Stéphanie Soudais (asker) Jan 13, 2010:

Oui j'y pensais, mais je disais que par "acquisitions complémentaires" on pourrait simplement comprendre "de nouvelles acquisitions".

Boris Tsikel (X) Jan 13, 2010:

ou "acquisitions complémentaires"?

Stéphanie Soudais (asker) Jan 13, 2010:

Je souhaiterais éviter la paraphrase et pense alors par exemple à "acquisitions de complément"

John Detre Jan 11, 2010:

As Jacqueline says, in-fill is usually used in construction and urban development. It generally refers to projects in which the developer doesn't tear down all the old buildings on a site to build a new mega-development, but rather fills in the spaces behind and around the existing buildings on the site.

So, by extension, I think here it might mean that, instead of making major acquisitions or moving into new businesses, companies will just fill in the gaps in their existing properties (e.g. a newspaper chain might pick up a failing newspaper in a city where it doesn't have a paper at present, but no one would consider buying an entire newspaper chain in the current environment). Does that fit your context?

Jacqueline Johnston Jan 11, 2010:

d'accord avec 'acquisitions pour se renforcer ' suggestion de FV- in fill s'applique en général à la construction de maisons lorsqu'il y a un espace vide

Geraldine LAVILLE (X) Jan 11, 2010:

same as "Infill acquisitions"? I found this definition: "Areas planned for near term acquisition when they become available" on an english to italian kudoz question.

Does it help?

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_italian/finance_general...

kashew Jan 11, 2010:

In-fill. Not my field, but could mean "supplementary/complementary to usual business".

Françoise Vogel Jan 11, 2010:

pour se renforcer?