THE GROUP

The UPPERSIDE group is a 100% French financial holding company created in 1993. It holds several companies in different sectors of activity and has 400 collaborateurscollaborators and a turnover in excess of 95 000 000 €:

sports and leisure

Loisirs Distribution

Loisirs Distribution is a company specialising in the design, manufacture and distribution of gloves of the Racer (skiing, mountaineering and motorcycle racing) and Eloura (freeride and freestyle) brands. In addition to this activity, we are an exclusive distributor of the Prince (tennis, badminton and squash) and Spinexx (motorcycle luggage) brands for France.

They also have 2 e-commerce sites: www.racer-wear.com and www.shopsport.fr.

 

L’Atelier du Forgeron

Last French manufacturer of skis, kite-surfs and snowboards.

 

YSIOS

200m² shop at the heart of the town centre of Aix-en-Provence.

PRINCE

Exclusive distribution in FRANCE:

www.prince-france.com

CROCS

Exclusive distribution in FRANCE and establishment of a network of exclusive stores (1 in Paris, 1 in Marseille, 1 in Aix en Pce):

www.crocs-france.com

medical

Biotech International (Dental and orthopaedic divisions)

Biotech International owns 2 separate activities:

  • Oral implantology (its original activity)
  • Orthopaedics (since 1996) as a manufacturer and exclusive distributor

ELITECH Group (Diagnostic division)

The Elitech Group is the first independent French distributor on the medical biology market. ELITech offers a wide range of products comprising over 3000 references for In Vitro Diagnostics in the following areas: biochemistry, haematology, microbiology, immunology and electrophoresis. The ELITech Group also offers equipment (biochemical analysers, haematology counters, plate colourers, electrophoresis machines, osmometers, analyser for mucoviscidosis screening, …) proportioned both for the needs of general biology and to meet very specialised requirements. In addition, the ELITech group markets management software for Laboratory Quality systems.

Poly-Shape

(Procedure for sintering powders using laser fusion)

Winner of the 8th contest for the creation of an innovative technology business (Ministry of Research).