Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. () is a Spanish worldwide corporation engaged in
toll road
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management. Even though most of the toll roads it operates in
Spain
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are in
Catalonia
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, the company is headquartered in
Madrid
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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 Atlantia and Spanish firm
ACS Group
ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. () is a Spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. It is one of the leading construction companies in the world, with projects i ...
and the German company
Hochtief
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ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. () is a Spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. It is one of the leading construction companies in the world, with projects i ...
had spun off its own toll roads), to form ''Abertis''.
In December 2003, the ''Abertis Group'' acquired ''Retevision'', a leading
Spanish
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radio and television distribution business; in June 2004, it acquired ''Iberpistas'', another
Spanish
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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
Italian Government
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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
Pennsylvania Turnpike
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Pennsylvania
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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
Metropistas
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, an Abertis subsidiary, won the concession for the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads in
Puerto Rico
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. In 2012, Abertis acquired Arteris, a Group managing nine toll road concessions in
Brazil
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and integrated additional three new toll roads in
Chile
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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
Santiago
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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
India
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.
In October 2018 it was acquired by Italian corporation Atlantia, the Spanish firm
ACS Group
ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. () is a Spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. It is one of the leading construction companies in the world, with projects i ...