France's Transport Minister Thierry Mariani during his visit to the Sigma and Poma construction site in Thuellins-Veyrin, near Grenoble, southeastern France on December 8, 2011. The company is one of the world's most important cable car and cable tramway manufacturers. Poma recently replaced the Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York City, which uses a design based mechanically on the Vanoise Express. Photos by Vincent Dargent/ABACAPRESS.COM