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The group was formed in 1997
by Pascal Hendrickx Born in 1965 in Lille, he earned a degree in technical sales engineering from the University of Valenciennes, and began his career in the SECA Group.
Sophia primary milestones include:
- March, 1997: establishment of SOPHIA Management
- April, 1997: establishment of SOPHIA Invest, the owner of SOPHIAs registered office, located at 98 Avenue Winston Churchill, in Uccle (Belgium)
- July, 1997: takeover of the business operations of AME (Audit Maintenance Energie), founded in 1984 by engineer Louis Vanlierde, which was to become SOPHIA Audit in 2008
- January, 1998: establishment of AME Switzerland which became SOPHIA Switzerland in 2008 in partnership with the Swiss consulting firm, Rigot & Rieben Engineering
- October, 1999: establishment of AME France which became SOPHIA France in 2008
- September, 2001: takeover of the functions of project management and consulting on special technologies and safety coordination of the company BGROUP. This operation was renamed ENGYTIME and in 2006 it became SOPHIA Engineering.
- January, 2002: establishment of SOPHIA Finance for the financing of the groups operations (company held 100% by Pascal Hendrickx)
- January, 2003: establishment of AME Luxembourg which became SOPHIA Luxembourg in 2008.
- January, 2008: gathering of the different group subsidiaries under the SOPHIA quality label in view to sharing a common identity.
- December, 2010: launch of the Sophia Green Technology Investment Fund.
- December, 2010: Integration of Sicabel.
- January, 2011: Integration of Green Value a subsidiary of GVA Finance.
- January, 2011: Socotec International has acquired 75% stake in Sophia Audit and took back the entire rights of the KMIS software.
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