The AVK Group has acquired 100% interest in the Bayard and Belgicast Groups of companies with businesses in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, and China.
The acquisition includes the companies: Bayard S.A.S, Belgicast International S.L., and Talis Flow Control (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. as well as the sales companies in Italy (Belgicast Italia S.r.l.) and Portugal (Industra – Comercio de Equipamentos Industriais S.A.).
Going forward, the business will continue to trade as Bayard and Belgicast and continue to operate out of its head offices and manufacturing sites in Meyzieu near Lyon, France, Mungia and Toledo, Spain, and Shanghai, China.
Bayard and Belgicast are strong and well-established brands with a strong portfolio of leading water industry products with significant market positions on hydrants, gate valves, butterfly valves, pressure control and regulation valves, and other accessories, primarily for the water industry.
Bayard and Belgicast will remain standalone businesses alongside AVK’s widespread businesses worldwide. The current management teams remain in place, led in Bayard by David Chambon, Renaud Dumoulin, Edouard Sollier, and Marie Rives, and in Belgicast by Aitor Bernado and Joan Galtes.
