Roca has made another acquisition, taking over the fifth largest water tank manufacturer in Europe.

Roca took over the fifth largest water tank manufacturer in Europe.

On 7 June local time, the Aliaxis Group, o maior fabricante de fluídos plásticos do mundo, announced on its website that it had agreed to sell its subsidiary SANIT, que está especializado en sistemas montados en parede, incluíndo tanques de auga na parede, a Roca España. Aliaxis has indicated that it will continue to operate SANIT until the transaction is completed, que se espera que se produza no terceiro trimestre de 2021. The amount of the acquisition is unknown and the acquisition is subject to approval by the relevant regulatory and antitrust authorities.

O sanado foi fundado en 1945. With a turnover of €74 million in 2020, Sanit is the third-largest operator in Germany and the fifth-largest in Europe. 378 people work at three plants in Germany, in Eisenberg, Rödental, and Wittenberg, and Sanit exports its products to more than 70 países.

O mercado de sistemas montados en parede, including recessed tanks, control panels, and installation frames, está crecendo rapidamente, impulsado polo aumento do uso de aseos montados en parede. Roca says that the world market for this category, liderado por Alemaña, actualmente experimenta un crecemento significativo en todos os países. Roca plans to make Sanit a center of innovation and development in the installation sector. Con esta adquisición, it has once again strengthened its position.

En xaneiro 2021, Cociña & Bathroom News reported that it had acquired ceramic and bathroom cabinet factories in Brazil and Spain respectively. A mediados do ano, Roca India said through the media that it would also invest more in the Indian market, with the possibility of building another factory in the country.