Abertis

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title: "Abertis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["companies-based-in-barcelona", "conglomerate-companies-established-in-2003", "construction-and-civil-engineering-companies-of-spain", "conglomerate-companies-of-spain", "multinational-companies-headquartered-in-spain", "private-road-operators", "telecommunications-companies-of-spain", "transport-companies-of-spain", "companies-formerly-listed-on-the-madrid-stock-exchange", "spanish-brands", "construction-and-civil-engineering-companies-established-in-2003", "spanish-companies-established-in-2003"] description: "Spanish conglomerate corporation" topic_path: "engineering" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abertis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Spanish conglomerate corporation ::

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Field	Value
name	Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A.
logo	Abertis.svg
type	Private
foundation
location	Madrid, Spain
key_people	{{ubl
industry	Infrastructure
products	Motorway toll road concessions
revenue	€5,323 million (2017)
operating_income	€2,058 million (2017)
net_income	€1,291 million (2017)
owner
num_employees	15,046 (2017)
homepage
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| name = Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. | logo = Abertis.svg | type = Private | foundation = | location = Madrid, Spain | key_people = {{ubl |Marcelino Fernández Verdes (chairman) |José Aljaro Navarro (CEO) | industry = Infrastructure | products = Motorway toll road concessions | revenue = €5,323 million (2017) | operating_income = €2,058 million (2017) | net_income = €1,291 million (2017) | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 15,046 (2017) | homepage = Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. () is a Spanish worldwide corporation engaged in toll road management. The company is headquartered in Madrid. 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.{{cite news |title=Abertis throws in towel on merger with Atlantia |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL2924220420080129 |last=Barrett |first=Jane |author2=O'Leary, Elisabeth |publisher=Reuters |date=29 January 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-05| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080207022732/https://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL2924220420080129| archivedate= 7 February 2008 | url-status= live}} 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 Pennsylvania Turnpike in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania 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, Metropistas, an Abertis subsidiary, won the concession for the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads in Puerto Rico.{{cite news |title=Puerto Rico selects the abertis/Goldman Sachs consortium as preferred bidder for a toll road concession |url=http://www.abertis.com/en/press-room/press-releases/657 |publisher=Abertis Newsroom |date=21 June 2011 |accessdate=2015-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711193854/https://www.abertis.com/en/press-room/press-releases/657

In 2017, the Abertis Group entered into Asia through the acquisition of two toll roads in India.

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

References

References

1. "Annual Results 2017". Abertis.
2. "BNamericas - Abertis Infraestructuras S.A. (Abertis)".
3. "About Abertis - Leader group in toll road management".
4. (29 October 2018). "Atlantia, ACS complete 16.5 billion euro acquisition of Spain's Abertis".
5. (2002-12-20). "Acesa y Áurea crean Abertis, el nuevo gigante de las autopistas con sede en Barcelona". El País.
6. (2003-06-19). "Abertis compra Retevisión Audiovisual por 423 millones de euros". El País.
7. DÍAS, CINCO. (2004-01-28). "Abertis absorbe el 100% del capital de Iberpistas".
8. "Abertis {{!}} Sanef".
9. Nussbaum, Paul. (May 20, 2008). "Spanish firm submits highest turnpike bid". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
10. Wright, Robert. (September 30, 2008). "Consortium pulls out of $12.8bn turnpike deal". Financial Times.
11. "History of Abertis".
12. (18 September 2013). "Abertis takes the high road to Brazil". FT.
13. (3 May 2017). "Abertis invests €125 million in A4 Holding and now controls 85% of its Italian subsidiary". Catalan News.
14. (26 January 2016). "Abertis buys up Autopista Central for US$1 billion". Latin Lawyer.
15. (15 October 2018). "emovis signs a two-year extension for the operation of Ireland's M50 toll road". Nasdaq.

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