Turnover: 445 million EUR (2023)

Country: France

  • For 80 years, PAREDES has been designing, manufacturing and distributing innovative single-use products and solutions forprofessional hygiene and protection.
  • PAREDES is a family-owned company founded in 1940.
  • 650 employees, 221 million euros in sales by 2020
  • no. 2 in the professional hygiene market in France and Italy.
  • 9 branches in France

News

Hygiene: Paredes launches into soap and ozonated water 28/06/2023

  • Supplier of health and hygiene products for communities and industry
  • The Paredes plant in Genas currently employs 650 people.
  • Ehpad operator Domidep has ordered 150 Paredes Blue Lab devices.
  • The company's share of online sales is set to rise from 25% today to over 33% in 2023.
  • The industrial part of the business, which includes the Genas plant and the Lucca plant in Tuscany, accounts for a quarter of the company's revenues. The remainder comes from sales.

Two Lyon-based ETIs join forces to create a European hygiene champion 28/06/2023

  • The Paredes group is proposing a takeover bid for the listed company Orapi of around 45 million euros.
  • Orapi is valued at 78 million euros.
  • Orapi posted sales of 229.6 million euros in 2022, up 4%.
  • Paredes posted sales of 215 million euros, with EBITDA of 15 million euros.
  • Paredes employs 650 people, while Orapi has 1,000.
  • Paredes has a factory in Italy and a new warehouse near Rennes.
  • Orapi is based in Vénissieux and has a factory in Saint-Vulbas.
  • Paredes and Orapi are both key players in the hygiene and protective equipment sector.

No.2 in professional hygiene Paredes covets No.1 Orapi 23/06/2023

  • Lyon-based Paredes makes a takeover bid for its listed competitor Orapi.
  • The new entity, specialized in professional hygiene, will have sales approaching 450 million euros and 1,650 employees.
  • Orapi, which employs around 1,000 people, generated sales of 229.6 million euros in 2022
  • Paredes and its 650 employees have sales of 215 million euros.
  • New French champion in professional hygiene", says François Thuilleur.
  • Paredes specializes in wadded products, hand towels, toilet paper and, more recently, liquid soap.
  • Orapi is a leading formulator of soaps and detergents from its main plant in Saint-Vulbas (Ain), with a secondary unit in Vénissieux (Rhône), which manufactures laundry tablets
  • Orapi's tablets are used mainly by local authorities, the hotel and catering industry, and supermarkets.

Studies mentioning this company

The industrial cleaning market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • ISS Facility Services
  • Atalian Propreté et Services
  • ONET Groupe
  • GSF Groupe Services France
  • ISOR Inter Service Organisation
  • OMS Synergie Group
  • Elior Ristorazione S.p.a
  • Challancin Groupe
  • Karcher
  • Nilfisk
  • Dulevo (Groupe Fayat)
  • Lemonnier (APROLIS Groupe)
  • Hako
  • Mathieu (Groupe Fayat)
  • Nil Nettoyage
  • Kersia
  • Paredes Orapi
  • Inclusive Services - UNEA,
  • Clinitex
  • A-G-Net groupe A-G-Cryo
  • Orapi groupe
  • Agenor
  • Stem Groupe
  • STN Groupe
  • Aber Propreté
  • Nicollin Groupe
The detergent & cleaning products market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • McBride
  • Orapi groupe
  • Laboratoires Anios Groupe (Ecolab Group)
  • Christeyns
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Heritage France
  • Henkel
  • Kersia
  • Paredes Orapi
  • Altaïr Brunel Groupe
  • Alcornoderman
  • Avanteam group
  • BioLindo
  • Buzil
  • Carolin
  • Ecover
  • Mr Propre (Procter & Gamble)
  • Reckitt Bencksider France
  • St Marc
  • Shine group
  • Ardea groupe - Onyx
  • Cotelle Lacroix (Colgate Palmolive)
  • Rampal Latour
  • Nature et Stratégie
  • FC Johnson
The market for detergents and cleaning products - Spain

Other companies mentioned:

  • Unilever España
  • Mercadona
  • Carrefour
  • Linasa
  • AC Marca
  • Jabones Pardo SA
  • Pons químicas (Asevi)
  • Persán
  • Procter & Gamble España
  • Reckitt España
  • Henkel Ibérica
  • Productos Disiclin SA
  • Paredes Orapi
  • Orapi groupe
The market for disinfection, disinsectisation, rodent control - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Ecolab
  • Rentokil Initial
  • Elis Groupe
  • Avipur
  • Anticimex
  • JG Pest Control
  • Killgerm
  • As de Pic
  • A3S
  • APA
  • AC2000
  • Eficium
  • Anolys
  • Tech-Way
  • A3DS
  • Abioxir
  • A2DEF
  • Paredes Orapi
  • BASF
  • Bayer
  • Germitec
  • Lodi Group
  • FC Johnson
  • Sodel