Our history
With more than six decades of entrepreneurship, Valfidus is now active in a range of business lines in several countries.
1967
Roland Michaux starts the first family business in France (1952)
Aluminium building systems distribution company Sepalumic founded, run by Mr Michaux’s daughter and son-in-law Mr & Mrs Vidal-Revel
1972
Distribution of Sepalumic‘s own models
1986
Sepalumic becomes a national business when north of France distribution network is established
1989
Préfal, a separate company of ready made windows & doors is created
1999
Alutechnie purchased, the first takeover & the beginning of the external growth strategy
2001
Aluminium windows factory opened near Paris
PVC windows factory opens in the south of France
2002
Third generation of the Vidal-Revel family takes control under Cécile & Jean-Christophe Vidal-Revel
Start of the process to achieve ISO quality standards in the principal production and distribution sites
This adds a further boost to the quality of client service, partner relationships, and process quality
2005
Sepalumic invests in a warehousing centre and completely integrated innovative profile processing
Alu Préférence industrialised window production site opened in the south west of France
2006
Purchase of the firm Espace Aluminium located in south ouest of France
2007
Valimmo real estate business created
2008
Purchase of the firm Elmaduc, located in the center of France
Renewable energy production business Valénergies founded
2010
HPG created (Préfal Group holding company)
2011
Valfidus holding company created in Luxembourg
Valfidus starts its international growth with the acquisition of AluK group (70M€)
2012
Beaufort (UK) and Blyweert (NL) acquired, with them becoming AluK UK and AluK NL
Valibox created: a self-storage centre in Mougins in the south of France
2013
Merger of Alutchnie and Elmaduc to create AluK France, and the founding of AluK India
2016
AluK Group acquires Blyweert Belgium & Colors, which become AluK BE
Valénergies launches Ellybox, a solar energy production solution for businesses
2017
Creation of two new players in real estate development: Livinx with Matthieu Viennet and Care Promotion with Emmanuel Rolland
2018
Valfidus strenghthens the upstream integration of its value chain by taking a majority stake in Anodall, an extruder supplier of aluminium profiles in Italy
Valfidus confirms its investment in photovoltaic solar with a stake in Third Step Energy, one of the leading independent players in solar energy in France
2021
Valfidus strengthens its presence in the real estate market, with the entry into the Group of the company Urba Select