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Co-Investment
Medica
France
Healthcare & life scienceExited
Healthcare & life scienceA french leader in the management of retirement homes and specialists in providing accommodation for old persons requiring long term care. Ardian was approached to take a minority stake during the transaction. Ardian's presence provides reassurance for the various bodies that deal with Medica in the field of sheltered retirement homes with medical staff, where regulations are becoming increasingly stricter.
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Co-Investment
Roofind Supply Group
USA
Construction building materialsExited
Construction building materialsRSG is the 6th largest B2B distributor of roofing products in the United States with over 55 sales outlets, particulary in Southern USA.
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Co-Investment
Nielsen
Netherlands
Technology, Media and TelecomExited
Technology, Media and TelecomA world leader in publications and surveys of audience levels in television, radio, press and internet and marketing information. Previously known as VNU.
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Buyout
Eliokem
France
IndustrialsExited
IndustrialsEliokem 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
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Expansion
Piriou
France
Aerospace & defenseExited
Aerospace & defenseFounded 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
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Co-Investment
Easou
China
Technology, Media and TelecomExited
Technology, Media and TelecomEasou 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.