# Gradiente acquires controlling stakes to form Argos Surface Technologies

Gradiente II, a private equity fund, acquired controlling stakes in Argos Spa and Aalberts Surface Treatment Italy Srl, and signed an agreement to purchase Impreglon Italia Srl, forming the Argos Surface Technologies group.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-10-10
- Where: Opera, Milan, Italy
- Status: completed
- Products: surface treatments, electroless nickel plating, anodizing, fluoropolymer coatings, thermal spraying
- 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

- [argos-st.com](https://www.argos-st.com/en/news/gradiente-invests-in-surface-treatments-by-creating-the-argos-surface-technologies-group/), 2020-10-10: "We believe that the new Argos Surface Technologies group has clear potential to develop and become a leading Italian supplier of surface treatments."

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