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  • Trescal logo Buyout
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    Trescal

    France

    Business services

    Exited

    Business services

    Represented in 16 countries, Trescal is an international specialist in calibration which provides a broad range of services for the test and measuring equipment market. Supplementing the standard technical services (verification, calibration and repair of T&M instruments), Trescal offers its expertise for the implementation and acquisition of measurement systems, customized equipment pool management software solutions, metrology and technical support, and training. The aim is to assist and support Trescal in its ambitious buy-and-build strategy and therefore accelerate its diversification into complementary geographies and markets.

  • Lima Corporate logo Buyout
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    Lima Corporate

    Italy

    Industrials

    Exited

    Industrials

    Limacorporate is a global leader in the design, production and distribution of orthopaedic devices. Founded by the Lualdi family in 1945, the group has now 600 employers and three production facilities in Italy. In 2011 it had revenues of 117 million euros, 66% of which was generated in markets outside of Italy. The strategic growth plan for Limacorporate SpA is focused on the further international expansion of the Group and on the enlargement of its existing product portfolio.

  • Bruni Glass logo Buyout
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    Bruni Glass

    Italy

    Industrials

    Exited

    Industrials

    Bruni Glass is a European leader in the field of special glass containers for spirits, food, pharmaceutical products and related accessories. Founded in 1974, Bruni Glass has a particular expertise in speciality products, often developed to meet a customer's specific requirements. Bruni’s target markets are Italy and all Western economies, with a particular focus on North America. The Group offers more than 3,000 products, which firmly establishes Bruni as a benchmark business for the industry. In 2011, the Group had a turnover of more than €108 million, with almost 60% of its sales abroad. Further, Bruni has grown by 16% in the last two years.

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    Fives

    France

    Industrials

    Exited

    Industrials

    Fives is an industrial engineering group born 200 years ago. It designs and manufactures process equipment, production lines and turnkey plants for the world’s largest industrial companies in the aluminum, steel, glass, automotive, logistics, cement and energy sectors, both in emerging and developed countries.
    In 2011, Fives posted sales of €1.27 billion. It currently employs more than 6,100 people in 30 countries.

  • Logo Riemser
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    Riemser

    Germany

    Healthcare & life science

    Exited

    Healthcare & life science

    Riemser is a specialty pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Greifswald, Germany. Riemser operates internationally and has a primary focus on the sales, marketing and lifecycle management of pharmaceutical products for niche therapeutic markets with high medical need in the fields of Oncology, Anti-Infectives and Dermatology.

  • Schustermann Borenstein logo Buyout
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    Schustermann Borenstein

    Germany

    Consumer goods and services

    Exited

    Consumer goods and services

    Created from the merger of the companies Schustermann and I.B. Borenstein in 1953, the company is now an exclusive retail fashion house for private members. Schustermann & Borenstein markets branded and designer wear – attractively priced – by way of two exclusive stores for members in Munich and the online shopping community BestSecret.com.

    Deal team

We appreciate Ardian’s unique support on our growth path that helped us very much to become market leader and position us ideally for future growth.”

Daniel Schustermann Managing Director of Schustermann & Borenstein

It is an efficient team, determined and confident in its choices, and always attentive to its partners. The relationships of trust that the Ardian team builds over time, with the management teams and, beyond that, with the advisors around them, are part of their DNA.

David Aknin Lawyer