Proson

What Proson does

Proson is a privately held French company founded in 1985 by Guy Chardonnereau and headquartered in Châtillon (Paris region), specializing in the rental of professional simultaneous interpretation and conference audio-visual equipment. The company maintains one of the largest equipment parks in Europe, comprising 70 interpreter booths, 4,000 digital infrared receivers, 800 conference microphones, 3,500 guided tour systems, and supporting wireless, video, voting, and intercom infrastructure from manufacturers including Bosch, Sennheiser, Shure, and Beyerdynamic. Its technical infrastructure supports up to 30 concurrent international conferences serving up to 3,500 speakers and an average of 15 events per day, with 50 deployed field technicians executing setup, operation, and breakdown.

The company's go-to-market is exclusively direct B2B through owned offices in Paris, Lyon, Lille, Nice, and Brussels, with quote-based usage pricing and same-day response guarantees. Core customer segments include international summits, governmental and parliamentary sessions, corporate conferences, guided tours/site visits, conference room management, electronic voting, and broadcast/media production. Notable clients span the French National Assembly, the Élysée Palace (including COP21 and Franco-Italian summit 2017), the French EU Presidency (PFUE 2022), PSG, Porsche, and the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2014 in Marrakech. Since 2020, Proson has extended its offering with hybrid and remote interpretation services via a KUDO partnership and a proprietary remote interpretation studio at its Chatillon headquarters.

Revenue is generated primarily through short-term, usage-based equipment rentals bundled with technician deployment services, supplemented by tele-interpretation and ancillary rentals (voting systems, two-way radios, video, sound). The business was acquired in 2012 by Laurent Péru (former Bosch Security Systems France Professional Audio manager) and has since scaled through the Roiret conférence acquisition (2015), the XL COM merger (2017), and subsequent openings of Lille, Brussels, and Nice offices. The company joined the Conference Rental Alliance as a Premium Partner in 2024 and has not raised institutional funding.

Name

Proson

Legal name

PROSON

Website

https://proson.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Proson is a French rental company specializing in simultaneous interpretation and conference audio-visual equipment, serving international summits, governments, and corporate events across France and Benelux via direct B2B sales and on-site technical deployment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conference Equipment Rental Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Simultaneous Interpretation, Translation & Conference Audio (Interpretation Booths, Infrared) (THAHAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hybrid/Virtual Meetings Production & AV Services (THACAFAM), Audio-Visual Equipment Rentals (Sound, Projection, Screens) (HSACAFAF)

Keywords

• Conference equipment rental
• Simultaneous interpretation systems
• Professional audio rental
• Event production services
• Wireless microphone rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Châtillon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Rental: Rental of professional audio, interpretation, and conference equipment on a per-event basis. Revenue generated from short-term equipment rentals including booths, control units, microphones, receivers, and related accessories. Pricing based on event duration, equipment complexity, and technical requirements.
2. Technical Services: On-site technical support and setup services delivered by deployed technicians for event execution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Proson rents professional conference and interpretation audio-visual equipment for multilingual events, including interpretation booths, control units, infrared receivers, conference and wireless microphones, sound and video systems, electronic voting handsets, HF intercoms, and guided tour systems, supported by on-site delivery, setup, and technical staffing. The offering is complemented by remote tele-interpretation services delivered via the KUDO platform and a proprietary mobile app for technicians. Customers request custom quotes per event and receive bundled equipment, deployment, and technical support from Proson's own staff.

Product overview

Proson is a French rental company specializing in professional conference and event audio-visual equipment. The core offering is simultaneous interpretation equipment rental, including interpretation booths, control units, interpreter desks, headsets, and infrared receivers, alongside a broad equipment portfolio covering wireless audio/HF microphones, conference microphones, mobile guided tour systems (Bidule), sound systems (consoles, speakers, recorders), video equipment (screens, cameras, matrix switchers), electronic voting systems, HF intercoms, and talkie walkies. The company also offers tele-interpretation services via the Kudo platform for remote/hybrid events. A technician mobile app (Delay Switch Configurator) is available on iOS and Android. Proson operates as a single unified rental service rather than a modular software platform, providing equipment together with deployment and technical support staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Simultaneous Interpretation Equipment Rental
• Mobile Guided Tour Systems (Bidule)
• Conference Microphone Systems
• Wireless Digital Audio Systems (HF)
• Sound System Rental (Sonorisation)
• Video Equipment Rental
• Electronic Voting Systems
• HF Intercom Systems
• Talkie Walkie Rental
• Tele-Interpretation Services
• Delay Switch Configurator App

Quantifiable outcome

• Capacity for 30 simultaneous international conferences
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Conference Rental Alliance (CRA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 September 2024Proson joined as Premium member of the Conference Rental Organization. CRA is an international alliance of conference equipment rental companies providing mutual referrals and industry standards. Premium status represents highest partnership tier.
• KUDOcoreTechnology or Integration · 27 April 2020Partnership to provide teleconferencing and remote interpretation services. Proson uses KUDO's platform to offer hybrid conference solutions enabling remote participation across geographic and linguistic barriers. Announcement made April 27, 2020.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Voiceboxer: Dutch remote interpretation platform provider for international events and conferences. Comparable as a smaller emerging peer in remote/simultaneous interpretation with overlapping Benelux and European event customer base, including potential competition for Proson's hybrid event work.
• KUDO: Cloud-based multilingual interpretation platform enabling remote and hybrid interpretation sessions. Comparable as Proson's tele-interpretation technology partner and as a peer in the interpretation services layer, representing both collaboration and competition as the market shifts hybrid.
• Interprefy: Swiss-based remote simultaneous interpretation platform serving conferences, events, and corporate meetings. Comparable as an emerging peer in the language services layer that intersects with Proson's tele-interpretation offering and could compete for hybrid event interpretation budgets.

Broad incumbents

• PRG (Production Resource Group): Global entertainment and event production services company providing AV, lighting, and rigging across corporate, broadcast, and live events. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose corporate events division overlaps with Proson's high-end conference and interpretation rental business, especially on large international summits.
• MCI Group: Global event and association management company headquartered in Switzerland, delivering meetings, events, and association solutions worldwide. Comparable as a broad incumbent that procures interpretation and AV rental at scale from suppliers like Proson for its corporate and association events.
• Videlio: French audiovisual integration and rental group with operations across Europe. Comparable as a broader French AV incumbent whose event rental division overlaps with Proson's conference interpretation offering, though Videlio's portfolio is much wider (integration, broadcast, unified communications).
• GL Events: Major French-headquartered event services group operating venue management, exhibition organizing, and event services globally. Comparable as a much larger French incumbent that also serves large-scale government and corporate events where Proson competes for AV/interpretation scope.

Direct peers

• Dushow: French audiovisual solutions provider offering rental and integration of professional AV equipment for events, broadcast, and venues. Comparable as a French-based AV rental competitor with overlapping conference, corporate event, and broadcast customers.
• Groupe Novelty: French event AV rental company providing sound, lighting, video, and staging for corporate and entertainment events. Directly comparable as a French-headquartered, multi-office AV rental specialist serving enterprise and government clients with similar full-service event technology offerings.
• Habegger: Swiss event technology company providing lighting, sound, video, rigging, and conference technology for corporate and public events. Comparable as a European CRA-tier event technology specialist with similar conference/interpretation equipment rental capability for high-end institutional events.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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