--- title: Apperton description: Leader de la stérilisation externalisée, Apperton is the leader of the market of outsourced sterilisation of reusable medical devices image: https://ekkio.com/hubfs/DW-2019/Image/Sterience%20(Apperton).jpg --- [![logo-ekkio-red](https://ekkio.com/hubfs/DW-2019/Icone/logo-ekkio-red.svg "logo-ekkio-red")](http://ekkio.fr) # Apperton_Logo_Principal Pioneer of outsourced sterilisation of reusable medical devices since 2001, Sterience consolidated the market in 2017 through Vanguard Medical Services (France's second largest player) acquisition. The Group has 12 centers in France and employs more than 300 people. Every year, it processes more than one million medical devices on behalf of about sixty health establishments (public or private) and instrumentation manufacturers. A key player in the medical chain, the Group was renamed Apperton in September 2019. **Investment date** : 2015 **Investment type** : IBO - ### Download our latest newsletter And stay informed about the activity of Ekkio Capital's SMEs and sectors. [![logo-ekkio-white](https://ekkio.com/hubfs/DW-2019/Icone/logo-ekkio-white.svg "logo-ekkio-white")](http://ekkio.fr)