Sanitec

Sanitec chi European producer of sanitaryware lile. Base má di Helsinki, abo ku má nẹ chi the Swedish private equity firm EQT (ku ma ni 77.5% eyi Sanitec Kwi ọdọ 2009, 100% akwobi) kpai ma ni European ceramics brands wewe with 18 production plants. Annual revenue ma efu ọdọ 2012 chi €753 million.

 History 
Sanitec ku ma chanẹ agunu subsidiary eyi Wärtsilä efu ọdọ 1990. Efu ọdọ 1999 Sanitec was listed oji Helsinki stock exchange. It was delisted ọjọ 1 November 2001 ubi ki Pool Acquisition Helsinki mu du la, company ka ki Sanitec da ma kpó nwụ ọjọ 31March 2002. Adiko abakwanẹ 2005 the merged company was completely acquired by EQT.

Efu February 2015,  Swiss firm Geberit mi Sanitec du la kpai $US1.4 billion.Geberit says has acquired 99.27 pct of Sanitec shares. Reuters, 3 February 2015

 Brands (year acquisition by Sanitec)Sanitec brands 

 Allia, France (1991)
 IDO, Finland
 Ifö, Sweden (1981)
 Keramag, Germany (1991)
 Kolo, Poland (1993)
 Koralle, Germany
 Leda, France (sold in 2012 Nov.)
 Porsgrund, Norway (1985)
 Pozzi-Ginori, Italy (1993)
 Selles, France
 Sphinx, Netherlands (1999)
 Twyford Bathrooms, United Kingdom (2001)
 Varicor, Germany (19