TK Elevator France (Thyssen)

TK Elevator France SAS is the French operating entity of TK Elevator, providing elevators, escalators and moving walks for residential and commercial buildings. It also offers maintenance, modernisation and repair services, including a digital customer portal, and is headquartered in Angers.

Also known as: TK ELEVATOR SAS, Tk Elevator France Sas, THYSSENKRUPP ASCENSEURS SAS, THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR

56 public people · 119 tender wins · 102 verified market signals

Country	France
Region	France · Europe · EMEA
Headquarters	20 Rue François Cevert 49000 Angers (Pays de la Loire). RCS Angers since 1973. Multi-decade rollup of French acquisitions. TK ELEVATOR FRANCE HOLDING (#391465739 Puteaux) being absorbed via fusion 2025.
Employees	1,000
Fleet (est.)	~60,000 units
Reported revenue	$339,000,000 USD (FY2025)
Equipment brands	ThyssenKrupp, TK Elevator
Market position	#4 OEM in France (~€329M, ~1,000 emp, ~60K units = ~10% market share). Distant 4th behind Otis (€1,076M Gien factory advantage), KONE (€713M), Schindler (€480M). France is TKEs weakest major Western European market relative to Germany €585M home market. Strategic position: regional specialist with strong Angers heritage but limited Paris commercial real estate footprint.
Operates in	France via TK ELEVATOR FRANCE SAS (single consolidated national entity). Multi-decade rollup includes legacy brands: SEME (Equipement et Maintenance Electromécanique, 2004), ATF (Ascenseurs Tabonne Frères), Guinet, SOPRA (Provençale dAscenseurs), CG2A (Cie Générale dApplications Ascenseurs), Deoust Service Passion. Secondary establishments across France.
Website	https://www.tkelevator.com/fr-fr

Public people

Florence Bigé — Présidente TKE France
Lou Herblot — Chargée de missions RH
JEROME CANDY — Service Delivery Manager - Customer Success & IT Governance - ITILv4 - PSM I - COBIT
Emmanuel Boulay — HR Director
Claire Arnoult — Supply Chain Director -TKE/MGTI
Fabienne Loreal — Executive Global Head of Manufacturing & Quality @ TK Elevator | Driving Global Production Footprint Transformation
Yannick Buisson — Crédit manager chez TKE
Adel Megherbi — Directeur Exploitation Nouvelles Installations - Région Ile-de-France
Philippe Delpech — Sonepar President & CEO
Benjamin FOURCHE — IT Infrastructure & Production Manager
Elhadji A. Seck — Certified Audit | Internal Control | Revenue Assurance | Fraud Management | Risk Management | Compliance |Finance | Telecom | Fintech | COSO | SOX
SAHMI EL MOUJARREBE — Directeur d’Agence Paris Public Ascenseurs - Branch Manager

People & organisation

Across tracked career histories this company is broadly stable on headcount movement — 43 tracked people, 780 reactions earned on their posts, 12 in leadership roles, a median 3 years in role, 8 external hires, 8 internal promotions, 7 tracked departures over the last two years.

Recent arrivals and where they came from

CLAEYMAN Michael — Directeur d’Agence Escaliers Mécaniques, joined in 2024 from Schindler Group
David Dejanovic — Business Transformation & Operations Country Director - France, joined in 2024 from Hubvisory
Elhadji A. Seck, MBA — Manager du Contrôle Interne – Europe-Afrique (Business Unit), joined in 2024 from Transatel
Ilham D. — Directrice des achats, joined in 2025 from Otis Elevator Co.
JEROME CANDY — Service Delivery Manager FRANCE (Infrastructure AMS), joined in 2024 from Atos
Ludovic BRISSON — Directeur d'agence, joined in 2024 from Fenwick-Linde
Mathys DUGROSPREZ — Technicien services, joined in 2024 from SAS ALDACHANIE - Intermarché Compiègne
Yannick Buisson — Credit manager, joined in 2024 from Frans Bonhomme

Where their people come from

Atos — 1 hire
Fenwick-Linde — 1 hire
Frans Bonhomme — 1 hire
Hubvisory — 1 hire
Otis Elevator Co. — 1 hire
SAS ALDACHANIE - Intermarché Compiègne — 1 hire

