COLAS GROUP
WORLDWIDE
Global network with local delivery
The COLAS Group is a world leader in the construction and maintenance of road, air, rail and maritime transport infrastructure. Roads – the Group’s core business – account for more than 80% of its total activity.
With over 58,000 employees, a network of 2,000 material production units and 800 construction business units operating in 50 countries across 5 continents, the Group carries out more than 85,000 projects each year supported by a strong upstream industrial network. In 2018, the COLAS Group posted €13.2 billion Euros of consolidated revenue.
COLAS History
The COLAS name was derived from the terms ‘COLd’ and ‘ASphalt’.
In 1925 two English companies Asphalt Cold Mix Ltd merged with a company called COLAS Mix Manufacturing Ltd to form COLAS Product Ltd to supply bitumen emulsions for use on roads in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.
The COLAS Road Company was founded in France in 1929 by Shell and Société Générale d’Entreprises (SGE). The company originally specialized in the production of bitumen emulsion in addition to road works. Over the years the company’s name changed to COLAS SA International Group which saw expansion from roads to all forms of transportation infrastructure across the world.
With a significant investment in research and development capability COLAS specialises in developing innovative materials and processes to create safe and sustainable transport systems.
AROUND
THE WORLD
Transport infrastructure around the world
With a global footprint spanning 50 counties and 5 continents, COLAS is a world leader in the construction and maintenance of roads and other forms of transport infrastructure – rail, air, sea – thus meeting the challenges posed by connecting communities and environmental issues.
COLAS
AUSTRALIA
GROUP
COLAS Australia Group Pty Ltd
The COLAS Australia Group was formed in 2008 with the acquisition of SAMI Bitumen Technologies. The COLAS Australia Group has continued to expand its operations throughout Australia with the acquisition of a number of local companies and is now supported by over 500 employees across 15 work sites in 5 states.
THE COLAS
AUSTRALIA
SERVICE PROMISE
Vision
To be a world class provider in the delivery of asset solutions.
Mission
To provide innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers and communities by:
- Keeping everybody safe
- Investing in innovative and intelligent engineering
- Developing our people
- Harnessing the expertise of the worldwide COLAS Group
- Working collaboratively to understand their needs
Values
Responsible
- Safety is our number one value at all times
- We will demonstrate social responsibility through legal and ethical principles
- We will deliver environmentally friendly, sustainable solutions
Visionary
- We encourage an ‘ideas-driven’ culture of creativity
- We share expertise and knowledge globally to create benefits locally
- We develop pioneering product and service solutions for our customers
- We operate a policy of continuous development to encourage innovation
- We develop cost effective long term solutions for assets
Accountable
- We are passionate about our customer focus – “do what we say”
- We strive to deliver best value at all times to our customers
INNOVATION
AT THE CORE
Translating our Research and Development into action
Research and development sits at the core of COLAS. It enables customers to select from products and services with guaranteed durability and performance in the knowledge that they have been rigorously tested, researched, modified and enhanced.
The international COLAS Group invests around €70 Million Euros per year in research and development providing an extensive international network supported by over 2,000 research experts, engineers and technicians. Our local laboratories and technical experts work closely with the Campus for Science and Technology near Paris – the world’s largest private road research laboratory – to develop new improved products.