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Le Rénovateur
Le Rénovateur is the only French-language newspaper in the Lao PDR (Laos). It is published weekly by the "Lao Press in Foreign Languages", which is a specialised agency of the Ministry of Information and Culture
It was started in 1998 after the communist government decided to start a new policy in order to open the country. It was helped in the beginning by the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, an international organisation that promotes the French language, especially in Africa and in South-East
a shareholder and forms a purchasing alliance with Rona.
- 1998 - Rona eliminates Le Quincailleur and Dismat names and introduces Rona L'express, Rona L'express Matériaux and Rona Le Rénovateur Régional. It also changes its name from Rona Dismat Group Inc. to Rona Inc.
- 1999 - Rona opens a new warehouse adjacent to its headquarters, measuring 654,000 square feet (61,000 m²), doubling its warehousing capacity and achieving considerable cost savings.
- 2000 - Rona acquires Ontario-based Cashway Building Centres, with 66 stores. It opens