History

Thanks to an expansion of 12,000 m2, VIM increases its industrial and logistics capacities by 60%. An investment resolutely turned towards the future with an objective of excellence in customer service.

Establishment of a specialized sales team.
Centrifugal and axial fans dedicated to the industrial, agricultural and naval sectors.

1916 - 2016: 100 years serving climate engineering professionals
At the end of 2015, VIM employed 180 people and generated a turnover of 50.4 million euros.

The company has more than 3,500 active installation clients in the construction and climate engineering sectors, including major French groups, leading installer groups and regional independents.
Thus, tens of thousands of ventilation, air treatment and smoke extraction installations are carried out each year in France and Europe using VIM equipment.

With significant growth, VIM is building its new 16,000 m head office².
More than 10 million euros are invested in buildings, industrial and logistics facilities.

The first rotary exchanger CTAs (CAD O Integral) developed by the VIM R&D team rolled off the production line in 2013.

At the end of 2000, the multinational electrical equipment company ABB, then owner of VIM , sold the company to the Spanish group Soler & Palau (S&P), a pure player in the ventilation sector.

S&P, already present in the residential VMC and VMP market, is thus strengthening its position to become one of the leaders in France.

VIM complements its own ranges with those developed by S&P, in particular for axial fans, ventilation boxes and technical fans.

Founded in 1969, this company develops and manufactures single- and double-flow CMV units with heat exchangers for residential applications. It also marketed heat pumps and thermodynamic water heaters using extracted air in the 1980s following the second oil crisis.

The Aubergenville factory was finally closed in 1989 and manufacturing was transferred to Azay-le-Brûlé, the birthplace of Aéroplast. The VIM organization was ISO 9001 certified in 1995 and the production site ISO 14001 certified in 1998.

In 1985, VIM acquired the series ventilation division of Jeunont Schneider, thus strengthening its expertise in ventilation for professional kitchens.

In 1961, VIM carried out one of the first VMC installations in collective housing in the Tours de la Défense.

Following the group's acquisition of Solyvent-Ventec in 1970, VIM 's commercial and then industrial activity was refocused on ventilation and smoke extraction for residential and non-residential buildings.

In 1936, VIM was acquired by Svenska Fläktfabriken, a Swedish manufacturer founded in 1918, which expanded the French range with filtration, heating, humidification, air conditioning, dust removal and drying equipment.

VIM will remain under the Swedish flag (Fläkt / Asea) then Helvético/Swedish (ABB) until 2000.

The factory is based in Aubergenville (78). It will house over 25,000 m² covered, the manufacture of industrial fans, air handling units, air heaters, water batteries, metal VMC boxes, but also axial fans, ducts, accessories, etc.

In the early 1930s, VIM equipped several cinemas with air conditioning, including the Normandy on the Champs Elysées.
This was followed by numerous hospitals and department stores until 1940 when activity ceased, only to resume after the war.

VIM Ventilation Industrielle et Minière was founded by Jules Beuzit and a Centrale engineer Raymond Laponche to supply ventilation equipment to mines, heavy industry and later ships.