p u o r G O G D N I I © s o t o F e l l A >> BUSINESS NEWS 347 charging stations in the Magenta car park in Paris INDIGO, a leading global car park operator from France, is installing almost 350 electric charging stations in its Magenta car park in Paris, making it a so-called méga-parc. After just over two years of construction, INDI- GO has renovated the car park, which is lo- cated near the Gare de l’Est and Gare du Nord stations and has 688 parking spaces, with an investment of almost 2.7 million euros. In particular, 347 charging stations were installed as part of this modernisation work, including 10 with 22 KW, an area for motorised two-wheelers with 86 parking spaces, 15 of which have charging facilities in a secured area, and a secured Cyclopark area for bicycles with 30 parking spaces. By the beginning of 2023, nearly 1,200 charging stations were available to motorists in more than thirty Paris car parks of INDI- GO. Over the course of the year, the com- pany says it will add another 1,000 charging stations, bringing the total to 2,200 charging Entry of the INDIGO Magenta Gare de l’Est car park in Paris The so-called méga-parc offers 347 charging stations. points in about 20 Paris car parks by the end of the year. INDIGO and its partner Electra have al- so been offering the first ultra-fast charging station (150 kW) in Paris within the city walls since mid-December, allowing a vehi- cle to be fully charged in 20 to 30 minutes. The station is located in the INDIGO car park at the Porte d'Italie and has four charg- ing points. It is not only the first high-per- formance station in the capital, but also a n first in an underground car park. Sébastien Fraisse becomes President of the Executive Board of the INDIGO Group Sébastien Fraisse was appointed President of the Executive Board of the INDIGO group by the group’s Supervisory Board on 24 March, 2023. His new mandate is effective since April 1st. He succeeds Serge Clémente, who will remain a member of the group’s Executive Board until 30 June 2023. This ap- pointment is part of the reorganization of the INDIGO group proposed by Serge Clé- mente to its shareholders in autumn 2022. “It is a change in line with the transforma- tion plan we have launched to consolidate our historical parking activities, both on-street and off-street, but also to develop new services for the city, adapted to the environmental and so- cietal transformations we are experiencing. I am particularly proud of the work accom- plished within Indigo over the last few years,” says Serge Clémente. The President of the Supervisory Board, Michel Bleitrach, on behalf of the group’s a global leader in parking and individual mobility, with operations in six European countries – France, Belgium, Spain, Luxem- bourg, Switzerland and Poland – as well as Brazil, Colombia and Canada. Sébastien Fraisse, 51, is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nation- ale des Ponts et Chaussées. After starting his career at the Ministry of Public Works and then in the motorway sector, he joined the group in October 2012 as Deputy Managing Director in charge of France. He has been Managing Director of the INDIGO group since November 2022. “I would like to thank the shareholders and Serge Clémente for the trust they have placed in me. Today, INDIGO is continuing to write its history, with a renewed manage- ment committee, which is carrying out the main lines of our strategic plan,” says n Sébastien Fraisse. Sébastien Fraisse shareholders, paid a tribute to the work of Serge Clémente, who joined the group in 2011 and has steered its development, both in France and internationally. Under his leadership, the INDIGO Group has become 8 8 Parking trend international no. 2-2023