PERLOS
Carve-out of medical division complete
The carve-out of the medical technology division of injection moulding group Perlos (Vantaa / Finland; www.perlos.com) has been completed with the creation of the jv with private equity company Ratos (Stockholm / Sweden; www.ratos.se) announced in July 2006 – see Plasteurope.com Web of 20.07.2006. The new company, in which Perlos holds a 20% stake and Ratos, together with the management, 80%, will operate under the name Medifiq Healthcare. The CEO is former Perlos division manager Jouni Pohonen. Perlos received EUR 67m from the sale and, in return, has paid EUR 7.7m for the stake in the new company. In 2005, the segment posted sales of EUR 52.6m.
13.11.2006 Plasteurope.com [206776]
Published on 13.11.2006