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    Expansion

    Sateco

    France

    Construction building materials

    Exited

    Construction building materials

    Sateco was founded in Morocco in 1953. The company specialises in the design and production of metal structures for the construction industry.
    Sateco offers shuttering in a complete range of materials for poured concrete, and for on-site safety. Sateco also works in close collaboration with the leading buyers of sub-contract work in the design and production of machine-welded assemblies; Sateco also offers servicing activities.

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    Expansion

    Kammann

    Germany

    Industrials

    Exited

    Industrials

    Founded in 1955, Kammann is the world leader in the market for screen printing presses used for direct printing on high-end glass vials or hollow plastic containers for the cosmetics and food industries. In addition to the predominant screen printing process, the company also offers hybrid presses that integrate digital inkjet solutions.

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    Buyout

    Alukon KG

    Germany

    Construction building materials

    Exited

    Construction building materials

    Alukon was founded in 1974. The company is a manufacturer of roller shutters, garage doors, exterior venetian blinds, textile sun protection and insect repelling products for windows and doors.
    At the time of Ardian investment in 2004, the company had 275 employees and achieved a turnover of €56m in 2003.

  • IRM logo Buyout
    Buyout

    IRM

    France

    Consumer goods and services

    Exited

    Consumer goods and services

    Based in Luçon (in the Vendée) and founded by Mister Jean Tessier, the IRM group (Idéal Résidence Mobile) is the French leader in the production and sale of mobile homes.
    A pioneer in the market in 2004, the group has increased sales over the last 10 years at an average rate of 25%. Based on an aggressive sales strategy, high quality and innovative products, the competence of its management and an efficient business organization IRM’s market share has risen from around 6% in 1993 to 30% today. The IRM group produces more than 7,500 mobile homes at its 4 production sites in France and in the year 2005-2006 posted revenues of €108 million with an EBITDA margin of more than 11%. The group employs around 550 people.
    The IRM product range falls into two categories: (i) “rental” models intended for camp sites and tour operators who rent mobile homes to individuals for seasonal holidays;(ii) “residential” models intended for individuals who use their mobile home as a second residence.

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    Expansion

    Profil

    Germany

    Industrials

    Exited

    Industrials

    Founded in 1965, PROFIL manufactures support fasteners such as self-piercing rivet nuts and self-piercing rivet studs as well as rivet fasteners and press-in fasteners that are attached to formed sheet metal parts. As a systems' supplier, PROFIL also offer the appropriate automated processing technology that is tailored to meet the individual production requirements of the customer. The company has pioneered this technology and further advanced it over the years. Hence, PROFIL is able to offer one the widest product ranges in this field.

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    Growth

    Iliad

    France

    Technology, Media and Telecom

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    Technology, Media and Telecom

    The iliad Group is the parent company of Free, the inventor of the Freebox, the first multiservice ADSL box. Free is at the origin of numerous innovations in the broadband and ultra-broadband access market (VoIP, IPTV, flat-rate calls to numerous destinations). Free proposes simple and innovative offers at the best price. Since January 2012, Free has been democratizing the use of cell phones with simple, no-obligation offers at a very attractive price. Free has nearly 20 million subscribers in France (including 6.6 million broadband and ultra-broadband subscribers and 13.4 million mobile subscribers as of June 30, 2020). The Group has become the 4th largest mobile network operator in Italy, where it launched its operations on May 29, 2018 under the iliad brand, and had nearly 6.3 million subscribers as of June 30, 2020.