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Touax
Touax (also known as Touax Group) is a French operational leasing company. Its four businesses are river barges, modular buildings, freight railcars, and shipping containers.
History.
Touax was formed on 14 July 1853 as "Compagnie de Touage de la Basse Seine et de l’Oise". French imperial decrees, signed by Napoleon III, and granted to Eugène Godeaux on 6 April 1854 and 14 July 1855, gave the company its statutes for operation. It was charged to operate a river transport service on
building. In 1973 Touax began leasing modular buildings, which at that time consisted of wooden bungalows. In 2007 Touax expanded into the construction of modular buildings, so that it now both builds and leases the equipment.
Touax companies Freight railcars.
In 1954 the company ordered its first railcars, which were then managed by two independent operators. Touax acquired the operations of GE Capital Rail Services in Europe in 2015.
Touax companies Shipping containers.
In 1975 Touax moved into shipping containers, and in 1985 acquired Gold Container Corporation