Investments

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  • Logo Alvest
    Co-Investment

    Alvest

    France

    Aerospace & defense
    Aerospace & defense
    • €555M

      OF NET ANNUAL SALES IN 2017

    Alvest is a company dedicated to the design, manufacturing and distribution of technical products for the aviation industry. This includes aviation ground support equipment, spare parts and services, and technical adhesives and markings for the aerospace and industrial markets. Alvest has more than 1,800 employees, a global proprietary sales and after-sales network, and operates 10 factories in the United States, Canada, France and China which together serve customers in over 130 countries.

  • Logo Water Fleet
    Co-Investment

    WaterFleet

    USA

    Industrials
    Industrials

    Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Waterfleet provides onsite generation of EPA-quality, potable water and wastewater treatment for remote temporary housing / work sites, using a proprietary set of self-contained, mobile water-processing systems equipped with technology for remote monitoring and data collection.

  • Logo Praesidiad
    Co-Investment

    Praesidiad

    United-KIngdom

    Industrials
    Industrials

    Praesidiad is a global supplier of perimeter security systems and solutions. It provides turnkey solutions, deployable barriers and body armors products for high security projects as well as medium and low-end security products (i.e. fencing, access control applications). Praesidiad employs 1,600 people in 9 manufacturing facilities, 2 assembly facilities and more than 30 sales offices worldwide.

  • Logo ParkDean
    Co-Investment

    ParkDean

    United-KIngdom

    Consumer goods and services
    Consumer goods and services

    Parkdean Resorts is the largest holiday park operator in the UK. Services provided include the sale of holidays in Parkdean Resorts’ parks and the sale of caravans in its parks and subsequent right of use. With 73 caravan holiday parks, it employs over 6,000 people during the peak season and sells over 500,000 holidays and short breaks a year to 2 million customers.

The Ardian team brought a deep sector knowledge, which I think allowed them not only to do a terrific job in that due diligence period, but also meant they could work very efficiently within our deal time frame.

Doug Brody KKR Capital Market

Ardian and Arsenal both want our investments to benefit society and by working together in this case we’ve reduced the time it takes to set up a clinical trial by many months, which means new drugs come to market as quickly and safely as possible.

Steve McLean Partner of Arsenal Capital

During the due diligence phase, we identified Ardian as a future shareholder capable of making a significant contribution to Emera's development. As soon as the transaction closed, we were able to define and launch value-creating initiatives with Naxicap and Ardian, particularly in terms of group structuring, external growth, digital transformation and real estate strategy, in France but also in Spain and other European countries.

Eric Baugas CEO of EMERA