Ortec Soléo
Rehabilitation of
contaminated sites and land
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Ortec Soléo is a subsidiary of the Ortec Group specializing in soil and groundwater decontamination and, more generally, in the rehabilitation of industrial sites and wastelands.
Tailored decontamination
With around 30 local sites, strategically located throughout France, Ortec-Soléo is a partner of choice for your projects to redevelop polluted land.
Recognized for its expertise in the integrated management of rehabilitation projects and in decontamination processes, Ortec-Soléo provides specialist teams with a diversity of skills for complex and large-scale projects in France and abroad.
For more than 25 Years, our teams have been operating on all types of pollutant, for industrial companies, local authorities and actors from the construction and building sectors, by offering innovative, professional and responsive environmental services.
With You
Towards a Sustainable Future
Key Figures
Areas of Expertise
Design & Engineering
This engineering branch represents the set of tools at our disposable for the design, sizing and safety of decontamination operations.
Decontamination works
The Ortec Group examines the treatment of soil and/or subterranean water contamination in order to adapt to all types of pollution.
Site rehabilitation
The Ortec Group carries out the totality of services and operations involved in projects for the rehabilitation of wasteland and industrial sites.
Soil treatment centers
Specializing in treatment solutions, Valorterre recycles the materials impacted in a circular economy approach.
A new dimension for your projects
By placing your projects at the heart of our concerns, we accompany you on a unique customer journey. We design tailored solutions to address your issues, challenges and objectives. Our services stand out thanks to the combination of our expertise and experience with strong values. Environmental services that are innovative, professional and proactive.
Your expectations
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Safety
Above all other concerns, safety is our priority.
- To protect the health and safety of our employees
- To assess and manage the risks related to our services
- To ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations with regard to all our activities
02
Made-to-measure
Identification of your issues and stakes.
Anticipation of your needs for support and personalized solutions tailored to your interests:
-To rationalize your operating costs
-To optimize the availability of your production tools
03
Experience and expertise
More than 30 years of expertise in environmental services. Know-how, proven methods and local service.
04
Digitization
A development booster, we offer digital solutions to:
– Optimize your processes
– Provide additional services
- ONE, GAIA, “Made in Ortec” mobile application
- Partnerships with start-ups
- An offer that meets in-the-field needs, agile and future-oriented
05
Development of skills
Training our employees:
– The guarantee of our services’ quality.
- In-house training school ÉLÉE
- Technical training center
- The O’Métiers skills development plan
- Creation of training courses and assessment tools specific to our business lines
06
Customer relations
An open ear, analysis from your point of view, in order to:
- Suggest appropriate and innovative solutions
- Anticipate your needs
- Simplify processes
- Optimize follow-up
- Create a relationship of trust, a partnership
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Innovation
We place innovation at the forefront.
- Bring to light the best ideas from in the field thanks to the Innov’O in-house challenge
- Develop and adapt innovative and more proficient materials thanks to the Technical Innovation Division
- Build partnerships with universities to better respond to the issues of tomorrow
Business lines
Expertise & design
Laboratory testing
- Assess and validate the feasibility of one or more decontamination solutions
Pilot field tests
- Acquire the necessary data for dimensioning to get started and manage the risks
- Confirm the technique’s suitability in local conditions
Technical expertise
- Preparation of special protocols within the framework of R&D customer projects (eligible for research tax credit)
- Assistance with dimensioning, budgets
Decontamination in situ
Soil and Groundwater Treatment Solutions
- Extensive and intensive treatment processes combining conventional and innovative technologies: Oxidation-reduction (@MIXIS), aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment, venting/sparging, thermal desorption (electricity or gas)
A 100% Ortec tailored support service:
- A phased, scalable, and secure methodology
- 1 in-house testing laboratory
- 1 dedicated team of experts working closely with the R&D division
- Design and manufacture of Mobile Treatment Units (MTUs) tailored to each specific challenge
On-site and Off-site Remediation
Multi-technical solutions to optimize the treatment of impacted soils
- Granulometric and analytical sorting, biotreatment (on site bioremediation, landfarming, etc.), thermal desorption, stabilization
- Technical earthworks, reinforcement, excavation fluids management, etc.
Management of environmental risks and damage
- Management of interfaces (asbestos/pyrotechnical/ATEX risk)/co-activity
- Control and management of environmental harm (dust, smells, vibrations, noise, etc.)
- Works under ventilated containment tent and alternative systems (suction at the source, sifting under reduced pressure, projected tarpaulin, etc.)
Wasteland and industrial site rehabilitation
Securing and industrial disassembly
- Management of environmental emergencies and intervention after damage
- Chemical decontamination, suction, industrial cleaning, inerting, TV inspection
- Identification, recycling and processing of hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste
- Deconstruction of industrial facilities
- Disassembly of equipment and industrial transfer
Effluent, sludge and sediment treatment
- Management of radiological issues (natural, enhanced and artificial)
- Cleaning and rehabilitation of reservoirs and lagoons
- Sludge dewatering by mobile units, geotubes
- Waste management (beneficial use in agriculture, etc.)
Contaminated soil recycling
Materials processing platforms (ICPE [classified installations for environmental protection] or on customer site)
- Design, implementation and operation of integrated platform (industrial site, building site, joint development zone, etc.)
- Expertise in techniques for the treatment, recovery and reuse of excavated soil
- Running of off-site treatment facilities for non-recyclable materials
“Off-site” ICPE [classified installations for environmental protection] platforms, circular economy models. The Valorterre and Biogénie Networks
- Solutions for sorting, transit, consolidation, pre-treatment, processing & recycling through Bioremediation/Stabilization/Thermal desorption
- Optimization of transportation (dual road freight, waterways)
- Production of reusable alternative materials
Locations Contact your local branch
Our Certifications, Qualifications, and Approvals
The Ortec Group is committed to quality, safety and the environment through a process of certification of its activities.
The Ortec Group
Through the integration of engineering and public work solutions, the Ortec Group assists its customers with the design, construction, and maintenance of their projects. Its service offering includes more than 50 complementary skill-sets covering numerous sectors: energy, mining, pharmaceutical, chemical, defense, rail, agri-food, automobile, aeronautics and aerospace, and local authorities. Our Group operates in 28 countries, on four continents, employs 12,500 people and generated turnover of 1.8 billion euros in 2025.
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