Its role Technology / equipment supplier
Clauger is a French family-owned industrial engineering company specializing in refrigeration, air treatment, and environmental solutions. Founded in 1971 in Brignais near Lyon by Paul Minssieux, it remains under family control with Frédéric Minssieux and the Minssieux family involved in leadership. The core operating entity is registered as CLAUGER SAS (SIREN 971506191), with Clauger Group serving as the holding company and president.
The company delivers a 360° integrated offering covering engineering, design, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, training, and operational support. Key technologies include industrial refrigeration systems using natural refrigerants such as ammonia and CO₂, process air treatment, energy recovery and optimization, emissions control, and CO₂ capture, treatment, liquefaction, and storage solutions. It operates 17 production workshops worldwide and emphasizes sustainability through decarbonization and energy efficiency.
Clauger structures its activities under specialist brands: the primary Clauger brand for agrifood, logistics, and marine sectors; Technofrigo by Clauger for industrial, chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, energy, hydrogen, and CO₂ markets (explicitly covering CO₂ liquefaction and storage as referenced in the Tampere project context); and Valtria by Clauger for life sciences and high-tech cleanrooms. The group employs around 3,500 people, generates approximately 820 million euros in revenue, and exports to over 100 countries across five continents through subsidiaries, acquisitions (including Italian Technofrigo heritage in 2021), and partnerships.
Positioned as a long-term technology partner and integrator for manufacturers, Clauger focuses on customized, high-value solutions that enhance product quality, process performance, and plant sustainability in demanding industrial environments.
Also known as Technofrigo by Clauger, Clauger Group, and Clauger-Technofrigo.
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Long-term H2PPAs secure physical renewable power and Guarantees of Origin for RFNBO-compliant hydrogen, enabling flexible e‑methane production and advancing the project's FID.
Integrated technology chain will turn renewable electricity and captured biogenic CO2 into e‑methane, using electrolysis, methanation, hydrogen handling and waste-heat recovery to district heating.
E‑methane and green hydrogen projects in Finland to receive EIB support; Tampere site targeted to start construction in Q4 2026.
Preferred‑supplier agreement secures electrolyzer technology for green hydrogen and e‑methane projects, reinforcing Tampere deployment and pipeline scale‑up.
Long-term €1bn offtake secures Tampere-produced e‑methane for heavy-duty transport via existing gas/LNG infrastructure across Europe.
Ren-Gas, a Finnish P2G developer, plans a nationwide network of e-methane plants, leveraging Finland's renewable energy and grid infrastructure for emissions reduction in transport.
Carbon from waste-to-energy is used for e-methane production, with waste heat integrated into district heating, reducing emissions and fossil fuel use.
MAN will supply a 50 MW methanation reactor for converting green hydrogen and CO2 into e-methane, supporting heavy transport and district heating in Tampere.
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