You are right I think but it is also the only writing on the outside of a two year old winch fitted by Etap. They are usually slow at replying so I thought I would try an open enquiry.
Ref your windless, sorry but I was talking cr*@, as I have just read an article on a new boat fitted with a "LEROY SOMMER" windless on a Beneteau Oceanis 40. I tried doing a search on LEROY SOMMER on Altavista and came up with a company called TECSEC who are agents for LEROY SOMMER generators, might give you a step for a hint.
Leroy - Sommers is part of the same group as Leroy- Somer who operate in the UK. Their Skemersdale Branch knew of their marine windlasses but were unable to identify mine from the description. They neither make them nor sell them here. They are made by their French company. They have no brochures etc.
The helpful guy there suggested I drew it with measurements and sent them to him and he would try to identify what I had bought. But not to try to take it any of it apart as alignments could be destroyed. [An ID plate is on the motor!]