Boccard acquires Leroux Lotz Technologies, an industrial boiler manufacturer,
and creates a European leader in renewable thermal energy
– Leroux & Lotz Technologies (LLT), a long-standing French player in the industrial boiler market, integrates Boccard, an industrial equipment manufacturer for over 100 years.
– This makes Boccard-LLT a European leader in integrated renewable thermal power plants with biomass and waste recovery, contributing to the energy transition.
– The combination of these skills and expertise gives us unique expertise in the construction of biomass and waste-fired power plants, integrating combustion systems, boilers, flue gas treatment, energy recovery and carbon capture.
The complementary technologies of Boccard and Leroux & Lotz Technologies provide technical solutions for integrated, sustainable power plants in response to the decarbonation and waste recovery requirements of COP21.
The strong growth of the waste and biomass recovery market, both in Europe and internationally, is driven by three needs:
– Decarbonize power generation, industrial processes and heat networks,
– Develop the efficiency of biomass/waste recovery and CO2 capture,
– Strengthen national energy sovereignty, while optimizing production costs.
This alliance will create an integrated, world-class European leader with differentiating technologies technologies to provide turnkey solutions for biomass and waste-to-energy plants. and waste-to-energy plants.
Founded in 1946, Leroux & Lotz Technologies designs, manufactures and builds combustion/gasification systems and biomass/waste boilers.
It also offers carbon capture technologies and operations support services.
Boccard, founded in 1918, is an expert in the alternative energies segment, specializing in heat exchange, turbine integration and flue gas treatment.
It also brings its know-how as an industrial contractor to the management of large turnkey projects.
Bruno Boccard, President of Boccard, explains This major acquisition reflects our strategy of moving up the value pyramid, and enhances our ‘menu and a la carte’ offering: boiler only, or complete turnkey thermal power plant. Our shared values guarantee the harmonious integration of the Leroux & Lotz Technologies teams within Boccard. We are proud to be strengthening our offer as an industrial contractor in the ‘Advanced Energies’ segment on the French and international markets, to become a ‘European leader in renewable thermal energy’ and to contribute to turning waste into revenue: ‘Trash to Cash’. “
Patrick Blanc, Director of the Leroux & Lotz Technologies Business Unit, commented: “Joining Boccard gives us the means to achieve a new ambition. We are gaining access to new growth markets, both in France and internationally, and continuing to develop our portfolio of technologies and services for today’s and tomorrow’s markets. In this way, we are strengthening our position as a key player in the energy transition, supporting our customers in the production of low-carbon energy.
About Leroux & Lotz Technologies (LLT): Founded in 1946, Leroux & Lotz Technologies is a French company specializing in the design, construction and commissioning of thermal power plants from 10 to 150 MWth using all types of solid fuels (waste, RDF and biomass). A long-standing player in the French market, LLT today employs over 100 people in Europe, and boasts a broad portfolio of technologies (combustion grates, fluidized combustion and gasification beds, carbon capture) as well as unique feedback, useful to operators in optimizing their facilities.
