10 / 2017

Parquest Capital acquires Aserti Group

Press Release

Parquest Capital, together with the management, has acquired Aserti Group

Parquest Capital, together with the management, has just completed the acquisition of Aserti Group from Galiena Capital

With 270 employees and a network of 27 service centers, Aserti Group is one of the European leaders of repair and maintenance services for manufacturing processes.

Located in Vannes (56), Aserti Group is mainly present in France, Germany, and Switzerland. The Group provides maintenance and repair services for all kinds of electronic devices, measuring devices, servomotors, and computer numerical control machine tools, in every industrial sector. Led by Jean-Louis Gaertner, who founded the company in 1992, Aserti Group achieved revenues of € 32 million in 2016.

Jean-Louis Gaertner, CEO of Aserti Group, declared:
“We are pleased to welcome Parquest Capital as our new shareholder. Together, we will be able to develop the Group further, through the acquisition of new business skills in high value-added segments of industrial maintenance, along with the expansion of our European network, notably in Germany. We thank Galiena Capital for supporting the Group and helping it seize three external growth opportunities since 2013.”

Denis Le Chevallier, Parquest Capital added:
“We are happy to bring Aserti Group the financial means to pursue its European development strategy.” Pascal Noguera (Galiena Capital) stated: “We are proud of the entrepreneurial experience we shared with the management, and we are happy with the new chapter that is opening in Aserti’s history.”