Where leavers went

thyssenkrupp Elevator — 3
Alliance Healthcare France — 1
Mistral Ascenseurs - Automatismes — 1
Nidec Leroy-Somer — 1
QUIETALIS — 1

Who is heard in the market

Benjamin FOURCHE — Directeur informatique: 2 posts, 310 reactions. Most recently on thought leadership. Read the post
David Dejanovic — Business Transformation & Operations Country Director - France: 24 posts, 139 reactions. Most recently on thought leadership. Read the post
CLAEYMAN Michael — Directeur d’Agence Escaliers Mécaniques: 1 post, 96 reactions. Most recently on corporate update. Read the post
Lou Herblot — Chargée de missions RH: 3 posts, 84 reactions. Most recently on partnership. Read the post
Ludovic BRISSON — Directeur d'agence: 1 post, 64 reactions. Most recently on corporate update. Read the post
Fabienne Loreal — Executive Global Head of Manufacturing & Quality: 1 post, 48 reactions. Most recently on corporate update. Read the post
Elhadji A. Seck, MBA — Manager du Contrôle Interne – Europe-Afrique (Business Unit): 7 posts, 37 reactions. Most recently on corporate update. Read the post
Christine Boisseau — DGRH France : 1 post, 2 reactions. Most recently on corporate update. Read the post

Based on tracked public career histories linked to this company and refreshed weekly. This is a sample of the organisation, not its headcount.

Tender wins

France – Restaurant construction work – Travaux de construction d’un restaurant neuf « La Ligurienne » sur la Base Navale de TOULON. — VAR AMENAGEMENT DEVELOPPEMENT, au nom et pour le compte du Service d’Infrastructure de la Défense Méditerranée.
Construction d’un restaurant neuf « La Ligurienne » sur la Base Navale de TOULON. — VAR AMENAGEMENT DEVELOPPEMENT, au nom et pour le compte du Service d’Infrastructure de la Défense Méditerranée
France – Construction work – Projet mutualisé comprenant la réhabilitation/extension du groupe scolaire CHARLES HUARD et la construction d'un pôle communautaire petite enfance - enfance - école de musique sur la commune de Saint Martin de May — CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon
France – Structural shell work – REALISATION DU CENTRE OPERATIONNEL DE COLLECTE DES ORDURES MENAGERES : LE TECHNOCENTRE DE LA PARADE DANS LA ZAC BARIDA A AIX-EN-PROVENCE — METROPOLE AIX MARSEILLE PROVENCE
Travaux de restructuration des écoles Provinces et Lamartine (AOO) — Ville de Mons en Baroeul
France – Construction work – Construction d'un pôle de formations paramédicales sur le site Santé Nord de la Faculté des sciences médicales et paramédicales — Université d'Aix-Marseille
France – Construction work – Construction du nouveau collège « Roger Vailland » à Sanvignes-les-Mines — Département de Saône-et-Loire
Travaux relatifs à la Réhabilitation et extension de la "Villa des Tilleuls" pour l'aménagement d'une salle des mariages et de locaux associatifs — Commune de La Crau
France – Building construction work – URIMENIL - CORDERIE BIHR - TRAVAUX DE REHABILITATION DU BATIMENT DE LA CLOCHE ET AMENAGEMENT DES ESPACES EXTERIEURS.-. — Commune de Uriménil
URIMENIL - CORDERIE BIHR - TRAVAUX DE REHABILITATION DU BATIMENT DE LA CLOCHE ET AMENAGEMENT DES ESPACES EXTERIEURS.-. — Mairie
France – Structural shell work – CONSTRUCTION DE LA NOUVELLE ECOLE CONDORCET (10 lots) — Mairie de Denain
France – Construction work for school buildings – CONSTRUCTION D'UN POLE EDUCATIF JEUNESSE SUR LA COMMUNE DE MONTARGIS — Mairie de Montargis

EU Procurement Awards

7 public contracts recorded (2025-12-08). Source: Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the EU public procurement journal.

