VWR International
| VWR International
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| legal form | LLC |
| Seat |
Radnor , Pennsylvania ,
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| management | Manuel Brocke-Benz |
| Number of employees | 8,800 |
| sales | 4,375,000,000 US dollars |
| Branch | Laboratory outfitter |
| Website | www.vwr.com |
| As of December 31, 2014 | |
VWR International is an American laboratory equipment distributor based in Radnor in the Delaware Valley .
In 1966, Seattle- based Van Waters & Rogers merged to form Univar Corporation . In 1986 this was split up into the existing Univar , a chemicals dealer , and the new VWR Corporation. 2004 sold Merck KGaA the company to the private equity -Gesellschaft Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD & R). It passed this on to Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) in 2007 , who floated the company on the stock exchange in 2014. VWR International was taken over by Avantor on November 22, 2017 .
The German subsidiary is based in Darmstadt .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our Leaders
- ↑ a b Form 10-K 2014
- ↑ Univar Corporation History in Funding Universe
- ↑ Merck KGaA sells VWR International to US financial investor , February 16, 2004
- ^ History
- ↑ Avantor Completes Acquisition of VWR , at www.chemie.de , accessed June 10, 2018
- ^ VWR in Germany