Investments

The Charlois family has been a successful stave wood maker for 6 generations. The group has grown in the last few years through acquisitions and, in 2009, it comprised 2 stave wood makers, 2 cask manufacturers Tonnelleries and a pallet manufacturer .The Saury Group, a cooperage historical actor, reinforced its structure with the acquisitions of the cooperage Martel and Co. in Cognac in 2005 and a méranderie in Normandy. The merger between these two groups gave birth to a new entity in which Sylvain Charlois remains President and major shareholder.

Founded in Austria in 1998, CCC is today headquartered in Berlin. With more than 5,500 employees, the company offers high-quality BPO solutions in 28 languages and serves more than 80 customers in Europe. The group operates from 18 locations across eight countries, ten of which are based in the DACH region, four in Eastern Europe, three in Turkey, and one in France. The company has secured a leading market position in the DACH region. CCC’s range of services includes social media monitoring, up/cross selling, complaint management and technical support. The company offers a broad range of communication solutions across telephone, e-mail, chat and social media channels.

Sfinc was established in 2004 and is active in the food processing industry. The company produces and distributes spices, marinades and functional food ingredient blends for food processing companies. The strengths of Sfinc are its in depth knowledge of food ingredients,nutraceuticals, coatings, aromas and spices, its technological expertise and innovative concepts.

Altares is a leading player in Data Economy, its mission is to enhance the Data capital of its clients by transforming their information assets in economic performance. As an independent trusted partner, the Group provides decision makers a prospective and contextualized view of business challenges of the new economy.

In a changing world, globalization, cloud, big data, open data ... Altares collects, aggregates, analyzes, and enriches the data structure to make them "smart" and to make an agile decision-making tool for the General and Operational management of companies. The Group helps clients transform their data to drive growth.

Exclusive partner of Dun & Bradstreet in France, the first international network of BtoB information, Altares is positioned as the partner of choice for large companies, SMEs and ETI by providing preferential access to the databases of over 240 million companies in 220 countries. The company employs 300 people and has a turnover of 60 million euros.

The company is based in Legnano (Italy) and comprises two distinct entities: The first produces machine tools, automatic control systems and machine tool components while the second produces a complete range of valves, engines, cylinders and exhaust accessories.The group is backed by a strong international presence via a network of branches and distributors and shows sales in excess of €40m in 2008.

SynerLAB is one of the leading French Contract Manufacturing Organisations of generic and ethical pharmaceutical products (i.e. patent protected and prescription sales) supplying laboratories. SynerLAB focuses on dry pharmaceutical forms including capsules, tablets, powders, granules etc and liquid forms such as syrups and mixtures.