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Sanitec

Sanitec was a large European producer of sanitaryware. It was based in Helsinki, owned by the Swedish private equity firm EQT and owned several European ceramics brands with 18 production plants. Annual revenue in 2012 was €753 million.

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Sanitec Oy (data valid until the acquisition by Geberit)
TypePublic limited company
Industrybathroom ceramics
Founded1990 (as a Wärtsilä subsidiary)
1999 (listed on the Helsinki stock Exchange)1
FateAcquired by Geberit
HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland,
Key people
Fredrik Cappelen (Chairman)
Peter Nilsson (President and CEO)
Productsbathroom ceramics, bathroom furniture
pre-wall flushing solutions
taps & mixers
bathtubs, showers
Revenue€752.8 million (2012)2
€73 million (2012)2
Number of employees
7,004(2012)2
SubsidiariesAllia, IDO, Ifö, Keramag
Kolo, Koralle, Porsgrund
Pozzi-Ginori, Selles
Sphinx, Twyford Bathrooms
Varicor
Websitewww.sanitec.com

Sanitec was a large European producer of sanitaryware. It was based in Helsinki, owned by the Swedish private equity firm EQT (has been owning 77.5% of Sanitec since 2009, 100% 2005–2009) and owned several European ceramics brands with 18 production plants. Annual revenue in 2012 was €753 million.

History

Sanitec was established as a subsidiary of Wärtsilä in 1990. In 1999 Sanitec was listed on the Helsinki stock exchange. It was delisted on 1 November 2001 after being acquired by Pool Acquisition Helsinki Oy, a company Sanitec merged with on 31 March 2002. In the beginning of 2005 the merged company was completely acquired by EQT.1

In February 2015, Sanitec was acquired by the Swiss firm Geberit for $US1.4 billion.3

Bidet by Kolo, a Sanitec subsidiary source ↗

Brands (year acquisition by Sanitec)

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  • 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 (1998)
References

References

  1. Sanitec milestones Deprecated link archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today
  2. Preliminary Results 2012 Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Geberit says has acquired 99.27 pct of Sanitec shares. Reuters, 3 February 2015
  4. Sanitec brands Deprecated link archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today
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