Kiloutou Climatec: a new specialist subsidiary dedicated to cooling, heating and air conditioning solutions

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The Kiloutou Group announces the creation of a fifth specialist subsidiary, Kiloutou Climatec, to offer professional cooling, heating and air conditioning (HVAC) solutions to players in the industrial, energy, services and events sectors. This new entity is positioned in the climate engineering market. It was created from the

New expertise at the service of professionnals

Kiloutou Climatec offers companies with specific temperature requirements (industry, tertiary sector, events) a comprehensive range of temporary cooling, heating and air conditioning solutions for hire. This expertise covers a variety of applications, such as temperature control in industrial processes, maintaining hygiene conditions in the food industry, securing temperature-sensitive facilities and ensuring climate comfort in complex environments.

The Kiloutou Climatec teams are already operational throughout France, from its two agencies based in the Ile de France region and Bordeaux.

A new step in the Kiloutou Group’s diversification strategy

The creation of Kiloutou Climatec enriches the offering provided by the four existing specialist subsidiaries: Kiloutou Énergie (generators and pumps), Kiloutou Module (modular solutions), Kiloutou Signalisation (signalling and safety equipment) and Loca Réception (reception equipment).

It is part of a broader diversification strategy already undertaken by the Group to enter new high-potential markets: rail, industry, energy, services and events.

This specialisation approach enables Kiloutou to position itself as a global solutions provider, capable of supporting its customers’ performance across all their projects.

This new subsidiary is headed by Eric Dantart, CEO of FROID LOC SERVICES.

‘With Kiloutou Climatec, we are pursuing our diversification strategy by expanding our scope of action to include technical solutions that are essential to the most demanding industries. Our ambition is clear: to offer an increasingly comprehensive, innovative and responsible range of services, and to make Kiloutou a multi-specialist player dedicated to improving our customers’ performance.’

Pierre Knoché, Managing Director – Kiloutou France 

About Kiloutou

A pioneer in the sharing economy since 1980, the Kiloutou Group – Europe's third-largest equipment rental company for construction, events, energy, industry and services – has made the concept of sharing part of its purpose, reconciling economics, the environment and people. Present in seven countries (Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Poland and Portugal), the Group is renowned for its wide range of products – the most extensive on the market – as well as its innovative and cutting-edge offerings. It offers more than 400,000 customers (construction companies, tradespeople, SMEs, local authorities and private individuals) more than 350,000 items of equipment and a thousand different products (earthmoving, lifting, utility vehicles, tools). In 2024, the Kiloutou group achieved a turnover of €1.252 billion. It employs 7,000 teammates across a network of 600 branches.

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