Memorist, the division of the MOBILITAS Group dedicated to preserving and promoting the world’s cultural, historical and artistic heritage, has acquired a majority stake in Vectracom, a French leader in the digitisation of audio-visual heritage.

The acquisition further expands the range of services Memorist offers in France and abroad. "We are delighted that Vectracom is joining Memorist," commented Laurent Onainty, Memorist Managing Director. "The alliance will allow us to offer our clients - film studios, television and radio stations around the world - unique expertise while supporting Vectracom in its rapid international development.”

"After sharing our values and our vision for Vectracom’s development, we are convinced that our affiliation with Memorist will reinforce the DNA that distinguishes Vectracom from its competitors,” said Célia Letienne, Vectracom's Managing Director. “Joining forces with Memorist, and more broadly with the family-owned MOBILITAS Group, is an essential step in our continued development in France and internationally."

With the acquisition of Vectracom, Memorist is now able to offer the most comprehensive range of heritage preservation and promotion services in France and is perfectly positioned to meet all the challenges associated with preserving historical, cultural and artistic works in the digital age.

French owned Vectracom specialises in the preservation, digitisation and distribution of audio and video media. The company also makes audio-visual content more accessible by way of subtitling, audio descriptions, voice-overs and meta-data enrichment. Vectracom’s expertise in these areas, combined with its ability to digitise every audio and video format, is what sets it apart from its competitors.

Memorist is a merger of the expertise held by various market-leading brands that are specialised in the preservation, restoration, digitisation and enhancement of historical, cultural and artistic heritage in all its forms. The other brand names are: Arkhênum, La Reliure du Limousin, Tribvn and AGP.  The company said that the addition of Vectracom opens the doors to the preservation of audio-visual content and confirms Memorist's ambition to increase its know-how in the conservation and promotion of all types of heritage: intangible, material and architectural.

Photo: Vectracom joins the MOBILITAS Group's Memorist heritage conservation project (from left to right): Grégory Masanet (Member of the MOBILITAS Group Board of Directors); Samuel Mergui (Director of Business Development MOBILITAS Group); Célia Letienne (Managing Director Vectracom); Alain Taïeb (Chairman of the MOBILITAS Group Supervisory Board); François Tranchand (Managing Director Vectracom); Médéric d'Huart (MOBILITAS Group).