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Expansion
Ada International
Germany
Consumer goods and servicesExited
Consumer goods and servicesADA Cosmetics manufactures and sells high-quality personal care products such as shampoo, body lotion and soap for the hotel industry. The products are sold under ADA Cosmetics’, which owns Naturals, Pure Herbs and Hydro Basics brands. The product range also includes hotel cosmetics products from leading international brands including Chopard, Bulgari and Trussardi. Ardian will help ADA strengthen its position in the wider European and Asian markets.
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Co-Investment
EFS
USA
Business servicesExited
Business servicesEFS is one of the major US fleet card provider to Over-The-Road (“OTR”) trucking companies which operates heavy trucks fleets with focus on the long-haul and inter-state US routes). EFS equips drivers with payment cards to purchase in its network of 11,000 fuel stations and giving them rebates. EFS customizes cards to clients’ fuel cost control needs and provides intelligence reporting on fleet activity. EFS has replicated its expertise to penetrate employees’ corporate payment cards wide market with value-added data processing services and spending control functionalities.
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Expansion
Spie Batignolles
France
Construction building materialsExited
Construction building materialsSpie batignolles is one of the leading unlisted players in the French construction market. The Group has five divisions: construction, civil engineering, energy, public works, property development and concessions. Operating from 160 locations across France with 7,000 employees, the Group achieved a turnover of more than €2.1 billion in 2013.
Deal team
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Expansion
Groupe Bio7
France
Aerospace & defenseExited
Aerospace & defenseThe Bio 7 group is the leading operator of routine clinical pathology laboratories in Essonne, Seine et Marne and Yvelines, which are departments located in the French Île-de-France region. The Group operates 56 point-of-care laboratories and three high-performance technical platforms. In 2014, the Bio 7 group expects net revenues in excess of €55 million, a sharp increase on 2013. More than 95% of the Group’s revenues are derived from routine clinical pathology.
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Buyout
Italmatch Chemicals
Italy
IndustrialsExited
IndustrialsFounded 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.
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Buyout
Schleich
Germany
Consumer goods and servicesExited
Consumer goods and services-
13%
Sales Growth CAGR 2013 -2018
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.
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