Private equity firm EQT plans to sell German vacuum technology specialist Leybold Optics, Reuters reported. The firm has hired BNP Paribas to help find a buyer for the company. EQT bought Leybold in 2001 for about 200 million euros, Reuters said.
(Reuters) – EQT, the private equity firm backed by Sweden’s Wallenberg family, has put its oldest German investment up for sale, a person close to the transaction told Reuters.
