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Advent To Acquire Safran’s Identity Business And Join It With Oberthur

Friday, September 30th, 2016

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The France-based private equity firm Advent International on Sept. 29 said it has agreed to acquire the identity and security business of France’s Safran Group for $2.7 billion, a deal that will combine Safran’s strong presence in biometric products and identity solutions with Advent’s portfolio company Oberthur Technologies (OT), a leader in embedded digital security technology.Safran said in March that it planned to divest its detection business, which is being acquired by Britain’s Smiths Group, and review options for its…

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