French energy major GDF Suez has created Cofely, a brand for its energy services activities, to increase its visibility and facilitate its expansion in the growing energy and environmental efficiency markets.
For France and the UK, the new Cofely name will immediately replace Cofathec and Elyo as the companies merge in each country so that customers benefit from the industrial, technical and commercial synergies.
The new brand will be gradually adopted by the other energy services companies within the energy services business line, specifically in Spain and Italy; Axima Services in Belgium; GTI in the Netherlands; as well as Axima in several European countries. More than half of the revenues from the Energy Services Business Line, which totaled 14 billion euros in 2008, will be generated under the Cofely brand name.
Jerome Tolot, member of the GDF Suez executive committee in charge of the energy services business line, said: Cofely is currently the leading European brand for environmental and energy efficiency services. The new name will support the development of our energy services business line to better meet the needs of our customers, both businesses and municipalities.
