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Areas enters new stage of growth with the support of new shareholders PAI Partners

Areas, the #3 global leader in the food & beverage and travel retail markets, and previously a subsidiary of Elior Group, is now a separate company following the completion of its acquisition by PAI Partners.

PAI Partners enters into exclusive negotiations to sell B&B Hotels

Under PAI’s ownership, the Group has grown from a strong local player to an integrated hotel platform operating at a pan-European level.

PAI Partners submits a binding offer for the acquisition of Areas

Areas is the #3 global leader in the travel catering market, with operations across 13 countries, throughout Europe as well as in the USA, Mexico and Chile, and over 1,900 points of sale globally.

StellaGroup, backed by PAI Partners, agrees acquisition of CRH’s Shutters & Awnings platform

Following this transformational acquisition, StellaGroup will transition from the French leader to one of the main European players in the sun protection and closure system market.

PAI Partners-backed M Group Services makes three new acquisitions

The add-ons bring the number of acquisitions made by M Group Services to eight in just over two years and continue the Group’s strategy of expanding its complementary capabilities in the UK infrastructure services market.

Wessanen and a Consortium of PAI Partners and Charles Jobson agree on a recommended all-cash offer of EUR 11.50 per share for all shares of Wessanen

This is a joint press release by Koninklijke Wessanen N.V. (“Wessanen” or the “Company”), PAI Partners SAS (“PAI”) and various […]

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