Abertis

Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈβeɾtis imfɾaestɾukˈtuɾas]) is a Spanish worldwide leader corporation in toll road management, headquartered in Madrid in Spain. The company runs over 8,600 kilometres of toll roads in the world.[2] In October 2018 it was acquired by Italian corporation Atlantia and Spanish firm ACS Group.[3]

Abertis
S.A. (corporation)
ISINES0111845014 
IndustryInfrastructure
FoundedApril 2003
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Key people
Marcelino Fernández Verdes (Chairman), José Aljaro Navarro (CEO)
ProductsMotorway toll road concessions
Revenue€5,323 million (2017)[1]
€2,058 million (2017)[1]
€1,291 million (2017)[1]
Number of employees
15,046 (2017)
ParentAtlantia 
Websitewww.abertis.com

History

In April 2003, Acesa Infraestructures, a business founded in 1967 as Autopistas, Concesionaria Española S.A., merged with Aurea Concesiones de Infraestructuras, a business founded in 1971 as Autopistas de Mare Nostrum (into which Dragados had spun off its own toll roads), to form Abertis.[4]

In December 2003, the Abertis Group acquired Retevision, a leading Spanish radio and television distribution business.[5]

In June 2004, Abertis acquired Iberpistas, another Spanish toll road operator.[6]

In December 2005, Abertis acquired the French toll road operator Sanef.[7]

An attempt initiated in April 2006 to acquire Atlantia (formerly Autostrade), the leading Italian toll road operator, was aborted in January 2008 after opposition from the Italian Government.[8] Abertis intends to sell some of its stake in the company.[8]

On May 19, 2008, Abertis, along with Citi Infrastructure Investors of New York City, submitted a $12.8 billion proposal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania for 75 years.[9] However, the consortium withdrew the offer on September 30, 2008 as they felt the proposal would not win approval in the state legislature.[10]

In 2009, Abertis got control of AP-68 concessionaire Avasa (Spain), and of Elqui and Rutas del Pacífico (Chile).[11]

In 2011 Metropistas, an Abertis subsidiary, won the concession for the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads in Puerto Rico.[12]

In 2012, Abertis acquired Arteris, a Group managing nine toll road concessions in Brazil[13] and integrated additional three new toll roads in Chile.[11]

In 2015, the company took over Autopista del Sol and Los Libertadores, also in Chile.[11]

In 2016, Abertis entered Italy through the concessionaire A4 Holding.[14] The company also acquired 100% of Autopista Central in Santiago (Chile).[15] In the same year, Abertis created Emovis, a subsidiary dedicated to the development and management of technology and information services to offer electronic toll solutions and intelligent mobility.[16]

In 2017, the Abertis Group entered into Asia through the acquisition of two toll roads in India.[11]

In October 2018 it was acquired by Italian corporation Atlantia and Spanish firm ACS Group.[3]

References
  1. "Annual Results 2017". Abertis. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. "About Abertis - Leader group in toll road management". www.abertis.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  3. "Atlantia, ACS complete 16.5 billion euro acquisition of Spain's Abertis". www.reuters.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  4. País, Ediciones El (2002-12-20). "Acesa y Áurea crean Abertis, el nuevo gigante de las autopistas con sede en Barcelona". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  5. ELPAIS.es; AGENCIAS (2003-06-19). "Abertis compra Retevisión Audiovisual por 423 millones de euros". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  6. DÍAS, CINCO (2004-01-28). "Abertis absorbe el 100% del capital de Iberpistas". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  7. "Abertis | Sanef". www.groupe.sanef.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  8. Barrett, Jane; O'Leary, Elisabeth (29 January 2008). "Abertis throws in towel on merger with Atlantia". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  9. Nussbaum, Paul (May 20, 2008). "Spanish firm submits highest turnpike bid". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. A01.
  10. Wright, Robert (September 30, 2008). "Consortium pulls out of $12.8bn turnpike deal". Financial Times. London.
  11. "History of Abertis". www.abertis.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  12. "Puerto Rico selects the abertis/Goldman Sachs consortium as preferred bidder for a toll road concession". Abertis Newsroom. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  13. "Abertis takes the high road to Brazil". FT. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  14. "Abertis invests €125 million in A4 Holding and now controls 85% of its Italian subsidiary". Catalan News. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  15. "Abertis buys up Autopista Central for US$1 billion". Latin Lawyer. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  16. "emovis signs a two-year extension for the operation of Ireland's M50 toll road". Nasdaq. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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