KADRA Joins
the EMI Group
KADRA, the most important provider of integrated solutions for automation and access management in Romania, enters into a strategic partnership with EMI Group, a European leader in industrial access solutions
December 1, 2023
After 30 years of accumulated experience, innovations, and major projects in its portfolio, through this new partnership, KADRA, together with EMI Group, becomes the market leader in solutions and services for access automation in any field.
EMI Group, with a turnover and EBITDA estimated at the end of 2023 of 26 million EUR and 7 million EUR respectively, is a leader in the field of industrial access systems, with an important portfolio in maintenance, as well as a solid flow of new projects, both from the industrial-logistics segment and from the retail area.
Starting December 1, 2023, KADRA will join the group, which currently includes: EMI Equipement Maintenance Industrie, Decran Belgium, Access Systems Belgium. Due to the synergy of expertise, the companies within the group create a complementary structure, thus becoming a force in the construction market.
Objectives
EMI Group has ambitious growth objectives, aiming to consolidate its position in the European market and expand into new ones. After acquiring two Belgian companies in the field, EMI Group continued to develop its presence in Central and Eastern Europe, and through the M&A transaction with KADRA, it aims to integrate the experience of the Romanian company into its operations, especially in sectors such as medical, commercial, or smart mobility.
Present for over three decades in our construction market, KADRA is a Romanian entrepreneurial company founded in Cluj-Napoca, specializing in providing solutions for automation and access management. At the end of this year, KADRA estimates it will reach a turnover of 12 million EUR and an EBITDA of 1.2 million EUR, with a team of nearly 90 specialists.
By joining the European EMI Group, the KADRA team seizes an important opportunity to amplify performance by unifying know-how across all group entities.
Thus, while EMI Equipement Maintenance Industrie brings experience mainly in the industrial field, KADRA complements it with experience in the medical field (in hospitals and clinics, both public and private) and with integrated solutions for the automated management of public and private parking. The collaboration between the two companies therefore becomes an opportunity to grow competencies that will lead to a significant competitive advantage.
"We see this partnership as a major advantage for both KADRA and EMI International," says Octavian Fanea, CEO of KADRA. "It is an opportunity for our companies to bring together competencies in the areas where each of them excels."For example, at KADRA, we aim to grow in the technical services segment, so I can only be glad that I will have a partner with very strong technical competencies and who has developed a solid business in services. In turn, at KADRA we pride ourselves on experience built on a 30-year history of providing access solutions for private and public medical units, whose modernization we have substantially contributed to in recent times. This is just one example. Certainly, together, by combining our experience, we will have the opportunity to be much better and to bring added value to all our customers, both in automated access management solutions and in related services. We are honored to be partners with everyone involved in this group, which is becoming stronger day by day, has already crossed Romania's borders, and intends to grow through new acquisitions of valuable companies in Central and Eastern Europe," added the CEO of KADRA Tech.
"As CEO of EMI Group, I am delighted to announce that integrating Kadra into our project represents a significant milestone in the evolution of our offering on the Romanian market. This transaction marks our third operation in less than two years, and we intend to maintain this pace, completing at least two transactions per year. Each entity present in Romania, whether EMI or Kadra, will retain its identity and continue to operate autonomously. Each company will maintain its distinct market approach, and our two companies complement each other perfectly. We intend to combine certain resources to strengthen the fulfillment of our teams and to improve the quality of the services offered to customers."The involvement of Kadra's founders within the group is invaluable, and together we continue our mission to become the leading European player in the maintenance of independent, multi-brand access systems. I am excited about the idea of setting new performance records in Romania; this market represents a laboratory for us to develop maintenance solutions. With a team of 200 access systems specialists, we are ready to serve our customers and partners with dedication and expertise, at a level of service unmatched in Europe," said Jérôme France, CEO of EMI Group.
About KADRA
With 30 years of experience, KADRA is the only company in Romania that offers integrated technical solutions for engineering and accessway management. Whether it is door, gate, and window automation solutions, parking management (Parkomatic), or automatic smoke evacuation systems, KADRA continuously innovates, ensuring its partners complete services—from consultancy to design, execution, and maintenance—all to increase comfort and the sense of safety.
Through an integrated business model and innovative know-how, KADRA is the first one-stop shop that provides all access solutions and systems for residential and industrial buildings, medical units, urban spaces, and individual homes. KADRA reinvents everyday space so that people feel comfortable, free, and protected. The first card payments or the option of contactless smartphone payment at the automatic parking payment station, the first large-scale polycarbonate works in Romania, the first airtight automatic doors for operating rooms, or the largest and secured truck parking not only in the country but also in Eastern Europe are just a few of the achievements on the Romanian market for automatic access solutions successfully implemented by KADRA.
Founded in 1993, KADRA today means thousands of projects completed by a valuable team of over 90 people who have both the know-how and the openness to make the experience accumulated over time available to customers.
About EMI Group
EMI is a globally recognized leader in the industrial access systems industry. Since its establishment in 2000, the company has specialized in providing integrated solutions for consultancy, design, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and service for industrial access solutions in various sectors, including industry, shopping centers, and logistics centers. Following the acquisitions of Decran and Acccess Systems in Belgium, EMI operates assembly facilities in Romania and Slovakia, as well as service and maintenance capabilities in Romania and Belgium.
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