LOCANET acquired by SOLOMAT LOCATION

Solomat, a family-owned company renting construction and public works equipment, acquired Locanet, the Vitry-en-Artois-based specialist in renting and selling site huts, modular welfare units, sanitary blocks, site trailers and containers, in a deal concluded in March 2022. Locanet had already changed hands once within its founding family, passing from Léon Parmentier to his daughter Catherine Steward, who had run it since 1990. As she approached retirement, she had considered a handover to her son Alexandre before choosing to sell to another family business that shared her values. For Solomat, the purchase opened a new region, the north of France, and extended its rental offer beyond public works machinery into temporary site facilities. At the time of the deal, Locanet had a fleet of more than 1,000 bungalows and containers, its own trucks fitted with 30- and 40-tonne auxiliary cranes and a 2,000 sq m workshop for refurbishing its equipment. Locanet continued to operate as a Solomat subsidiary and later opened a new branch in Etigny, in Burgundy.