Revima
FranceRevima is a industrials company, headquartered in France.
Who owns Revima?
Revima is currently owned by Ardian through Ardian Buyout Fund VII (2017 vintage), since 2019. Across its history, Revima has been through 2 private equity ownership periods, detailed in the timeline below.
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Key facts
Ownership history
3 ownership periods · co-invest detected
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USAbout Revima
Revima is an independent French MRO group specialised in the repair and overhaul of auxiliary power units (APUs) and landing gear for regional, medium and long-haul aircraft, complemented by engine parts repair and predictive maintenance services. The group is headquartered in Caudebec-en-Caux in Normandy and is among the leading independent providers in its niches, operating from sites in France and Thailand. Current owner disclosures put the group at roughly EUR 504 million in revenue with about 800 employees, up from more than EUR 280 million of revenue in 2018 and around 750 employees at the time of the 2019 ownership change.
Ownership journey
Founded in 1952 at Caudebec-en-Caux in Normandy, Revima entered its private equity phase when Argos Wityu acquired a majority stake in 2017. In January 2019 Ardian announced exclusive negotiations to take control through a secondary buyout, a transaction subject to antitrust approval that completed later in 2019 and made Ardian the majority shareholder. Group president Olivier Legrand and Argos Wityu both reinvested alongside Ardian at that point, and both sponsors remain shareholders today.
Under PE ownership
Under Argos Wityu and then Ardian ownership, Revima expanded production beyond France, building a USD 40 million, 120,000 square foot landing gear overhaul plant at Chonburi, Thailand. The group broke ground in February 2019, completed construction in March 2020 and announced Part-145 certifications from the Thai CAAT, EASA and the FAA in January 2021, with capacity of up to 600 landing gear legs per year. Revima also announced two bolt-on acquisitions in early 2019, buying Toulouse-based predictive maintenance software provider FlightWatching and the Chromalloy France engine parts repair and coatings business near Paris, which employed around 80 people with annual sales of approximately USD 15 million. Over the same ownership period, group revenue grew from more than EUR 280 million in 2018 to roughly EUR 504 million per current owner disclosures.