The company SONEFI, industrial supplier, mainly commercializes products for the construction industry. Based in Havre, this company, bought in 1997 by the Feuilloley family, has been developed by its managing team (the seller).
Distridiam, trading and retail company of abrasive and diamond products, based in Ile de France, works with the biggest building and industry companies in a large part of the national territory. Mister Allouche, director of Distridiam (the buyer), had already realized two operations of external growth (2010 an 2011).
Mister Feuilloley, director of Sonefi, declares that « in the difficult context of the market of specialized retail of industrial supply (-10%/year), I-deal development has perfectly identified the strategical stage of the positioning of the company as well as the specificity of the market”.
Mister Feuilloley adds : « I didn’t want to associate myself with a large group. I particularly wanted to thrive in the long term and to keep my values. By its work, I-Deal Development convinced me of the relevancy of the industrial project of distridiam, and strong synergies between our respective activities”.
Mister Allouche, director of Distridiam : « I could remark the added value of I-Deal development in all the difficult steps of the process : a permanent presence at the moment of deadlocks and key steps of the project. My interlocutors remarked a big professionalism and a strong empathy : the I-deal development team has been able to understand the stakes I was facing with and to move forward without compelling.
