Our History

Our greatest achievement is that we have created more than 93,000 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 30 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.

2020
Samsic Assistance Canada

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.

2019
Christian Roulleau Entrepreneur de l'année

M. Christian Roulleau, Samsic Group Founding President, has been awarded Entrepreneur of the year 2019.

2019
Sponsoring Lou Rugby Samsic

Samsic commits for 5 years with Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby - Lou Rugby, and becomes jersey sponsor of the Lyon club.

2019
Sellick

Samsic expands its HR activities in UK by acquiring Sellick Partnership  

2019
Marocco

Samsic acquires three companies in Morocco from PCS Group.

2019
Thierry Geffroy

Christian Roulleau has made his transfer of power official. He now leaves the reins of the Samsic Group to Thierry Geffroy, who becomes Chairman.

2018
Itiremia Samsic

Acquisition of Itirémia, a former subsidiary of SNCF, France's leading provider of services in train stations. 

2018
Samsic Irlande

Samsic establishes a presence in Ireland through the acquisition of Cagney Maintenance Services Ltd.

2018
Quatre Épingles Samsic

Acquisition of a majority stake in Quatre Épingles, a start-up specialising in 3.0 concierge services.

2018
Cycliste Fortuneo Samsic

Signature of a new sports partnership to support the Arkea-Samsic cycling team for 3 years.

2017
Hub Safe Airport Samsic

Acquisition of 80% of Hub Safe, a subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris.

2017
Groupe Epex Samsic

Acquisition of the Epex Group in Germany, which offers a wide range of services and in particular a snow removal service.

2017
2017 Emalec Samsic

Acquisition of Emalec, a Lyon-based company specialising in multi-technical and multi-site maintenance

2015
Groupe Innovation Samsic

Creation of the Group's Innovation Committee.

2014
Fond dotation BAA Samsic

Creation of the BAA Fund to support medical research.

2012
Samsic Nucleaire Samsic Airport

Creation of Samsic Nucléaire and Samsic Airport.

2011
Samsic Facility Samsic RH

Creation of Samsic Facility and Samsic RH.

2008
Assistance aeroportuaire Maintenace Multi-technique Samsic

Creation of Samsic Assistance Aéroportuaire | Start of the Multi-technical Maintenance business.

2008
Forget Formation Quiblier Conseil Samsic

Acquisition of Forget Formation, a training centre, and Quiblier Conseil, recruitment agencies based in Brittany.

2008
Headquarter

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.

2007
Home Cleaning Regent Samsic

Acquisition de Regent Cleaning au Royaume-Uni.

2006
Homme Bisonte Atiks Samsic

Acquisition of Atiks in Switzerland and Bisonte in Spain.

2004
Sponsoring Samsic Stade Rennais F.C

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. 

2004
Femme de menage Samsic

Acquisition of Cleaning Masters in Belgium and NIC Building Service in Luxembourg - the first steps towards international expansion.

2003
Charleen Femme Samsic

Start of the reception business with Charleen.

2001
Securite Samsic

Start of the Security business.

1992
Agence interim Samsic

Start of the Temporary Staffing business with 2 temporary employment agencies in Rennes and Nantes.

1986
Roulleau

Creation of Samsic, Société d’Application et de Maintenance des Surfaces Industrielles et Commerciales. (Company of Application and Maintenance of Industrial and Commercial Surfaces.)