From a craft business to the creation of a leading industrial group in its sector

1979
Pierre and Christiane Riou set up a craft business: painting, insulation, installation of double glazing

1983
Creation of VIP (Eure), a double glazing manufacturing unit. Pierre Riou develops a prototype roller press for assembling insulating glass units.

1988
Prize for artisanal management awarded to Pierre Riou.
Horizontal belt press presented at GLASSTEC (Germany). Registration of patents.

1989
Creation of VIC (Manche).

1990
Process and machine patent awarded by the European Patent Office

1993
Creation of VIB (Côtes-d'Armor)

1999
Creation of the RIOU Glass holding company.

2002
Extension of VIP to 11,000 m2: modernisation and automation of the factory

2005
Creation of SLPV (Hérault).

2008
Pierre Riou is awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by the Minister of Defence.

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2009
Acquisition of V2S (Vitrages de Sécurité du Sud) in Narbonne (Aude), specialising in the manufacture of laminated glass for the protection of goods and people, as well as coloured and decorative laminated glass.

Takeover of Pilkington France, a company with 4 establishments, maintaining the workforce of 300 people:

• Gaillefontaine (Seine-Maritime), renamed LVI (Le Vitrage Isolant).
• Lanvollon (Côtes-d'Armor), renamed VICA (Vitrages Isolants des Côtes d'Armor).
• Marmande (Lot-et-Garonne), renamed VERAQUI (Verres d'Aquitaine).
• Parné-sur-Roc (Mayenne), renamed VIO (Vitrages Isolants de l'Ouest).

2010
Acquisition of SOREMIR (Société Réunionnaise de Miroiterie), a reference company in Reunion Island, but also in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Madagascar, Mayotte...), in its two main activities, glass products and blinds. SOREMIR is a company composed of 2 units: SOREMIR in Saint-Denis and Saint-Paul (Reunion Island).

2012

Acquisition from Saint-Gobain Glass France of a 50% stake in Eurofloat, a company specialising in the production of flat glass and located in Salaise-sur-Sanne (Isère). Creation of RFG (RIOU Flat Glass), specialising in the sale and distribution of heavy glass products.

Takeover of a glass product processing unit in Pouilly-en-Auxois (Côte-d'Or). Creation of the company VICO (Vitrages Isolants de Côte d'Or).

2013
Inauguration of the first heated glass assembly line at VIP.

Launch of the RIOU Glass CREATIONS decorative glass workshop.

2015
Pierre Riou receives the "Coup de Coeur" award at the 25th Victoires des Autodidactes.

Grand Prix de l'Innovation at the Foire de Paris: CalorGlass heated glass receives the "jury's favourite" award.

2016
Complete rebuilding of the furnace and modernisation of the flat glass production line at Eurofloat (110 days of work, 26 million euros of investment).

2017
Acquisition of AIV (Applications Industrielles du Verre), located in Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine), from the Japanese glassmaker AGC.

2018
Acquisition of a stake in Isère-based Eurovitrage.

RIOU Glass also acquires Badie Vitrage and subsequently becomes RIOU Glass VIR.

2019
VICO becomes Eurovitrage Dijon.

2022
Christine Riou Feron, daughter of Pierre and Christiane Riou, officially becomes President of RIOU Glass following the passing of the torch from one generation to the next. At the same time, For Talents acquired a stake in the glazing specialist as a minority shareholder.

RIOU Glass takes part in BATIMAT 2022 and unveils its new exhibition following the group's latest identity.

RIOU Glass, the specialist in high energy and environmental performance insulating glass units, is to acquire a stake in the Belgian holding company Glass Invest, which owns Euroglas-De Landtsheer, Safetyglass and Industrial Glass Processing (IGP)

2023
RIOU Glass announces the acquisition of the flat glass processor Diffuver, based in Marclopt in the Loire department (42).

RIOU Glass accelerates its expansion in Europe with the acquisition of Vidresif, a glassmaking site in Catalonia.