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Key dates

1992
La Palette Rouge founded in Toulouse (France) - begins operations in several industrial sectors: electrical components, chemistry etc.

1997
LPR acquired by Algeco Group.
Expansion into the FMCG sector with the signing of a major contract with Perrier-Vittel (now Nestlé Waters) in France.

1998 - 2000
Expansion into Europe with the opening of subsidiaries in Benelux (1998), Spain (1999) and Portugal (2000).

2002
Creation of a proprietary Europe-wide IT system: Eurospider.

2003
Activity refocused on the FMCG sector.

2004
Expansion into the United Kingdom with the signing of a major contract with Kimberly-Clark.

2006
Management buyout with financial assistance from AtriA Capital Partenaires.
Expansion into Ireland.

2008
LPR passes the 100 million euro mark and opens a subsidiary in Germany.

2010
LPR reverts to ‘La Palette Rouge’.
It is the first company in the pallet-pooling sector to be awarded PEFC certification.
Office opening of LPR’s Italian branch.
Acquisition of a plastic quarter display pallet pool.

2011
LPR acquired by Euro Pool System

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