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Spotless Group SAS is a pan-European manufacturer of insect control and laundry products, based in Paris, France. Spotless Group has subsidiary operations in 8 European states, employing over 400 people in Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. In 2015, it became part of Germany's Henkel group. ==Operations== Spotless Group was established by AXA Private Equity (renamed Ardian in 2013) in 2005, upon AXAs acquisition of French homecare company Eau Ecarlate. The incumbent CEO of Eau Ecarlate, Pierre le Tanneur, assumed the presidency of Spotless.〔http://www.spotlessgroup.eu/#management Spotless.eu - Management - retrieved: July 1, 2009〕 In 2006, the second year of its existence, Spotless Group acquired Bologna-based homecare company Guaber and Irish shoe-care manufacturer Punch Industries. The group made further acquisitions in 2007, of sewerage disposal company Eparcyl and the Unilever brand Ballerina.〔http://www.spotlessgroup.eu/#history Spotlessgroup.eu - History - retrieved: July 1, 2009〕 In 2008, the company purchased Dylon International, the UK's leading dye producer, from the Mayborn Group. Spotless Group owns a total of 18 brands as of 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snapshot 2008 )〕 In 2010, AXA Private Equity (renamed Ardian in 2013) sold its 65.6% stake in Spotless Group to British private-equity company BC Partners for a reported €600 million, according to Reuters. In 2014,〔(''Henkel to acquire Spotless Group for 940 million euros'' Henkel corporate website, 4 June 2014 ). Retrieved: 31 May 2015.〕 Germany's Henkel chemicals group, a specialist in laundry products, offered to buy Spotless for 940 million Euros (about $1.3 billion) in cash. “By acquiring the Spotless Group, we will strengthen our market position and enter highly profitable growth segments,” Henkel chief executive Kasper Rorsted told reporters.〔( ''Henkel Accelerates M&A Pace With $1.3 Billion Spotless Deal'', Alex Webb, Bloomberg news agency, New York, 4 June 2014 ). Retrieved: 31 May 2015.〕 The deal, which was subject to approval from antitrust authorities, was completed in May 2015.〔( ''Avis de projet de fusion'' (''Notice of Merger''), Spotless Group corporate website, 28 May 2015 ). Retrieved: 31 May 2015.〕 The deal would slightly increase Henkel's share of the $82 billion global laundry care market to 8.7%, still well behind Procter & Gamble's 26.6% and the 14.8% market share held by Unilever, which sells Persil detergent - a Henkel brand - in some markets.〔( ''Germany's Henkel expands laundry brands with $1.3 billion French deal'', Victoria Bryan and Martinne Geller, Reuters news agency, 5 June 2014 ). Retrieved: 31 May 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spotless Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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