# Gradiente SGR acquires majority stakes in Argos, Aalberts Italy, Impreglon Italy

Gradiente SGR, through its fund Gradiente II, acquired a controlling stake in Argos Spa and Aalberts Surface Treatment Italy Srl, and signed a binding agreement to buy Impreglon Italia Srl, forming the Argos Surface Technologies group in Italy.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-06-19
- Where: Italy
- Status: completed
- Products: surface treatments, nickel plating, anodic oxidation, fluoropolymer coatings, thermal spray coatings
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Gradiente SGR](https://endata.com/companies/6040.md) (acquirer)
- [Argos](https://endata.com/companies/47987.md) (target)
- [Aalberts Surface Treatment Italy](https://endata.com/companies/47988.md) (target)
- [Impreglon Italia](https://endata.com/companies/47989.md) (target)

## Sources

- [aziendabanca.it](https://www.aziendabanca.it/notizie/legal/gradiente-sgr-rileva-la-maggioranza-di-tre-societa-e-forma-il-gruppo-argos-surface-technologies), 2020-06-19: "Il fondo di private equity 'Gradiente II', gestito da Gradiente SGR, ha annunciato il perfezionamento dell’acquisizione di una partecipazione di controllo in Argos Spa e Aalberts Surface Treatment Italy Srl."

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