Societex assists the shareholders of Billard Engrenages & Tunisie Applications Mécaniques in the transfer of the Group to the SADEV Group

About Societex

Industry

  • Founded in 1946 in Pont-Salomon (43330), Billard Engrenages is a family business specialising in the design of spur gears, straight bevel gears and spiral bevel gears, as well as gear grinding.
  • In 2007, the Billard family decided to open a production unit in Sousse, Tunisia, specialising in small and medium production runs: Tunisie Applications Mécaniques.
  • The two production units have a full range of cutting-edge machines and equipment, with a renewal plan to keep pace with developments in digital machining.
  • The Group, which employs around 60 people, works for a diverse customer base in several sectors, in France and abroad: textiles, oil, aeronautics, medical, robotics, etc.
  • The acquisition of Billard Engrenages & Tunisie Applications Mécaniques by the SADEV Group will enable the latter to increase its production capacity and strengthen its expertise in precision gearing, as well as its territorial coverage in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Tunisia.
  • Founded in 1974 and now run by the2nd generation, the family-owned SADEV Group, which employs over 200 people, is a world leader in the production of transmission systems for motor sport.

Stakeholders

Sellers

  • Billard Engrenages & Tunisie Applications Mécaniques (Bernadette CELLE, Henri BILLARD, Robert BILLARD)
  • Advisors :

oM&A Advisor : Societex (Krzysztof GIECOLD, Ali DRISSI)

oCorporate lawyer : CSC (Jean-Daniel SAUNIER)

Buyers

  • Groupe SADEV (Bertrand VINCENDEAU, Sébastien VINCENDEAU, Laurent DUBUCHE)
  • Advisors :

oM&A Advisor : Cocerto (Alain GUEDON)

Corporate lawyer : Cocerto (Boris HERNANI)