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Vinci is one of the world’s largest owners of transport infrastructure. Its concession assets include 4,400 kilometers of toll roads in France and 72 airports across 14 countries, making Vinci the world’s largest airport operator in terms of managed passenger numbers. The concession’s business contributes less than one fifth of group revenue but the majority of operating profit. Vinci’s contracting business provides a broad variety of energy and and construction services. France contributes 42% of group revenue.

Ferrovial is a global transportation infrastructure investor, developer, and operator, with a strong presence in North American toll roads. In recent years, it shifted its portfolio toward North America and India, and lowered its exposure to Europe (including selling its stake in Heathrow Airport). The jewels in its crown include its stake in the 99-year lease to operate the Highway 407 ETR toll road in Toronto and its concession to develop and operate New Terminal One at JFK until 2060.

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA completes construction and service activities for infrastructure and energy projects. In addition to infrastructure-related developments, the company constructs buildings and projects related to the mining sector. It has four operating segments: construction (majority of total revenue), Concessions, Services (which offers comprehensive maintenance services for buildings, public places and organisations) and corporate. Its services revolve around industrial engineering and operating energy, industrial, and mobility infrastructures. Additional sales are generated from aftermarket services and contracts to perform upkeep on existing structures. Approximately half of total revenue derives from the Americas.

Transurban Group is an owner/operator of toll roads in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. It also owns toll roads in Virginia, USA and Montreal, Canada. The weighted average concession life across the portfolio is about 25 years. Australian assets contribute around 90% of proportional revenue.

Sterling Infrastructure Inc is a construction company that specializes in heavy civil infrastructure construction and infrastructure rehabilitation as well as residential construction projects. The company operates in three reportable segments namely, Transportation Solutions, E-Infrastructure Solutions, and Building Solution. Transportation Solutions include highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, and others. Building Solution projects include concrete foundations for single-family homes. E-Infrastructure Solutions include the services which are provided to large, blue-chip companies in the e-commerce, data center, distribution center, and warehousing, energy, mixed-use, and multi-family sectors. The majority of the revenue is generated from E-Infrastructure Solutions.

China Railway Group Ltd is a construction conglomerate company. The company's operating segment includes Infrastructure construction; Survey, design and consulting services; Engineering equipment and component manufacturing; Property development, and Other businesses. It generates maximum revenue from the Infrastructure construction segment. The Infrastructure construction segment includes the construction of railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, metropolitan railways (including subways and light railways), buildings, irrigation works, hydroelectricity projects, ports, docks, airports, and other municipal works.

Eiffage is a leading French infrastructure concessions operator and construction business. It operates four business lines: construction, infrastructure, energy, and concessions. Its concession assets include 2,635 kilometers of toll roads (88% of which belong to APRR and AREA), two airports, and numerous public/private partnerships in France. The concessions segment accounts for 16% of group revenue but generates 66% of group adjusted EBIT. Eiffage’s contracting division currently benefits from a record backlog, providing good visibility on sales growth and margin expansion.

China Railway Construction Corp Ltd operates as an infrastructure construction firm. It largely derives contracting revenue. It builds railways, highways and municipal works, such as subways and light rail systems. The company also engages in survey and design, manufacturing, logistics, and property development. It operates the following business segments: Construction, Planning & Design, manufacturing and Real Estate; and Other Business Operations. The firm's revenue gets dominated by the Construction segment that engages in the construction of infrastructure such as railways, highways, metropolitan railways, and real estate projects.

Salik Company PJSC is engaged in the operations and maintenance of toll gates in Dubai. It also is involved in the design and construction of new tollgates, including without limitation, the required tolling equipment, infrastructure, and any other interface requirements. The Company is organised into one segment, which is the Tolling Business.

China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co Ltd is engaged in Highway-related operations, including toll road business and transportation technology business. Its operating segments include Intelligent transportation, Investment operation, Traffic ecology, and Transportation technology. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Investment operation segment, which provides highway investment and operation services.

Jiangsu Expressway Co Ltd is principally engaged in the investment, construction, operation and management of toll roads and bridges in Jiangsu Province and the development of service areas along expressways. It operates through the following segments: Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Ningchang Expressway and Zhenli Expressway, Guangjing Expressway and Xicheng Expressway, Xiyi Expressway and Wuxi Huantaihu Expressway, Zhendan Expressway, Wufengshan Bridge, Changyi Expressway, Yichang Expressway, Longtan Bridge, Xitai Expressway, Danjin Expressway, ancillary services (including petrol, food and retail in service zones along the expressways), real estate development, sales of electricity and advertising and others. The Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway is the maximum revenue driver.

