Sanitec

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  • Fredrik Cappelen ( Chairman )
  • Peter Nilsson ( President and CEO)

Sanitec is a European sanitary ware producer with an annual turnover of 753 million € (2012 ). The head office is in Helsinki. The company is majority owned by Swedish private equity firm EQT (owns 77.5 % of Sanitec since 2009, previously 100%) and has several European ceramics brands with 18 production.

History

Sanitec was founded in 1990 as a subsidiary of Wärtsilä. As of 1999, Sanitec has been traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. This listing ended on 1 November 2001 following the acquisition by Pool Acquisition Helsinki Oy, a company that merged with the Sanitec on ​​31 March 2002. In early 2005, the merged company was taken over completely by EQT.

Brands ( the year of acquisition by Sanitec )

  • Allia, France ( 1991)
  • IDO, Finland
  • Ifö, Sweden ( 1981)
  • Kolo, Germany (1991 )
  • Kolo, Poland ( 1993)
  • Coral, Germany
  • Porsgrund, Norway ( 1985)
  • Pozzi -Ginori, Italy ( 1993)
  • Selles, France
  • Sphinx, The Netherlands ( 1999)
  • Twyford Bathrooms, UK (2001)
  • VaricorÂ, Germany (1998)
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