Our core business is -
making your core business more efficient

Foundation:
On 9 August 2001, the Belgian Group Fabricom, a subsidiary of the Suez Group, takes over six independent companies of Sulzer Infra in Germany and continues to run them under the name Axima. These companies merge to form Axima GmbH in mid-August 2003. In late 2008, the company was renamed Axima Deutschland GmbH, and Axima Refrigeration GmbH was integrated as a daughter company. Since mid-November 2009, both companies have been operating under the names Cofely Deutschland GmbH and Cofely Refrigeration GmbH. In late 2010 Cofely Deutschland GmbH acquired the Bochum contracting specialists Proenergy Contracting GmbH & Co. KG.

Employees:  
around 1750

Sites:
19 regional offices plus technical offices

Turnover: 
446 million Euro (2011)

Managing Director:
Manfred Schmitz

A vision takes shape with Cofely – the vision of being able to supply every customer with the exact type of energy efficiency, that he needs and wishes, to suit the purpose; all from one source. After all, it does not matter to the environment where the emission of CO₂ is reduced: whether consumption is reduced due to more efficient use of energy, whether energy production is shaped in a more environmentally-friendly way due to less use of fossil fuels or whether the build up of new capacities is avoided with intelligent planning – less CO₂ emissions must be the bottom line. This not only applies to the ecological balance in the future, but also to a company or organisation's balance sheet.
 
Cofely supports its customers with efficient systems, building and refrigeration technology, more innovative concepts for the production and distribution of energy and an economic service and multi-technology management. The key is based on a wide base of know-how, which covers a range of aspects on the subject of energy efficiency, and more than 125 years of experience in the areas of building technology and refrigeration in Germany.

1834
Gebrüder Sulzer (Sulzer Bros.) founded 

1881
Founding of first subsidiary, the Maschinenfabrik Ludwigshafen am Rhein; a heating and ventilation division was added shortly after.
 
1914
Founding of the Sulzer Holding Company as the umbrella organisation of the Gebrüder Sulzer AG Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Gebrüder Sulzer AG Winterthur and Sulzer Unternehmungen AG. The Holding Company has been listed on the Swiss stock exchange since 1918.
 
1968
The Gebrüder Sulzer AG is given a group structure organisation. The forerunner of Sulzer Infra is the group Heating and Ventilation Systems, which has in the meantime developed out of the Heating Installation Department.
 
1982
The group division Systems Engineering consists of the four production sub-divisions: Heating and Climate Control Systems, Process and Refrigeration Technology, Major Projects and Pumps.
 
1990
The Sulzer Group creates six largely independent divisions with strategic holding company character. At this time Sulzer Infra’s forerunner becomes the division Industry and Building Systems with its specialist areas refrigeration technology, textile air technology and clean room technology.
 
2001
Sulzer Infra is sold to the Belgian Groupe Fabricom company and now operates under the name Axima.
 
2003
The six original independent companies amalgamated in mid-August to become the Axima GmbH in Germany.
 
2005
The SUEZ Group decides to introduce country subsidiaries. In the course of this restructuring, the Axima GmbH companies in Germany, Axima Refrigeration GmbH and Elyo GmbH are amalgamated to form the SUEZ Energy Services Germany GmbH.
 
2006
In order to use the synergies in the energy services business, Suez Energy Services Germany decides to merge Elyo GmbH into Axima GmbH. Since December 2006 the former Elyo GmbH forms the business unit Axima Energy Services.
 
2008
Axima GmbH becomes Axima Deutschland GmbH at the end of 2008.
 
2009
During the course of brand harmonisation, the GDF SUEZ Group pools numerous activities in the Energy Services division under the new brand, COFELY, from the beginning of 2009. The Axima companies in Germany also take on the new brand names from the middle of November 2009 and are present on the market as Cofely Deutschland GmbH and Cofely Refrigeration GmbH.

2010
At the end of 2010, the Cofely Deutschland Group acquires the Bochum based energy services specialist Proenergy Contracting and strengthens its position as one of the leading energy services providers in Germany.

2011
At the end of 2011, Cofely Deutschland acquires the Saxon Ingenieurgesellschaft Haus-Technik mbH (IHT). IHT has been active in the energy services market since 1997, and has established itself particularly on the regional market with its four business activities: heat supply, electricity supply, measurement services and heating cost accounting.