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  • Logo Inventus
    Co-Investment

    Inventus

    USA

    Technology, Media and Telecom
    Technology, Media and Telecom

    On April 2015, ICCNexergy, Inc. merged with Palladium Energy, one of its main competitors, to become the US largest independent designer and manufacturer of custom rechargeable power systems (including Lithium-ion battery packs, battery chargers, docking stations, and highly efficient power supplies), with engineering expertise across all industry end-markets (including a full suite of in-house design, tooling, and test capabilities to manage complex programs from design through production). Its partners include major OEMs in the commercial, industrial, medical and military markets. The newly created group, headquartered in Chicago (Illinois), has a global low-cost manufacturing scale (China, Malaysia, Brazil, Mexico, US) to address customers’ international needs. The Group employs 3,000 people across 11 locations.

  • Logo Global Medical Response
    Co-Investment

    Global Medical Response

    USA

    Healthcare & life science
    Healthcare & life science

    Headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, Air Medical Group Holdings is a leading provider of air medical services, operating through subsidiaries which collaborate with leading hospital systems, medical centers and EMS agencies to offer access to emergency medical care. Air Medical operates at 231 base locations across 34 states and provides global repatriation medical transports worldwide. The Group has more than 4,900 employees, mainly pilots, nurses and mechanics.

  • Logo SIG
    Co-Investment

    SIG

    Switzerland

    Consumer goods and services

    Exited

    Consumer goods and services

    SIG is the #2 global manufacturer of aseptic carton packaging systems. SIG provides beverage and food producers with a comprehensive product portfolio of aseptic carton sleeves and closures, as well as with the filling machines. This packaging allows liquid and food products to maintain extended shelf life of up to 12 months at ambient temperature.
    The company is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and employs 5,200 people across 40 countries. SIG operates production facilities in Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.

  • Logo Pet Smart
    Co-Investment

    Pet Smart

    USA

    Consumer goods and services
    Consumer goods and services

    Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Phoenix, PetSmart is a specialty retailer, and is the leading provider of pet products and services in North America. PetSmart operates more than 1,400 stores in the US and Canada and employs 53,000 people. PetSmart’s main offering is merchandise comprising consumables such as dog/cat food, treats and litter, hard goods such as toys, collars and leashes and the sale of small pets, fishes, and reptiles. PetSmart also offers dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart Doggie Day Camp day care services and pet adoption services in-store. Expert veterinarian care is also available in more than 60 percent of PetSmart stores, where Banfield Pet Hospital®, operates full-service pet hospitals.

  • Logo GC Flowers
    Co-Investment

    GC Flowers

    China

    Consumer goods and services

    Exited

    Consumer goods and services

    Founded in 2007, Guo Cui is one of the largest potted plant (foliage plants and fresh flowers) production, sales and trading companies in China. Guo Cui has 3 main business streams: B2B wholesale, B2C retail and trading center which provides both logistics and warehousing services to clients.

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    Co-Investment

    EFS

    USA

    Business services

    Exited

    Business services

    EFS 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.

The Ardian team brought a deep sector knowledge, which I think allowed them not only to do a terrific job in that due diligence period, but also meant they could work very efficiently within our deal time frame.

Doug Brody KKR Capital Market

Ardian and Arsenal both want our investments to benefit society and by working together in this case we’ve reduced the time it takes to set up a clinical trial by many months, which means new drugs come to market as quickly and safely as possible.

Steve McLean Partner of Arsenal Capital

During the due diligence phase, we identified Ardian as a future shareholder capable of making a significant contribution to Emera's development. As soon as the transaction closed, we were able to define and launch value-creating initiatives with Naxicap and Ardian, particularly in terms of group structuring, external growth, digital transformation and real estate strategy, in France but also in Spain and other European countries.

Eric Baugas CEO of EMERA