Investments Mid Cap LBO

SVP

Founded in 1935, Groupe SVP develops a range of services to help businesses and local authorities with the management and development of their activities. It has four main business lines: personalised professional information and help with decision-making (SVP), legal information for client relations (BusinessFil), payroll and HR management (e-Paye), and skills development (Agif).

Group SVP is based in Saint-Ouen.

• www.svp.com
• See press release

Exlusive Networks

Based in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), the Exclusive Networks group is one of Europe’s leading value-added distributors specialising in marketing new technologies for companies in the areas of security, storage and networks.

• www.exclusive-networks.com
• See press release

Vivalto Santé

Market leader in private clinics in Brittany (France), Vivalto Santé owns three care homes in the region ranked among the best in France, in Rennes, Saint-Malo and Brest. Vivalto Santé has short-term private hospital stay facilities of 725 beds. The Group has 1,300 employees and 240 medical practitioners.

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Groupe Melkonian

Based in Aix-en-Provence (13), the Melkonian Group is a family-owned company that designs, manufactures and sells equipment and spare parts for extracting and transporting minerals in the hard rock underground mining segment.

• www.melkonian.fr
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SLG Recycling

Sepchat, based in Tours (37) and Ludovic Le Gall, based in Ploufragran (22) are two family-owned companies which originally specialised in recycling scrap and non-ferrous metals and now have the capability to address the full spectrum of industrial and community waste management issues (collection, sorting, reclamation and demolition of buildings and other edifices). They hold strong positions in their respective regions, Centre for Sepchat and Brittany for Ludovic Le Gall Company.

• www.ludovic-legall.com
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Titanobel

Titanobel was formed from the merger between Nobel Explosifs France and Titanite in early 2008. Based in Pontailler-sur-Saône (Côte-d'Or), the new manufacturing giant specialises in industrial explosives for quarries, drilling and mining companies and the civil engineering industry. With market share of over 70% in France, it has more than 700 employees worldwide.

• www.nobel-explosifs.com

Groupe Pommier

Based in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, the Pommier group designs, manufactures and sells accessories in the area of equipment for industrial bodywork. It is market leader in France and has production and distribution sites in France and Europe.

• www.groupe-pommier.com
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Emalec

Based in Saint Genis les Ollières, close to Lyon, Emalec is involved in maintenance, electrical, air conditioning systems and multi-technical repair works at branch networks in France (specialist retailing, bank networks and service stations). The company has developed considerable technical and logistical expertise, making it one of the few companies specialising in multi-site maintenance.

• www.emalec.com
• See press release

Sateco

Founded in 1953 and currently based close to Poitiers, Sateco manufactures, sells and rents metal formwork and safety platforms for regional building companies and key players in construction and civil engineering. It has the largest rental fleet in France and is the only company to offer used formwork for sale, which it reconditions itself. The company is also market leader in building site platforms.

• www.sateco.fr
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Legoupil Industrie

Based in Vire (Calvados) since it was founded in 1976, Legoupil Industrie specialises in the design, manufacture, rental and sale of industrialised buildings and modular constructions used for storage or production. The group has also developed a business in the interior fittings market. Its client base comprises mainly industrial companies, major groups and SMEs, as well as service companies and public authorities.

• www.legoupil-industrie.com
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Matest

Created in 1968 in Menton (06), the Matest group specialises in the design, manufacture and distribution of external sun protection products for professionals, blind manufacturers and fitters. Matest is market leader in France in blind frames sold to blind manufacturers.

• www.matest.fr

Multitec

Created in 2002 in Montpellier by Eric Genot, Multitec is specialized in the study, design and installation of electrical and air-conditioning systems. Its business is divided into five business lines: electrical installation, air conditioning installation, public lighting, telecoms and maintenance.

• www.multitec.fr

Les Frères Blanc

Frères Blanc Group, founded in the 1930s, is one of the leading actors in the commercial restaurant sector. Its development is structured around two main concepts: large, traditional brasseries with the Au Pied de Cochon, L’Alsace, Le Procope, Le Grand Café and La Lorraine chains, and the restaurant chain Chez Clément (themed brasseries in Paris and the Paris region). 

• www.blanc.net

Eaux Minérales de Saint Amand

Based in Saint Amand les Eaux (Northern France), the Eaux Minérales de Saint Amand group is France's number four producer of bottled water. It is market leader in the subsector of mountain waters. The group currently operates six mineral water springs and three sources of mountain water. The best known are: Clos de l'Abbaye, Prince Noir, Roche des Ecrins and Montclar.

• www.saint-amand.com

Groupe Hermès-Métal Yudigar

Hermès-Métal Yudigar (HMY) group is European market leader and world number 2 in the design and installation of sales spaces. It offers a wide range of presentation and shelving systems (90% of sales) and checkouts (10%). Clients get a personalised response that includes specific studies, manufacture and custom installation. HMY group is well-known within its market for the high quality of its products and services.

• www.hmy.fr

Salins

The Salins Group is one of Europe's leading salt suppliers. The Salins Group has production plants in France, Spain, Italy and Africa. It is the only European producer to extract salt using all three production techniques: sea salt, industrial refined salt and rock salt.
Its business is completely integrated from production to distribution and widely diversified, ranging from a 125 gramme box of Camargue bath salts to a 30,000 tonne cargo of wholesale salt.

• www.salins.com

CLIPS

With operations throughout France and abroad, CLIPS is a leading brand in the market for collapsible and portable partitions. Its broad range of different types of partitions and various complementary internal fittings allows for rapid implementation, ensuring the acoustic performance needed to create a comfortable environment, harmonious and flexible division of space and perfect aesthetics. For more than 30 years, it has sold its products via a national network of partner pilot companies.

• www.cloisons-clips.com

Orchestra

Founded in 1995, Orchestra is a clothing and children’s products brand distributed in 20 countries via a network of branches, franchises and multi-brand sales outlets. In 2001, Orchestra and Kazibao – the No. 1 online meeting point for young French speakers – formed an alliance to become a key player in the children’s market.

• www.orchestra.fr

Charly Guennec

Charly Guennec imports and sells seafood products wholesale. It has three main business lines: fishing equipment, trade and processing. The company develops its range of products under its own brand, "LA BARRE". Based in the North-East of France, it is one of the key players in the French fishing industry.

• www.charlyguennec.com

Runaworld

Founded in 1989 in L'Haÿ–les-Roses and having acquired TravelPrice Entreprise in 2003, Runaworld is the pioneer in online reservations in France. It has two reservation platforms, one in L'Haÿ–les-Roses and one in Versailles. Runaworld helps companies to optimise management of their business travel in order to reduce their travel costs.

• www.runaworld.com