Abertis

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

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management. Even though most of the toll roads it operates in

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are in

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, 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

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corporation Atlantia and Spanish firm

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and the German company

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had spun off its own toll roads), to form ''Abertis''. In December 2003, the ''Abertis Group'' acquired ''Retevision'', a leading

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radio and television distribution business; in June 2004, it acquired ''Iberpistas'', another

toll road operator. In December 2005, it acquired the French toll road operator

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. 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

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. Abertis then planned to sell some of its stake in the company. On May 19, 2008, Abertis, along with Citi Infrastructure Investors of New York City, submitted a $12.8 billion proposal to lease the

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in the

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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

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, 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

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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

corporation Atlantia, the Spanish firm

and the German company

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