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Retirement of Mr. Bruno HARGUINDEGUY, CEO of the REVAL Group

Press Release

February 8, 2024 – La Rochelle, France

Subject: Retirement of Mr. Bruno HARGUINDEGUY, CEO of the REVAL Group.

After 43 years of dedication and commitment within France Reval, the parent company of the eponymous group, Mr. Bruno HARGUINDEGUY, CEO of the Reval Group, has decided to take a well-deserved retirement.

43 years of dedication...

Since its establishment in 1976, the Reval Group has thrived, especially in the last decade under the enlightened leadership of Mr. Bruno HARGUINDEGUY. His unwavering commitment to work with excellence and innovation has positioned the group over the years as a major player in the field of rehabilitative Balneotherapy in the Health and High-level Sports sectors. Simultaneously, the group has maintained a strong foothold in its other historical sectors and continues to expand its activities around hygiene, patient transfer, and the well-being of dependent individuals.

A smooth transition

This decision is also part of a process to preserve the family ownership that has been the strength of the group for nearly half a century. It is in this spirit of continuity that Mr. Bruno HARGUINDEGUY has decided to pass on his Group to his two sons, Alexandre & Mathis.

Mr. Bruno HARGUINDEGUY will remain involved as a strategic advisor and honorary president, bringing his expertise and experience to ensure a smooth transition. He will also ensure the respect for the founding values of the Reval Group, guaranteeing a prosperous and sustainable future.

Heading towards the future !

With their experiences in various positions within the Group, the leaders are ready to face new challenges and guide the Group and its nearly 100 employees towards new major successes. The current management team remains unchanged, ensuring operational stability and the continuation of ongoing projects.

We express our deep gratitude to Mr. Bruno HARGUINDEGUY for his 43 years of service to the company, both for his unwavering dedication that has led to the success of the Reval Group and for the moral legacy and humanity he has consistently demonstrated over the years, leaving us all with a remarkable inheritance.

Communication and Press Relations Department.

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About Reval’s assisted bathing products

Working very closely with The Fed, a social care charity for the Jewish community, Reval interviewed Sheila Heywood Holt, Director of Operations at The Fed, to understand what it is about Reval’s assisted bathing products that fit with the charity’s care philosophy.

« When you compare like for like with other products you get more for your money with Reval. Reval products look nice, fit in, and importantly the overall appearance is softer – for instance if you go into a standard disability bathroom it’s usually blue and very hard in appearance, very clinical. But Reval products really soften everything; in fact their product design is the deciding factor in how our bathrooms are designed. We now adopt complementary interior treatments such as flooring, wall coverings etc. – preferring softer more homely colours such as pink tones.

A product to have faith in.

How our bathrooms look is very important, but reliability is a big question. We’ve had reliability issues with other manufacturers whose products simply couldn’t handle the rigors of continuous use. We’ve experienced so-called commercial grade products that were really little more than domestic grade, and when they did fail us we couldn’t acquire the parts for months – no care facility wants the added pressure of an out of order bathing facilities, its really not an option.

Thankfully this wouldn’t happen with Reval, but if something did go wrong or a key worker had a query about using a Reval product Reval couldn’t be more accommodating. From training staff, to the back up and support, the service is amazing. Reval know it takes more than an hour on a training course to become a confident user of apparatus, if staff are unsure or scared to use it they simply won’t use it. With Reval our staff know they can call them anytime to discuss – it’s simply a more personal approach.

Committed to ensuring that the people we look after enjoy as much choice and control as possible over how they live their lives.

Ease of use for key workers and residents is high on our list of requirements. We have independent users and key workers who found it very difficult to use the previously installed models from other manufacturers. No such problems with Reval; independent users now embrace bathing, and individuals who often refused a bath are now happy to bathe. That’s thanks to the ease of use and the spa facility that offers mood lighting, Air Spa experience, and music – it’s a much more relaxed and therapeutic experience.

We had a lady on respite, she didn’t want to be here at the beginning of her stay with us but she very quickly embraced her new surroundings, so much so that she had a bath every single day. – something she wouldn’t do at home. Her son said to me: ‘your care is wonderful but it’s the bath that’s made it for my mother.’ Her family were so overjoyed by this positive development they wanted a Reval bath installed at home.

The change was purely down to a preservation of dignity. The Reval Transcare really helped with this, the height and tilt function allows for the whole body to be submerged like you would at home without being visible to the key worker. This sensitivity towards the users is the main reason why many people now want a bath, they aren’t scared of it.

Nobody can look after mum like you can look after mum.

We offer something not offered elsewhere. From our dining experience to activities, the bathing is simply an extension of how we care, an extension of our exceptional facilities.

It’s so easy to tell people about the quality of the Reval baths, pleasing to the eye and easy to use, they look like and feel like a bath you would have at home, we really appreciate the warm and positive feeling they provide everyone who uses them. » Sheila Heywood Holt said.