A beautiful long entrepreneurial history

The history of Loca Service does not belong only to the past. It expresses who we are today and what we plan to be and do tomorrow. It tells what makes our deepest identity: the entrepreneurial spirit, the spirit of innovation and team spirit that animate everyday our CEO, Aurélien BOUVE, and who are our best assets to continue the adventure with the same energy. Through our history since 1981, emerges the story of a company that has remained true to itself, whilst reinventing itself constantly to increasingly support its customers.

100% family business - founder Pascal BOUVE - CEO Aurélien BOUVE

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1981

  • Creation of the company SAS Bouve in northern France, on the site of Bouvines (59 - Nord)
  • Activity : After Sales Service and maintenance for food traders

1985

  • Installation on the area of a national interest market MIN (National interest market) of Lomme (59 - Nord), the big Lille market which is the agrifood reference in the north of Paris and the 2nd National Interest Market after Rungis.
  • Adding a trading business
Loca Service location vitrines réfrigérées meubles frigorifiques Lille MIN Lomme Rungis GMS alimentaire fruits légumes Frais Fridge Rental Location
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1989

  • Rental business starts with the shopping centre Auchan V2 Villeneuve d'Ascq (59 - Nord)

 

1990

  • Adding rental activity of refrigerated displays to the large and medium / sized food retail stores
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1995

  • SARL BOUVE - Loca Service was born in November 1995
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2001

  • Installation on La Bassée (1st agency Loca Service), near Lille, where the company focuses its activity only on the rental business.
  • Creating computer software dedicated to renting and monitoring of the refrigerated displays : LocaSpé
  • Loca Service imposes itself on the national renting market.

2003

  • Opening of the 2nd agency Avignon (Vaucluse - 84) Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Bordeaux Loca Service Arcachon Aquitaine Sud-Ouest France location meubles réfrigérés vitrines frigorifiques bac GMS Biarritz

2006

  • Opening of the 3rd agency in Bordeaux (Gironde - 33) in the Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes region

2007

  • Aurelien BOUVE became Head of R&D (Research & Development)
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2008

  • Creation of our refrigerated island Abyss, specifically for the large and medium/sized retail stores rental market.
  • Opening of the 4th Agency : Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) in the Eastern big region (Alsace-Lorraine-Champagne-Ardenne).

2009

  • Creating a structure dedicated to the manufacture of refrigerated displays cases and 5th Loca Service Agency (based in Portugal)
  • Opening of the 6th Agency: Paris West (78) in the Île-de-France region
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2011

  • Opening the 7th agency in Bretagne, Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine - 35)

2012

  • Opening of the 8th agency in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon (Rhone - 69)
  • Opening of the 9th Agency: Paris East (77) in the Ile-de-France Croissy Beaubourg
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2015

  • Handover between generations co-management Pascal and Aurélien BOUVE

2016

  • Opening of the 10th agency in the region Centre-Loire Valley in Orléans (Loiret - 45)

Loca Service location meubles frigorifiques val de loire Orléans vitrines réfrigérées bac GMS
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2017

  • Opening of our 11th agency in the Occitania region in Carcassonne (Aude - 11) enabling Loca Service to have 50,000m² of warehouses in Europe dedicated to advanced logistics

Loca Service is also and above all

The first renter to develop an integrated software with a traceability in 2001, planning avoiding overbooking

The first renter to do the design of the furniture for the rental in GMS

The first renter to have developed the stand Sameiro canalable with angle in 1994

The first renter to develop the high capacity Jupiter mural in 2007

The first renter to have developed the Galaxy stand and its combined spherical angle in 2005, then the Muti mural in 2009, the Derby mural in 2010 with built-in protections

The first owner to have thought, designed and mastered the island for the rental in GMS in 2009

The first renter to have thought, designed and built the island without Plexiglas for easy access and a more comfortable view of the products in 2011

The first rental company to have designed, designed and built the semi-mural Amazon with integrated reinforcements offering high visibility in 2011

The first rental company to have mounted 4 castors with brakes on its furniture

The first renter to have thought, designed and realized the nomadic cold Finos furniture in 2013

The first rental company to have developed in 2015 a showcase dedicated to cross-merchandising: ALTOS