and the world’s fourth-ranked oil and gas company) website
• Suez S.A. (energy, water and environmental waste services) website
• Imerys S.A. (specialty minerals mining and processing) website
• Lafarge Group (cement and building materials) website

External links

• Pargesa Holding S.A. website (English/French/German languages)