Businessweek

IVS Group S.A. operates as a retailer of vending machines in Europe. The company sells a range of products, such as hot and cold beverages, in-between meals, snacks, and confectionary. It manages a network of approximately 144,000 vending machines and office service coffee machines located at businesses, schools, hospitals, railway stations, and other public places. The company also operates a coin service business that performs the management of metallic money, including collection, packaging, and delivery of coins for various customers comprising banks, mass-retailers, third party vending operators, parking operators, train stations, and highway ticket offices. It serves institutional customers and small-and medium-sized enterprises primarily in Italy, France, and Spain. The company is based in Seriate, Italy.