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Le 12 février 1902, en conformité avec ses conceptions économiques, sociales et surtout morales il crée avec ses propres deniers (son héritage) non point une Société Anonyme à Responsabilité Limitée, – S.A.R.L. – mais bien une Société en Commandite "Henri Lambert et Cie", dont il est le seul associé commandité, c’est-à-dire qu’il en assume toute la gestion et une responsabilité financière illimitée sur ses fonds propres.
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Thus relieved of his obligations vis-à-vis the family business, Henri Lambert chose a lengthy site, in a hollow, along a creek in Lodelinsart, on the outskirts of Charleroi, on which to build his plant. Most of the project was carried out in 1901, but work began as early as April 1900. On February 12, 1902, in accordance with his economic ideas, especially in regard to their social and moral dimensions, he used his own money (his inheritance) to create, not a limited liability company (SARL), but a limited partnership, "Henri Lambert and Co.", of which he was the sole general partner. That is to say, he undertook all its management and assumed unlimited financial liability at the risk of his own funds. He was thus alone responsible to undertake its prudent and efficient management, aided by a very good and involved team, very low debt levels, and prudent growth.
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