Like other great stories, the construction of the CMAI group comes from an entrepreneur, who one day transformed an intuition into a tangible and sustainable economic reality.
Since its creation in 1981, the Group has continued to grow and diversify into interior design activities for all rooms in the house.
2023
The CMAI Group is strengthening its positions in Europe and internationally in the interior carpentry trades.
The CMAI group continues its development and completes the acquisition of the Spanish manufacturer of interior doors Marcos Martínez Minguela It thus becomes the leader of the interior door market in Spain.
Minguela is the reference brand for technical and calendered interior doors in Spain: this acquisition thus provides the CMAI Group with additional know-how to enrich its product offer.
The integration of Minguela into the CMAI group allows us to pursue our strategy of growth and extension of our portfolio of offers, serving all of our distributor partners, in France and internationally.
THE CMAI GROUP ACQUIRES 100% OF THE CAPITAL OF SANRAFAEL AND PUERTAS CASTALLA, SPECIALISTS IN DECORATIVE INTERIOR DOORS IN SPAIN.
Founded in 1986, Sanrafael develops, produces and markets to a network of distributors, resellers and installers, in Spain and internationally, decorative interior doors of all types of high-end finishes, in standard and custom sizes, intended for residential or tertiary environments.
Founded in 1989, Castalla develops, manufactures and markets in Spain and internationally decorative interior doors of medium and high-end finish, intended for the residential environment, through specialized dealers or the large DIY distribution.
This merger creates a new European Group, with 1,100 employees and a consolidated turnover of around € 140m (2019).
It will enable CMAI to acquire the know-how and resources necessary to pursue its growth strategy in the field of interior doors in France, successfully initiated in 2018.
QUADRO : the entire store network adopts the new brand identity
The result of the merger of the "Quadro" and "Agem, votre Intérieur sur mesure" store networks, the unified network under the Quadro banner will have adopted its new identity in just a few months through the adoption of a new façade charter.
As new stores are opened and renovated, the interior concept is making its way into the stores, with a reinvented approach to home interior design.
AGEM ACQUIRES 100% OF THE QUADRO COMPANY
The acquisition through AGEM of the company QUADRO and its 16 points of sale located mainly in the Paris region allows the CMAI group to strengthen its positions in the custom interior fittings market.
The group thus supplements its know-how thanks to the expertise of QUADRO in the transformation of wood and veneers, but also lacquers and highly personalized solutions for storage, custom made furniture and living spaces.
NEW INVESTOR PARTNER FOR THE CMAI GROUP
With the takeover of Qualium Investissement's stake, ICG becomes the reference shareholder of the CMAI group.
Through this new stage, the group is pursuing the path of its product and service development policy, while respecting its founding values.
Les Établissements Sogal receive the 2015 Territories Innovation Trophy
The Sogal brand received the Territoires Innovation Trophy for its motorized closet door, an important innovation in the storage market.
A departmental jury studied each file in order to designate one candidate per category and per department based on an evaluation grid. Établissements Sogal competed in the Industry category. The selection of the winners was made impartially by the members of the jury according to several criteria: a break with the existing system / initial observations and considerations, results obtained / the place of innovation in the strategy / the link between the company and international research and development / territorial anchoring / social and environmental responsibility / financial situation.
ÉTABLISSEMENTS SOGAL ACQUIRE 100% OF AGEM GROUP
With this growth operation, the group takes on a new dimension, by supplementing its distribution networks and the types of addressable markets, thanks to the expertise of the AGEM group of excellence in personalized tailor-made fittings.
THE WORLD IS CHANGING, DIGITAL IS SHIFTING THE MARKETS
The Sogal group decided very early on to take its place in the online sales market, by creating the centimetre.com brand and an adapted product range. The site is launched at the end of the year.
Origine France Garantie certification
Since 2010, the CMAI Group has been investing in a series of Quality and Environmental initiatives covering the broad spectrum of its industrial and commercial activities.
The "Origine France Garantie" label affixed to most of the Group's products attests that most of the value added in the manufacture of its products is done in France at its various manufacturing sites.
SOGAL RECOGNIZED FOR ITS INVESTMENT IN LARGE DESIGN
The Sogal group receives the Strategic Design Trophy, Design Global mention, which emphasizes the group's ability to invest in new product and service territories for its customers.
GOVERNANCE TRANSITION AND NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The Sogal group welcomes Qualium Investissement, a subsidiary of Caisse de Dépôts et Consignations, as the majority investor in 2010.
Substantial investments are devoted to the implementation of the company's project aimed in particular at developing its scope of activity by diversifying its ranges of products, services and distribution networks.
A STORAGE CABINET BEHIND EACH CUPBOARD DOOR
Anxious to provide its customers with complementary products, the Sogal group is investing in the furniture business by buying a company specializing in cooking in Gérardmer.
The acquisition of this factory will make possible the development of the flagship offers for fitting out closets and wardrobes that are the Elegance and Excellence ranges, innovative products at the time by their extendable and modular concept simply in width.
THE DISTRIBUTION LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING, SOGAL ADAPTS
The 1980s marked a significant development of DIY large retailers, in line with the evolution of society towards "do it yourself".
Historically established in the professional distribution for craftsmen joiners through wood and materials trading, Sogal decides to diversify its activities by creating specific brands for specialized mass distribution: this is the birth of the Iliko and Ykario brands.
GEORGES GUÉRIN IMPORTS THE SLIDING DOOR CONCEPT INTO EUROPE AND CREATES THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL FRANCHISE IN FRANCE
Returning from a trip across the Atlantic where he discovered the principle of the sliding closet door, at the time standard and in plastic, Georges Guérin sees it as a new way of conceiving storage and the optimization of space. .
By adding a peripheral metal structure to it and deciding to make tailor-made closet doors for home improvement professionals, it will create a new market, and develop it locally.
Building on this local experience, he will deploy his concept through the creation of the first industrial franchise, which will be the basis for the creation of the Sogal group. A group whose construction will be done gradually thanks to the buyout of all franchisees, then the franchisor, by the franchisee of the West region, Robert Hassenfratz.
During the same decade and in other places, two other companies were born in the interior fittings market: the companies Agem and Quadro ...
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