smith be merged into this article . discuss proposed since may 2016 . spotless group industry consumer products founded 2005 headquarters paris france products colour catcher keep it white vim ballerina vigor eparcyl punch dylon website www.spotlessgroup.eu spotless group sas was a pan european manufacturer of insect control and laundry products based in paris france . in 2015 it became part of germany s henkel group . contents 1 operations 2 subsidiaries 3 products 4 notes and references operations edit spotless group was established by axa private equity renamed ardian in 2013 in 2005 upon axas acquisition of french homecare company eau ecarlate . 1 the incumbent ceo of eau ecarlate pierre le tanneur assumed the presidency of spotless . 2 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 . 3 4 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 . 5 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 . 6 in 2014 7 germany s henkel 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 . 8 the deal which was subject to approval from antitrust authorities was completed in may 2015 . 9 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 . 10 subsidiaries edit spotless group had subsidiaries in 8 european countries guaber italy spotless hungary hungary punch industries ireland eau ecarlate france spotless uk united kingdom spotless benelux netherlands spotless iberia spain boston scandinavia sweden products edit spotless group owned the brand colour catcher which is the market leader in washing machine colour protection . other prominent spotless group brands include punch vim ballerina eparcyl dylon vigor boston punch fito bloom cucal vapona catch dum dum tupic carcomin zensect globol tabard iba dr.optic lord sheraton furniture polish range manufactured in san marino . 11 notes and references edit anne sylvaine chassany 23 september 2008 . axa said to be seeking sale of spotless group for 1 billion . bloomberg.com . retrieved 16 february 2010 . http www.spotlessgroup.eu management spotless.eu management retrieved july 1 2009 http www.spotlessgroup.eu history spotlessgroup.eu history retrieved july 1 2009 businessweek staff n.d. . eparcyl s.a. . businessweek.com . retrieved 16 february 2010 . snapshot 2008 . spotlessgroup.eu . retrieved 1 july 2009 . espana zaida 17 february 2010 . rlpc bc partners buys majority stake in spotless group . reuters.com . retrieved 17 february 2010 . henkel to acquire spotless group for 940 million euros henkel corporate website 4 june 2014 . retrieved 31 may 2015 . 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 . avis de projet de fusion notice of merger spotless group corporate website 28 may 2015 . retrieved 31 may 2015 . 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 . 1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spotless group & oldid 721273284 categories companies established in 2005multinational companiesmanufacturing companies based in parisprivately held companies of franceprivate equity portfolio companieshidden categories articles to be merged from may 2016all articles to be mergedpages using columns with the default column width navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 20 may 2016 at 18 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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