Shandong Hi-Speed Co Ltd is a China-based company mainly engaged in the investment and operation of transportation infrastructure. It is also engaged in activities of equity investment in the upstream and downstream industries, finance, and environmental protection of the highway industry chain. It operates and maintains toll roads, bridges, tunnels, and other infrastructure facilities. The company earns majority revenue in the form of Toll, railway transportation, sales of goods, project construction, and other businesses.

Impulsora del Desarrollo Y El Empleo En America Latina SAB de CV, or IDEAL, is a Mexican construction and engineering company. The company operates through five main reporting lines: toll roads, service, sale of electricity, prison services, and other. Toll roads, which generates the vast majority of revenue, constructs, operates, and maintains domestic toll roads. Prison services, the next most significant segment, generates income from the operation and maintenance of rehabilitation centres within Mexico.

Construction Partners Inc operates as a civil infrastructure company. It specializes in the construction and maintenance of roadways. The company through its subsidiaries, provides various products and services to both public and private infrastructure projects, with an emphasis on highways, roads, bridges, airports, and commercial and residential developments. Its operations consist of manufacturing and distributing hot mix asphalt, paving activities, including the construction of roadway base layers and application of asphalt pavement, site development, including the installation of utility and drainage systems, and others. The company has a single segment which predominantly consists of infrastructure and road construction, and operates across various states in the United States.

Motiva Infraestrutura De Mobilidade SA is a mobility infrastructure company in Brazil, operating in highway, train, subway and airport concessions.

Promotora Y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV, or Pinfra, develops and constructs infrastructure projects in Mexico. It completes highways, ports, railways, sewer systems, and other projects related to industrial development. The company has three business segments: concession, construction, and manufacture. The construction division provides services to its concessions, but has the capability to partner with third parties. Many concessions are fully operational, and the company supplies maintenance and operational support to adhere to requirements.

Granite Construction Inc engages in the construction and development of various infrastructure projects on behalf of public and private clients in the United States. The company focuses on heavy civil infrastructure projects, including roads, highways, transit facilities, airports, bridges, dams, tunnels, and other infrastructure projects. In addition, the company performs site preparation and infrastructure services for residential development, energy development, and other facilities. The majority of revenue is derived from the company's Construction operating segment, and rest from Materials segment.

Atlas Arteria is a global toll-road investor created out of the reorganization of Macquarie Infrastructure Group in 2010. The firm's main asset is a 30.82% stake in Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, or APRR. APRR owns concessions to toll more than 2,300 kilometers of motorways in eastern France, most ending late 2035. The firm also wholly owns the Dulles Greenway and 66.67% of the Chicago Skyway, both in the US.

Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd is a Chinese infrastructure company which, through its subsidiaries, develops, maintains, and operates high-grade roads. The company organizes itself into three segments: toll operation, securities business, and other business. The company derives the majority of revenue and earnings from the toll road business. The securities business, the next segment, provides brokerage services, including advisory, margin lending, and asset management. The company earns the entirety of revenue domestically.

Parkin Co is engaged in offering convenient and cost-effective parking solutions for both residents and visitors in Dubai. It is responsible for operating, overseeing, monitoring, inspecting, and enforcing parking services in public areas, such as on-street parking, off-street parking, multi-story car parks, and designated developer zones within Dubai. The parking fares are collected through various payment channels including the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) website, cash, nol cards, and smart applications.

Primoris Services Corp is a provider of critical infrastructure services operating mainly in the United States and Canada. The company provides a range of construction, maintenance, replacement, and engineering services. The Utilities segment operates throughout the United States and specializes in a range of services, including the construction and maintenance of new and existing natural gas and electric utility distribution and transmission systems, and communications systems. The Energy segment operates throughout the United States and Canada and specializes in a range of services that include engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance services to various industries. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from the Energy segment.

Infraestrctura Visble Sa De through its subsidiary engaged in the infrastructure sector. It's engaged in the construction, operation, maintenance, financing, and promotion of toll roads and port projects, as well as the production of asphalt mixes.

