Found some interesting stuff about "Atari France" here:
http://www.doubscentral.org/assets/files/tourisme/etude_sites_industriels_annexes.pdfHere is the google-translated part about Atari....
2. Baumoise industry after war.24 City: Baume-les-Dames
Community of communes: Country Baumois.
Industry Type: jukebox, printing, pan
Type of surviving heritage building for some. History:
- Electro-kicker: the creation in 1950 of the company that manufactures jukebox of Jupiter brand. The company will employ up to 260 workers and 80 people at home. The company is in receivership in 1974 and it was bought by an American giant, which manufactures the Atari video game arcades and also ice machines for bars and bistros. The company will then be called Atari Europe and will produce up to 1982 Atari video games for all of Europe. The company produced 1,500 units per month sold one million five hundred thousand old francs each. Or 15 000 new francs and 2250 € which makes a turnover for video games € 3,375,000 per month and 40 million euros per year. Besides the 200 jukebox made monthly and ice machines. The first video games were table tennis and football for the World Cup. The US manufactured software video games (more than 2,000 engineers in Silicon Valley) and Baume-les-Dames they did all the electronics and assembly. They made color televisions and games were French. In 1982, Atari decided to relocate the company in Ireland as workers costs are cheaper. The buildings were bought by the city of Baume-les-Dames and if a party has burned, another is still a business incubator. All equipment was sold, there is nothing left.
- EFI: Towards 1979, 1980, the company has installed EFI to make plates for offset printing. It employed up to 80 workers, but it failed to make the transition of new technologies and today there are more than 2 or 3 employees.
- Vogalu: employed 40 workers (Haute-Saône company acquired by SEB in 1972). The company manufactured pans.
