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  • Roofind Supply Group logo
    Co-Investment

    Roofind Supply Group

    USA

    Construction building materials

    Exited

    Construction building materials

    RSG is the 6th largest B2B distributor of roofing products in the United States with over 55 sales outlets, particulary in Southern USA.
    Ardian was able to share with RSG the expertise in the sector it has gained from an equivalent investment in France.

  • Nielsen logo
    Co-Investment

    Nielsen

    Netherlands

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    A world leader in publications and surveys of audience levels in television, radio, press and internet and marketing information. Previously known as VNU.

  • Eliokem logo Buyout
    Buyout

    Eliokem

    France

    Industrials

    Exited

    Industrials

    Eliokem is a specialty chemicals group with headquarters in Villejust (near Paris, France). In 2010, the group employs around 670 people around the world and owns 4 production facilities located at Le Havre (France), Akron (Ohio, USA), Ningbo (China) and Valia (Gujarat, India) as well as representative offices in Europe, Asia and The Americas, and a network of 86 distributors.The company has leading positions in a broad range of niche applications.

    Deal team

  • Piriou logo
    Expansion

    Piriou

    France

    Aerospace & defense

    Exited

    Aerospace & defense

    Founded in 1964 by the Pirou family, Piriou is specialized in the engineering, construction and repairment of middle-size ships. Thanks to high-performance engineering (studies, procurement, logistics), combined with industrial sites located worldwide, the group provides its customers with personalised global solutions, from ship design to construction, up to the maintenance in operational conditions during the ship's operation.
    Piriou has become a highly internationalized group: it is currently present in France, Poland, Nigeria and Vietnam where the group's three businesses are carried out.

    Deal team

  • Easou logo
    Co-Investment

    Easou

    China

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Easou is a leading mobile Internet search engine company, which ranks as No.2 in mobile searching market just behind Baidu in China (Enfodesk, September 2010). 70% of its sales comes from advertisement with more than 30,000 clients.

  • Skyrock logo Buyout
    Expansion

    Skyrock

    France

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Exited

    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Skyrock was founded in 1985 by Pierre Bellanger, its current chairman, and is the leading expression platform for the new generation of 13-24 year olds through its radio station and a website dedicated to blogs.