Creation of Kardham Digital

December 2019

The KARDHAM Group launches KARDHAM DIGITAL and acquires HDR Communications to become a key player in smart building.

The KARDHAM Group announces the creation of its subsidiary KARDHAM DIGITAL, a Digital Services Company specializing in digital technologies applied to corporate real estate. This independent and integrated player in professional real estate also announces the acquisition of HDR Communications, specializing in the design and implementation of digital BtoB solutions. These two developments should enable the KARDHAM Group to accelerate its deployment in the digital professions, initiated in 2017, and to strengthen its holistic approach to professional buildings and their work environments with the aim of becoming a key operator of smart building. .

Founded in 1992, the KARDHAM Group quickly changed from its original vocation of professional space planners to become, in particular thanks to an external growth strategy, a global real estate operator, from the strategic genesis of projects to 'to their complete delivery, including their architectural and technical design.

From 2017 and on the strength of its cross-knowledge of buildings and uses, the KARDHAM Group has embarked on its digital transformation to support, under the impetus of numerous technological innovations, the transformation of the real estate sector towards a revolution in uses, centered on services and intelligence at the heart of the building.

To support its clients (public and private companies, large accounts, SMEs, startups, etc.) as closely as possible in their digital transformation, KARDHAM today announces the creation of KARDHAM DIGITAL, whose vocation is on the one hand to provide property owners and investors expertise capable of improving the performance and marketability of assets, on the other hand optimizing and digitally enriching the user experience in professional premises.

KARDHAM DIGITAL's postulate is to integrate multiple architectural, technical, regulatory, ergonomic and human dimensions, so that the project is a success. The company works on smart building, smart office or digital workplace issues by offering a range of services in the design, implementation and operation of digital solutions. With an experienced team, KARDHAM DIGITAL is able to guarantee the relevance, operability and security of digital transformation solutions in the complexity of real estate projects.

To strengthen KARDHAM DIGITAL's skills center, the KARDHAM Group announces the acquisition of HDR Communications, a company specializing since 1995 in the design, production and operation of BtoB digital solutions: broadcast and professional audiovisual, multimedia and dynamic display , mobile applications, web development.

The acquisition of HDR Communications represents a unique strategic opportunity for each of the companies.

“By welcoming HDR Communications, we are offering the KARDHAM Group the possibility of strengthening the digital expertise of its subsidiary KARDHAM DIGITAL. This acquisition, naturally aligned with our positioning as an integrated player, consolidates our ability to deliver a global offer to our customers which, added to our detailed knowledge of the expectations of end users, will allow us to better respond to the issues and challenges of smart building ”, emphasizes Jean-François Couëc, Chairman of the KARDHAM Group.

"We are happy to join an independent and leading French group, to benefit from its commercial strike force, its establishments in major French metropolises and the synergies of existing customers, to jointly develop the best digital infrastructures and services and enable KARDHAM DIGITAL to become a key player in the buildings of today and tomorrow ”, explains Daniel Trabucco, President of HDR Communications.

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Nathalie Neyret

Nathalie Neyret

Head of Marketing & Communication

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nneyret@kardham.com