Alstef

Alstef
FormerlyAlstef Automation (1961–2018)
TypePrivate
IndustryIndustrial automation
Robotics
Founded1961; 65 years ago (1961) in Boigny-sur-Bionne, France
FoundersPierre Marol
Jean-Luc Thomé
Headquarters
Boigny-sur-Bionne
,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Pierre Marol (President)
Nicolas Breton (CEO)
ProductsBaggage handling systems
Automated guided vehicles
Conveyor systems
Cross-belt sorters
OwnerArdian (majority)
Websitealstefgroup.com

Alstef is a French industrial automation and robotics company headquartered in Boigny-sur-Bionne, near Orléans, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.[1][2]

History

Alstef Automation was established in 1961 in Boigny-sur-Bionne, near Orléans, producing automated handling and storage systems.[3][4] In 1965, it built the first automated stacker crane storage system in France, and in 1998 it delivered hold baggage screening system at Orly Airport. Alstef Automation was a subsidiary of the engineering group Alstom until 2000, when it was sold to a British investment fund; in 2006, Pierre Marol and the management team and employees acquired the company.[5][6]

In March 2018, Alstef Automation and BA Robotic Systems Group, a French manufacturer of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) founded in 1975 as Bretagne Automatisme, merged to form a holding company called B2A Technology.[7][8] The combined entity was supported by Future French Champions, a joint venture between CDC International Capital, Bpifrance and the Qatar Investment Authority, which took a 32% stake in the holding.[9]

In November 2019, B2A Technology acquired Auckland-based airport baggage and parcel handling specialist Glidepath, which had been founded in 1972 by Ken Stevens.[10][11][12] In September 2020, B2A Technology was renamed Alstef Group, and combined Alstef, BA Systèmes, BA Healthcare and Glidepath under a single name.[13][14] In 2021, Alstef divested its medical robotics subsidiary BA Healthcare.

In April 2023, Alstef Group acquired Solution Net Systems (SNS), a Quakertown, Pennsylvania-based supplier of automated parcel handling systems, from the private equity firm Architect Equity.[15] SNS, founded in 1971 as Accu-Sort Systems, had been carved out from Italian group Datalogic by Architect Equity in 2020.[16] In June 2023, BA Systèmes was renamed as Alstef Mobile Robotics.[17][18]

In June 2024, the French private investment firm Ardian entered negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Alstef Group through its Ardian Expansion V fund, alongside the management team and employee shareholders, with the founders Pierre Marol and Jean-Luc Thomé and Future French Champions reinvesting in the company.[19][20][21] In September 2024, Alstef Group launched XSORT, a cross-belt sorter purpose-built for baggage handling.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Alstef Group déploie ses chariots autonomes dans les aéroports". 3 May 2024.
  2. ^ "CENTRE. Alstef investitLa société va investir 1 million d'eu". La Tribune. 17 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Alstef Automation SA". Bloomberg.
  4. ^ "Alstef Group SAS - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.
  5. ^ "Industry Leaders – Interview with Pierre Marol". 29 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Alstom automation devient alstef automation".
  7. ^ "BA Robotic Systems et Alstef créent B2A Technology". 6 March 2018.
  8. ^ "B2A Technology devient Alstef Group". L'Usine nouvelle.
  9. ^ "Future French Champions finance le rapprochement entre Alstef et BA Robotics". 2 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Logistique aéroportuaire: B2A Technology rachète le néo-zélandais Glidepath". 9 December 2019.
  11. ^ Bradley, Grant (November 12, 2019). "Glidepath sold to French robotics firm B2A Technology". The New Zealand Herald.
  12. ^ "Alstef Mobile Robotics prêt à changer de cadence sur la fabrication de chariots de transport logistique intelligents". le Journal des Entreprises. 5 July 2024.
  13. ^ "B2A Technology becomes Alstef Group". September 24, 2020.
  14. ^ "Alstef Mobile Robotics fête ses 50 ans".
  15. ^ "Alstef s'étend aux US avec Solution Net Systems". 7 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Architect Equity Announces Sale of Solution Net Systems to Alstef Group". April 3, 2023.
  17. ^ "BA Systèmes becomes Alstef Mobile Robotics". 7 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Alstef Mobile Robotics va regrouper ses sites bretilliens pour répondre à sa croissance". 9 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Compania de investiții Ardian France preia Alstef Group, firma care se ocupă de modernizarea sistemului de bagaje de la aerportul Henri Coandă. Consiliul Concurenței a autorizat tranzacția". 5 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Ardian bids for majority stake in Alstef".
  21. ^ Joseph, Irien (June 13, 2024). "Ardian in talks to buy majority stake in Alstef Group".
  22. ^ "Alstef Group launches XSORT cross-belt sorter for baggage handling". 13 September 2024.

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