Our History
Our greatest achievement is that we have created more than 136,000 jobs.
Samsic's story began in 1986. At that time, our only business was cleaning. The acronym SAMSIC, Société d'Application et de Maintenance des Surfaces Industrielles et Commerciales no longer reflects its original meaning, as our activities have since diversified. In 39 years, we have constantly expanded our solutions and opened operations internationally to position ourselves as a leader in integrated business services for companies dedicated to the work environment and Human Resources.
Premiers pas de Samsic au Canada, avec des opérations d'assistance aéroportuaire et d'assistance aux PMR, sur les aéroports de Montréal, Calgary et Edmonton.
M. Christian Roulleau, Samsic Group Founding President, has been awarded Entrepreneur of the year 2019.
Samsic commits for 5 years with Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby - Lou Rugby, and becomes jersey sponsor of the Lyon club.
Samsic expands its HR activities in UK by acquiring Sellick Partnership
Samsic acquires three companies in Morocco from PCS Group.
Christian Roulleau has made his transfer of power official. He now leaves the reins of the Samsic Group to Thierry Geffroy, who becomes Chairman.
Acquisition of Itirémia, a former subsidiary of SNCF, France's leading provider of services in train stations.
Samsic establishes a presence in Ireland through the acquisition of Cagney Maintenance Services Ltd.
Acquisition of a majority stake in Quatre Épingles, a start-up specialising in 3.0 concierge services.
Signature of a new sports partnership to support the Arkea-Samsic cycling team for 3 years.
Acquisition of 80% of Hub Safe, a subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris.
Acquisition of the Epex Group in Germany, which offers a wide range of services and in particular a snow removal service.
Acquisition of Emalec, a Lyon-based company specialising in multi-technical and multi-site maintenance
Creation of the Group's Innovation Committee.
Creation of the BAA Fund to support medical research.
Creation of Samsic Nucléaire and Samsic Airport.
Creation of Samsic Facility and Samsic RH.
Creation of Samsic Assistance Aéroportuaire | Start of the Multi-technical Maintenance business.
Acquisition of Forget Formation, a training centre, and Quiblier Conseil, recruitment agencies based in Brittany.
Construction of the head office in Cesson-Sévigné with installation of Annick Leroy's monumental sculpture representing the famous "Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper" photo by Charles Ebbets.
Acquisition de Regent Cleaning au Royaume-Uni.
Acquisition of Atiks in Switzerland and Bisonte in Spain.
Samsic becomes the main sponsor of the "Rouge et Noir", the Stade Rennais F.C. As such, Samsic is the most longstanding partner of League 1.
Acquisition of Cleaning Masters in Belgium and NIC Building Service in Luxembourg - the first steps towards international expansion.
Start of the reception business with Charleen.
Start of the Security business.
Start of the Temporary Staffing business with 2 temporary employment agencies in Rennes and Nantes.
Creation of Samsic, Société d’Application et de Maintenance des Surfaces Industrielles et Commerciales. (Company of Application and Maintenance of Industrial and Commercial Surfaces.)