Guangdong Provincial Expressway Development Co Ltd is principally engaged in the development and operation of expressways and large bridges. It is involved in tolling and maintenance of Guangfo Expressway, Fokai Expressway, Jiujiang Bridge, Huiyan Expressway, Maozhan Expressway, Jiangzhong Expressway, Kangda Expressway and Gankang Expressway.

Anhui Expressway Co Ltd is engaged in the investment, construction, operation, and management of toll roads within Anhui province. The company acquires operating expressway assets through various means such as investment and construction, acquisition, or cooperative operation. The company provides toll service for vehicles, collects vehicles' tolls according to the charging standard, maintains repairs, and carries out safety maintenance for the operating expressways. All of the company's external revenue is derived from customers based in Mainland China.

While Ventia is not the largest player with an estimated sub 10% share of addressable markets, it is nonetheless a leading infrastructure maintenance services provider in Australia and New Zealand. Its capabilities span the full asset lifecycle including operations and maintenance, facilities management, minor capital works, environmental services, and other solutions. And its business model is favorably capital-light via flexing of a large contractor base complementing a deep pool of talented employees. Ventia has long-term relationships with a diverse range of public and private sector clients with many client relationships maintained for decades. Contracts are favorably long with an average five-year duration at inception and most containing some form of embedded price escalation.

Elecnor SA is a Spanish engineering and construction company. The company organizes itself into two segments: Services and Projects business, and Concessions business. It generates the vast majority of revenue from the Services and Projects business segment. It generates electricity, operates power lines and substations, provides gas pipeline services, provides services for railways, develops telecommunications infrastructure, and constructs and maintains other infrastructure projects. The company derives approximately half of its revenue domestically.

Hill & Smith PLC creates sustainable infrastructure and safe transport through innovation. It is organized into three main business divisions. Galvanizing Services increase the sustainability and maintenance-free life of steel products including structural steelwork, lighting, bridges, agricultural and other products for the industrial and infrastructure markets. Engineered Solutions supplies engineered steel and composite solutions for a wide range of infrastructure markets including energy generation and distribution, marine, rail, and housing. Roads & Security division supplies products and services to support road and highway infrastructure including temporary and permanent road safety barriers, renewable energy lighting and power solutions, and Intelligent Traffic Solutions.

Koninklijke Heijmans NV operates in the construction and public works sector in the Netherlands. Its activities include construction and maintenance of infrastructures: public spaces, highways, bridges, pipelines, roads, tram lines, etc; construction and restoration of buildings: houses, offices, schools, hospitals, stadiums, industrial sites, etc.; servicing and maintenance of buildings and installations.

Shenzhen Expressway Corp Ltd is a Company engaged in the construction, operation, management, and investment of toll highways and environmental protection in China. Environmental protection mainly includes recycling and treating solid waste and clean energy power generation. The group has identified two reporting segments, namely the toll road segment and the environmental protection segment. The toll road segment takes charge of the operation and management of toll roads in Mainland China. The environmental protection segment operates and manages environmentally related infrastructure, mainly including solid waste treatment, clean energy, and other related fields. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Toll segment.

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd is an infrastructure and construction company. The company organizes itself into segments: Built, Operate and Transfer (BOT)/ Toll, Operate and Transfer (TOT) segment consist of operation and maintenance of roads; InvITs & Related Assets segment consists of investments in units of IRB Infrastructure Trust, IRB InvIT Fund and other related assets; and Construction segment consists of development and maintenance of roads. It derives maximum revenue from Construction segment.

Cube Highways Trust is an Indian infrastructure investment trust formed to invest in infrastructure assets, mainly in the road sector in India. It is engaged in the business of toll operations and maintenance, and operates a group of approximately twenty-seven road assets spread across various states and a union territory in India.

Park24 Co Ltd is a Japanese operator of parking facilities. The company is organised into three segments: Parking Business Japan, Parking Business International, and Mobility Business. The parking business, which contributes the majority of revenue, operates fully automated parking facilities and related services. The Parking business in the international segment provides Parking facility management overseas. The mobility business car rental services through the Times Car RENTAL brand, car sharing services through the Times Car PLUS brand, and related services. While the company operates in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, the company earns the majority of its revenue domestically.

Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd is a Chinese investment company which constructs and operates logistic infrastructure facilities. The company operates through two main segments: Toll roads and general-environmental protection business and Logistics business. Toll roads contributes the vast majority of revenue, develops, operates, and manages tolls roads. The logistics business constructs, operates, and manages logistics centers and integrated logistics hubs; provides third party logistic services, logistic information services, and financial services to customers; and offers port and related services.

PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk is an industrial company that constructs and operates toll roads. The company organizes operations into five segments: toll road business, operations, maintenance, Related business, and others. The toll business segment, which contributes the vast majority of revenue, works on increasing ownership of the company's toll road assets. The operating segment is engaged in operating toll roads, while the maintenance segment provides toll road maintenance services. The other business segment operates fuel stations, leases and sells property assets, and earns advertising revenue.

GRK Infra PLC designs, repairs, maintains, and builds roads, highways, tracks, and bridges to make everyday life run smoothly, get people to meet each other, and make the future more sustainable. It also includes environmental services business.

Sdiptech AB is engaged in infrastructures of society with specialized technology and solutions. The company has divided its operations into two new business areas: Resource Efficiency which includes Water & Sanitation, Power & Energy, Bioeconomy & Waste management. And Special Infrastructure Solutions, which includes Air and Climate Control, Safety and Security, and Transportation. Its geographical segments are Sweden, UK, Germany, Croatia, Austria, Norway, Finland, and Other countries.

EcoRodovias Infraestrutura E Logistica SA is an infrastructure and logistics company.

Transjamaican Highway Ltd is engaged in the development, operation, and maintenance of the toll road in Jamaica known as the TransJam Highways. The company provide exceptional service and a road network maintained to International Standards for the benefit of customers.

Smart Parking Ltd engages in the provision of design, development, and management of parking technology. It operates through three segments. The Technology segment consists of the sale of Smart City and IoT technology products and solutions predominantly to the parking market globally; the Parking Management segment, which is the key revenue driver, consists of the provision of car parking management services on behalf of third party car park owners and on sites leased by the company and managed on its own behalf in the UK; and Research and Development segment includes costs to research, develop and enhance software/hardware for both the Technology and Parking Management divisions. Geographically, it has presence in North America; UK and Europe; Asia, and Australia.

Ste Marseillaise du Tunnel Prado Carenage SA is engaged in operating Prado Carenage Tunnel and the Louis-Rege Tunnel in France.

Autopistas Del Sol SA is engaged in construction, repair, maintenance, management and exploitation and administration of road concession comprising of Northern Access to the city of Buenos Aires, General Paz Avenue and cities of Pilar, Campana and Tigre.

Allpark Empreendimentos Participacoes Servicos SA is engaged in the management, exploration, and/or control of vehicle parking activity, provision of technical services, administration, advisory, and planning related to vehicle parking, for private or public companies, including in special areas for rotating vehicle parking, located on public roads or streets; and execution of projects, implementation and maintenance of signaling vertical and horizontal for the transport system.

Stalexport Autostrady SA is an engineering and infrastructure company based in Poland. It operates under two divisions; Management of motorways and provision of advisory and rental services. Its core business is the construction and maintenance of motorways throughout the country, especially Katowice-Krakow section of the A4 motorway. The company manufactures metal structures, installs industrial machinery, repairs fabricated metal products, constructs bridges and tunnels and underground railways and provides for electrical installations for infrastructure. Its other businesses comprise of the leasing office, parking spaces and provision of management and business advisory services.

Edil San Felice SpA specializes in civil and industrial construction, in the construction and maintenance of roads, motorways, bridges, viaducts and airports. And it also takes care of urbanization works.

Grupo Concesionario Del Oeste SA is an Argentina-based company engaged in the construction, maintenance, administration and exploitation of Acceso Oeste, a road corridor in Argentina.

TPI Triunfo Participacoes e Investimentos SA provides construction and operations of infrastructure facilities. The company's operating segments include Toll Roads Segment, Energy Segment, Logistic Segment and Other. Company generates majority of the revenue from Toll roads segment.

Train Alliance AB (publ) is a construction company that designs and manages railway facilities in strategic locations. The company delivers railway maintenance systems for vehicle maintenance to vehicle owners, maintenance companies, and public transport authorities. Its revenue consists of plant-rental rents, processing and sales of the company's land holdings as well as consulting assignments for customers and partners.