Nice France celebrates 25 years

An Italian multinational, Nice is now one of the major players in the home automation market. The company designs, produces and markets systems for the automation of gates, garage doors, lifting barriers, blinds and roller shutters, alarm systems for homes, commercial and industrial buildings. Its products combine technological innovation and design to offer maximum safety and ease of use. With already millions of users in France, Nice puts technology at the service of people with the aim of simplifying everyday life by offering ever more intuitive systems.

Nice France, 25 years of evolution for a technology always at the service of people

Very early on, Nice knew that technology was going to be part of everyday life and understood the importance of meeting these new needs.

The creation of a first French subsidiary within the Group was the founding act of the development of Nice at the international level.

Thus, the company Nice France was born on January 23, 1995. It then had a single employee compared to 110 today. In its early days, Nice France offered electronic products such as radio remote controls, flashing lights, security cells as well as automation management units.

1996 was a turning point for Nice France since, in addition to its very first participation in the BATIMAT trade fair, the company launched the first complete motorizations for gate: the sliding system Robo and the electromechanical Pluto cylinders.

1999 is the date of the construction of a 1 m300 headquarters in the Yvelines in Buchelay. The year 2 will be the year of the creation of the first regional commercial agency in Lyon. In 2000, a new agency in Aubagne was created, it became the Nice France head office in 2002.

Product quality and customer satisfaction: pillars of the Nice France philosophy

For 25 years, Nice France's number 1 objective has been to be reliable and trustworthy on the part of its customers in order to become a privileged interlocutor for distributors and installers but also for the millions of users of its products. . A national team of itinerant trainers was also created to train installers: more than 1 people, customers and salespeople were trained in 000.

In addition, Nice puts itself at the service of its users on a daily basis by equipping its products with bidirectional transmitters allowing to know the position of the automation at any time.

Nice France, an ambition and results

Nice France knows a constant evolution of its turnover, with 0,5 M € in 1995, 10 M € in 2001, then 20 M € in 2004. A record is reached with 48 M € of turnover in 2011 In 2019, the company's turnover amounted to € 42 million. On the strength of these results, in 2019 the product offer is made up of motorizations for solar protection, rolling shutters (tubular motors), garage doors, metal curtains, lifting barriers for parking, radio anti-intrusion alarm systems, control of access and, finally, accessories for the connectivity of its entire range.

25 years is therefore not an objective for Nice France, but the start of a new dynamic.

"Over the next 10 years, we aim to achieve a turnover of at least 100 million euros", specifies Franck Pichereau, President of Nice France. "To achieve this objective, we will focus on consolidating the structure, building new strategies, while retaining the spirit of the team that has driven us for the past 25 years".

The Nice France team, 25 years of experience

The Nice France team is made up of people with varied profiles and diverse experiences. Some members, present for many years, collaborate on a daily basis with more recently integrated employees. This mix of generations and skills allows Nice France to grow and evolve steadily. National conventions are regularly organized to federate, transmit the ambition of the company and consolidate its spirit of cohesion.

The key dates in Nice France since the creation of the French headquarters on January 23, 1995

• End of 1995: New head office in Evreux with an area of ​​60 m2
• 1995: First participation in a trade fair: BATIMAT
• 1999: Construction of a 1 m300 headquarters in the Yvelines in Buchelay
• 2000: Creation of the first regional commercial agency in Lyon
• 2002: Creation of a new agency in Aubagne (13)
• 2004: Creation of the GSB department via the MHouse & Moovo brands
• 2007: Creation of a 6 m000 logistics platform in Peynier (2)
• 2013: Transfer of the head office to Aubagne (13)
• 2016: Creation of the Technicentre in Aubagne regrouping all technical activities (Hot-Line, control and repair workshop, stock of spare parts)
• 2017: Creation of NiceSquare in Bièvres (91), new commercial agency and showroom
• 2019: New partnership with Geodis via a central depot in Saint-Vulbas (01)