History

Acquisition of the Compagnie Atlantique de Location (CAL)
temporary energy and pumping solution

Acquisition of AQUILOC

Kiloutou Germany
entry into the market with the acquisition of Starlift.

Kiloutou Spain
Acquisition of Alvecon.

Top Employers Certification
Kiloutou obtains its 3rd certification, granted exclusively to the best employers in the world, who offer top conditions to their employees

Employer Innovation Award :
The European Rental Association (ERA) recognizes the qualities of Kiloutou’s global human resources policy, including its ability to recruit and retain the best profiles

The European prize for Sustainable Development in rentals
The European Rental Assocation (ERA) creates a special “Sustainable Business Innovation in Rental” award to highlight the importance of Sustainable Development in its sector. Kiloutou won the first prize in this new category.

New visual identity
The Kiloutou group presents its new visual identity and strikes a balance between its two strong points: Professionalism and the human dimension

Acquisition of AKMO
which strengthens its modular construction offer

Kiloutou Spain
entry into the market with the acquisition of Rentecnika.

Top Employers Certification
Kiloutou obtains its 2nd certification, granted exclusively to the best employers in the world, who offer top conditions to their employees

Prix RSE Alliance
the trophies for the responsible economy by the Réseau Alliance rewards Kiloutou for its RSE approach
category of enterprises with more than 500 employees. This prize rewards all actions already carried out and those to come of the entire company in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility

Acquisition of Nacelle 42, Alain Rental and Dariche Rental

Kiloutou Poland
acquisition of Tytanium Rental and EWPA

Top Employers Certification
Kiloutou obtains its 1st certification, granted exclusively to the best employers in the world, who offer top conditions to their employees

305 agencies in France

Kiloutou Poland
entry into the maket with the acquisition of EWPA Majster

Acquisition of Most Location.

Kiloutou launches its qualifying school.

Acquisition of Top Loc, Starlift and Urbaparc

Signature of the partnership between Europcar and Kiloutou

Global Compact Signature
Kiloutou is committed to aligning its operations and strategy with ten universally accepted principles of human rights, labor standards, the environment and the fight against corruption.

1st renter to establish the Bilan Carbone rental on its commercial documents.

Awarded the prize for the best European Rental by ERA (European Rental Association)
Kiloutou is rewarded for its professionalism, economic and technological development, but also for its commitment to Sustainable Development and the preservation of the environment. This ranks it among the leading French rental companies among the best in the industry.

2nd Customer Relationship Award
Kiloutou is ranked 2nd in the list of the most welcoming companies

DAF Trophy 2012
Trophy of the best DAF Kiloutou is rewarded for its growth during a ceremony that brought together 600 leading personalities of French finance. (Financial Directors, Corporate and Investment Bankers, and Specialized Financial Advisors).

Opening of the 300th agency

Launch of the first material rental marketplace

PAI Partners buys-back Kiloutou from Sagard

Acquisition of BM Location, Sime, Gai Matelot and Médiac’up.

Opening of the capital to all employees

Prize for the best mobile Batiactu
Kiloutou wins first prize for the best mobile application, awarded by Batiactu Construction & Innovation, for its application Devis Travaux on iPhone.

3rd prize in the Financial Directorate
The team of the Finance Department is rewarded by the DFCG and the Review of Exchanges of Financial Officers.

Internet Batiactu Trophy
For the 5th time (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008 et 2010), le site kiloutou.fr est récompensé.

Batiweb Awards Trophy
Kiloutou.fr wins the highest prize in the category Hardware and tooling of construction site

Acquisition of the Réseau Pro rental network.

Kiloutou is committed to sustainable development
through a CSR approach.

Kiloutou opens its first in-house training school in Marcq-en-Barœul

Internet Construction Trophy
for the third time (2002, 2005 and 2006), Kiloutou is rewarded by winning the Internet Construction trophy. kiloutou.fr has been judged to be the best site in terms of ergonomics, fitness or the match between content and objectives.

SAGARD Private Equity becomes majority shareholder.

130 agencies, 1500 crew members.

Acquisition of HUGON

Certification ISO 9001, version 2000
guarantee of professinalism and quality of service.

Kiloutou embarks on e-learning
with a first series of 12 on-line training modules for its teams.

Opening of 20 new agencies.

Kiloutou wins the Customer Relationship Award,
awarded by the magazine Enjeux les Échos

75 agencies, 1400 crew members
Kiloutou crosses the 1 million contracts per year mark

Kiloutou launches its website
the showcase site provides a digital visibility to its activity

50 agencies, 650 crew members

ISO 9002
Kiloutou, first renter to be certified.

Kiloutou becomes a partner of la Plateforme du Bâtiment
Opening of agencies within the distributor of building materials. The partnership is extended to other brands, such as Gedimat, Tout Faire Matériaux, Chrétien Matériaux etc.

43 agencies, 600 crew members, 600 000 contracts per an.

39 agencies, 500 crew members
Kiloutou cross the 500 000 contracts per year mark

23 agencies, 350 crew members and 380 000 contracts per year

Launch of the Events department

14 agencies, 200 crew members and 250 000 clients (170 000 individuals and 80 000 professionnals).
The Kiloutou catalog is now 164 pages and distributed in 150 000 copies

11 agencies, 140 crew members and 160 000 clients per year
The range is refocused on 600 references, combined with the development of the service offer

Opening of 7 agencies
Valenciennes, Lomme, Roncq, Dunkerque, Chevilly-Larue, Créteil, Ste-Geneviève-des-Bois.
The Kiloutou catalog (12 pages) is distributed in 600 000 copies.

Creation by Franky Mulliez of the first French chain of small equipment and tools
3 agencies: Marcq-en-Barœul, Lille and Roubaix (59)
A range of 700 products for do-it-yourself, gardening, paramedics, sport and leisure.