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Founded in 1997 by Sergio Iorio, Italmatch is a leading global manufacturer of specialty chemical additives, operating across four key business units: Water & Oil Treatment, Lubricants, Flame Retardants & Plastic Additives, Performance Products & Personal Care. The Company is headquartered in Genoa, Italmatch has truly global reach across Europe, the USA and Asia.

Founded 77 years ago by Friedrich Schleich in Schwäbisch Gmünd, the company is one of the largest toy manufacturers in Germany and a leading international provider of original play worlds. The famous figurines from Schleich are sold in more than 50 countries and have conquered children’s bedrooms the world over. Ardian will support Schleich in its new strategy of increasingly expanding into play worlds as well as further penetrating both international markets and new distribution channels.

Founded in 1911 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Gates is the world’s leading manufacturer of belts and one of the leading manufacturers of hoses. The company has 14,000 employees and sells in 120 countries a broad product offer of more than 580k references, which are sold to clients in the automotive and industrial end-markets. More than 50% of the revenues are generated on the more resilient and high-margin replacement markets.

Founded in 1987, RGI Group specializes in software development for insurance companies, covering the entire spectrum of insurance policy management through the provision of software and advisory services. The Group has a leading position in the Italian market and its solutions and technological services are used by some of the world’s most prominent insurance companies. Ardian will give a further acceleration to the Group’s development abroad.

Founded in 1998, Ikoula is a specialist in web and cloud hosting. Ikoula manages the environments of more than 6,000 small and medium-sized businesses and large corporations. The company places innovation, simplicity and customer satisfaction at the heart of its solutions. Ikoula has three divisions: Express Hosting (packaged hosting solutions available online), Entreprise Services (managed hosting) and EX10 (white label collaborative cloud solutions).

Founded in 2005 by Thibaut Bussière and his three associates, Neotys designs and markets NeoLoad, a software that tests the performance capabilities of web & mobile applications during high amounts of digital traffic. This testing software simulates internet and mobile traffic and analyzes the access and response times of applications and infrastructure. With more than 1,500 clients across 62 countries, the company has become a major player in this field to both large and small companies