Société J. F Cail & Cie

The new company succeeded the Société Ch.Derosne et Cail, which was in difficulty following the French Revolution of 1848.

The headquarters of the enterprise and the factories were in the Chaillot district at 46 Quai de Billy (now the Avenue de New York). The business capital comprised 7 million Francs, making it the largest industrial enterprise in Paris. It had a factory for locomotives and a design office at its headquarters in Chaillot. In the Grenelle district, on the other side of the Seine, and in Denain there were facilities for Forges, Casting (metalworking) and Metal fabrication that made the company self-sufficient for these demands. Other factories were in Valenciennes, Douai and Bruxelles.

The factory in Chaillot had almost 1,000 employees. It was destroyed by fire in the night of 24–25 December 1865. It was not rebuilt, and its activities were transferred to the Grenelle factory.

In September 1861, the Société J. F. Cail & Cie. started a joint venture with the newly founded company Société Parent, Schaken, Caillet et Cie. Two months later this cooperation took the name Participation JF Cail, Parent, Schaken, Houel et Caillet, Paris et Fives-Lille (In 1865 Parent, Schaken, Caillet et Cie became the Compagnie de Fives-Lille). This joint venture lasted until January 1870.

Back on its own the Société J.F Cail was placed in liquidation in 1870.

A new company Nouvelle Société J.F Cail succeeded. The Société J.F Cail & Cie disappeared in 1883.

It was replaced by the Société Anonyme des Anciens Établissements Cail, which had its own successors.