Altrad is a French multinational industrial group and one of the world’s largest providers of scaffolding, formwork, and associated services. Founded by Mohed Altrad, who arrived in France from Syria in the 1970s and built the company from a single acquisition into a global industrial empire, the Altrad Group is headquartered in Montpellier, France.
The group has grown primarily through an aggressive acquisition strategy, absorbing numerous major scaffolding brands including ULMA Construction, Entrepose Echafaudages, Cape, Hertel, and many others. With operations in more than 50 countries and revenues exceeding five billion euros, Altrad is widely regarded as the dominant force in the global scaffolding and industrial services market.
In the United Kingdom, Altrad has a substantial presence through its various operating subsidiaries, providing scaffolding, rope access, painting, insulation, and other industrial services to major clients in the oil and gas, petrochemical, power, and construction sectors.
The group manufactures and distributes its own scaffold systems, including the well-established Altrad range of steel and aluminium scaffolding equipment, as well as supplying a broad portfolio of lifting, handling, and access equipment through its product divisions. Altrad’s vertical integration, combining manufacturing with service delivery, gives it a competitive advantage in pursuing large, long-term maintenance and construction contracts across Europe and beyond.
