Paris, November 20, 2018 – Groupe Chevrillon and IDI, a listed private equity group, announce the establishment of an European center of excellence for the military and civilian aeronautic equipment sector. ALKAN Group, a market leader in the field of carriage and ejection systems headed by Armand Carlier, is at the heart of this new undertaking thanks to the acquisition of SECA Automatismes, a French company specializing in civilian and military electronics and electromechanics.