Market signals

I Thought the Problem Was Financial. I was wrong. When I took over the leadership of that business unit, the numbers weren't good. Teams were exhausted. Performance was declining. And like many leader
I Thought the Problem Was Financial. I was wrong. When I took over the leadership of that business unit, the numbers weren't good. Teams were exhausted. Performance was declining. And like many leaders, my first instinct was to look at t…
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I remember my early days very clearly. The desire to do well. To prove myself. Not to disappoint. And also... The silence. People explained the objectives. The processes. The KPIs. But there were thin
I remember my early days very clearly. The desire to do well. To prove myself. Not to disappoint. And also... The silence. People explained the objectives. The processes. The KPIs. But there were things nobody ever told me. And I truly w…
It has nothing to do with my job title. I could talk about transformation. Performance. EBITDA. Growth. But the truth lies elsewhere. I grew up alongside a cousin living with a disability. Very early
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Why Did I Return to TKE Home Solutions? When I left the company a few years ago, it wasn't out of frustration. Quite the opposite. I felt that I had accomplished the missions entrusted to me and, in s
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We often talk about companies that fail. Competitors. The market. The economy. But after spending years transforming organizations, I've come to realize something far less comfortable. 👉 Organizations rarely implode because of their pro…
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Rencontre et découverte de la répartition pharmaceutique à Marseille 📍 Martial Meyer, Directeur Régional Sud-Est et Arnaud Fontaine, Directeur de l’établissement ont eu le plaisir d’accueillir M. l
Rencontre et découverte de la répartition pharmaceutique à Marseille 📍 Martial Meyer, Directeur Régional Sud-Est et Arnaud Fontaine, Directeur de l’établissement ont eu le plaisir d’accueillir M. le Député Olivier F. pour la visite de n…
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Who wins lift work in France

8,086 tender notices · 6,286 building permits · independents hold 15.6% of named wins

otis — 113 wins
TK Elevator France (this company) — 109 wins
Kone — 49 wins
tk elevator (this company) — 44 wins
schindler — 35 wins
Orona Sud-Ouest — 33 wins
Orona — 26 wins
ORONA OUEST NORD — 15 wins
NOUVELLE SOCIETE D ASCENSEURS - NSA — 13 wins
Otis (S.C.S.) — 10 wins
TK Elevator France SAS (this company) — 9 wins
Schindler SA — 7 wins

By type of work

new install — 10,482
maintenance — 1,778
modernization — 1,256
repair — 214

France by type of work

new install — 10,482 notices
maintenance — 1,778 notices
modernization — 1,256 notices
repair — 214 notices

France market

Companies profiled — 1,208
Tender notices — 8,086
Modernisation notices — 1,256
Building permits — 6,286
Independents’ share — 15.6%

Compare markets — new-installation

Elevator new-installation contract notices over the last 24 months, France against comparable markets.

France — 10,249 notices (this market)
United States — 16,404 notices
Ireland — 7,789 notices
Germany — 1,723 notices
Finland — 863 notices
Poland — 859 notices
United Kingdom — 352 notices

France national portal — boamp.fr

7,931 lift notices published on France’s own procurement portal, shown in the original language.

Maintenance préventive et corrective parc ascenseurs — INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM-SCOMMUNS (tender)
Maintenance des ascenseurs, monte-charges et escalators pour Destination Rennes — Destination Rennes (tender)
Fourniture, installation et mise en service d'un ascenseur à la pharmacie du Centre Hospitalier de Niort — Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire 79 - CH NIORT (tender)
Travaux de mise en accessibilité des 5 campus de l’Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) – 4 Lots — Université Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (tender)
La présente consultation a pour objet la rénovation des monte-charges de la Maison d’arrêt homme du Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes. — DISP PARIS (tender)
marché de travaux de construction d'un parc de stationnement et d'un office de tourisme - Phase 3 relance du lot 6 plâtrerie peinture classé sans suite pour motif d'intérêt gé — Mairie de Zonza (tender)
Prestations de maintenance, de mise aux normes et de contrôles réglementaires des ouvrages et installations du Stade en Eaux Vives à Sainte-Suzanne — COMMUNAUTE INTERCOMMUNALE NORD REUNION (tender)
Maintenances préventive et corrective des ascenseurs et monte-charges du SDIS 77 — SDIS 77 de Seine-et-Marne (award)