Investments

Case study

SOLINA | Creating a global leader in culinary food solutions

Sector expertise

We specialize in four sectors that are poised for robust and sustainable growth – Health & Wellness, the Food Value Chain, Technology, and Business Services – where our private equity expertise gives us a valuable competitive advantage. Ardian provides our portfolio companies with a strategic partner that offers in-depth market experience and an extensive network within the sector.

100+

investments and over 320 build-ups since 1997

All

Buyout

Unither

France

02 March 2017

Industrials

Exited 08 March 2023

Industrials

Founded in 1993 from the takeover of a Sanofi facility in Amiens, Unither Pharmaceuticals is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO). With annual revenues of +250 M€ and a team of more than 1,200 professionals, Unither Pharmaceuticals operates 6 manufacturing sites and 1 R&D center in France, USA and Brazil.

Deal team

Scarlett Omar-Broca

Corentin Lacourte

Jean-Baptiste Hunaut

Press releases

Ardian announces the sale of its stake in Unither Pharmaceuticals to a consortium led by the CEO Eric Goupil and comprising GIC, IK Partners, Keensight and Parquest

Ardian enters into exclusive negotiations for the acquisitions of Unither, alongside management

http://www.unither-pharma.com/

https://twitter.com/UnitherPharma

https://fr.linkedin.com/company/unither-pharmaceuticals

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

Sector expertise

Unither

Deal team

Press releases