Groupe RG, a leading French specialist in personal protective equipment (PPE), enters the Italian market with the acquisition of A+A Monferrato.

Groupe RG was founded in 1987, resulting from the merger of French regional distributors Amiet, Fiprotec, Cévenole de Protection, and Gérin. With 450 employees and 27 agencies in Europe and North Africa, the group has a portfolio of 20,000 active customers and recorded sales of over EUR 160 million in 2014.

With some 2,300 active customers including major Italian industrial groups, A+A Monferrato (founded in 1960) is one of the leading PPE distributors in Italy. In addition to standard PPE, the company offers fall protection and collective protection equipment. A+A Monferrato reached sales of EUR 12.4 million in 2014.

The acquisition highlights Groupe RG’s strategy to strengthen its presence in Europe in order to match the development of international key accounts abroad.

K Finance, Italian partner of Clairfield International, and Clarfield France acted as the exclusive financial advisors to Groupe RG.