Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. () is a Spanish worldwide corporation engaged in

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management. The company is headquartered in

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. The company runs over 8,600 kilometres of toll roads in the world. In October 2018, it was acquired by Italian corporation Mundys and Spanish firm ACS Group and the German company Hochtief.

History

In April 2003, ''Acesa Infraestructures'', a business founded in 1967 as ''Autopistas, Concesionaria Española S.A.'', merged with ''Aurea Concesiones de Infraestructuras'', a business founded in 1971 as ''Autopistas de Mare Nostrum'' (into which Dragados had spun off its own toll roads), to form ''Abertis''. In December 2003, the ''Abertis Group'' acquired ''Retevision'', a leading Spanish radio and television distribution business; in June 2004, it acquired ''Iberpistas'', another Spanish toll road operator. In December 2005, it acquired the French toll road operator Sanef. An attempt initiated in April 2006, to acquire Atlantia (formerly Autostrade), the leading Italian toll road operator, was aborted in January 2008, after opposition from the Italian Government. Abertis then planned to sell some of its stake in the company. On May 19, 2008, Abertis, along with Citi Infrastructure Investors of

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, submitted a $12.8 billion proposal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the U.S. state of

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for 75 years. However, the consortium withdrew the offer on September 30, 2008 as they felt the proposal would not win approval in the state legislature. In 2009, Abertis got control of AP-68 concessionaire Avasa (Spain), and of Elqui and Rutas del Pacífico (Chile). In 2011,

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, an Abertis subsidiary, won the concession for the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads in

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. In 2012, Abertis acquired Arteris, a Group managing nine toll road concessions in

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and integrated additional three new toll roads in

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. In 2015, the company took over Autopista del Sol and Los Libertadores, also in Chile. In 2016, Abertis entered Italy through the concessionaire A4 Holding. The company also acquired 100% of Autopista Central in

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(Chile). In the same year, the firm created Emovis, a subsidiary for development and management of technology and information services to offer electronic toll solutions and intelligent mobility. In 2017, the Abertis Group entered into

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through the acquisition of two toll roads in

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. In October 2018, it was acquired by Italian corporation Atlantia, the Spanish firm ACS Group and the German company Hochtief.

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