IRD INVEST / MANAGEMENT & PRIVATE INVESTORS take majority stake in DECADE

Vincent Dufaux has taken over Decade, the Annezin-based perfume packaging company, in a deal announced on 19 January 2026 and backed by IRD Invest and Finorpa Gestion. The two investors come in through their Nord Croissance and Finorpa SCR funds. Founder Pierre-Yves Le Gallic, sole shareholder since he created the business in 1990, is retiring but reinvests alongside Dufaux and the funds. Le Gallic chose Dufaux's offer at the end of a sale process run by IRD M&A. Dufaux, who previously held international management roles at BaByliss, intends to accelerate Decade's international development and gradually modernise its industrial and organisational processes. Finorpa already knows the company well, having financed its first developments in 1995. Bank debt comes from Banque Populaire du Nord, Crédit Agricole and BPI Financement. IRD M&A advised Le Gallic through Jean-Yves Pettenati and Matthieu Debosque, while Dynamef (Alex Sauvage) and Grange Avocats (Pierre-Antoine Grange) acted for Dufaux and the investors, with CTN France and Grange Avocats carrying out due diligence.