History
A history of services
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT represents more than 120 years of efforts to continually improve the quality of life for all. Its history dates back to the age of industrialisation. The company has witnessed the emergence of globalisation and IT systems. Now it is witnessing the dawn of ecology and sustainable development.
- 1880: Establishment of La Société Lyonnaise des Eaux et de l'Eclairage and management of the water supply in Cannes, France.
- 1919: La Société Industrielle des Transports Automobiles (SITA) is set up in Paris to meet the city's needs in terms of waste collection.
- 1939: Establishment of Degrémont, a water treatment company in Paris.
- 1948: Degrémont builds Egypt’s first drinking water treatment plant.
- 1960: SITA rapidly expands thanks to numerous contracts in the Paris suburbs.
- 1975: First desalination plant by reverse ormosis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 1989: SITA begins operations in Asia, first in Malaysia and later in Hong Kong.
- 1997: La Lyonnaise des Eaux merges with Compagnie financière de Suez, creating Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux.
- 2001: Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux becomes SUEZ ENVIRONMENTal . Water operations in France are grouped together under the name Lyonnaise des Eaux.
- 2002: Grouping together of the environmental operations of SUEZ within one branch
- 2008: IPO of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, a world leader exclusively dedicated to water and waste management services created as a result of the merger between SUEZ and Gaz de France.
