# IPH and Brammer combine to form IPH Brammer

Advent International completed the acquisition of IPH to combine it with Brammer, creating IPH Brammer, a European leader in industrial distribution with combined revenues of nearly €2.2 billion and over 8,000 employees.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-10-03
- Where: London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Status: completed
- Products: industrial supplies distribution
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Advent International](https://endata.com/companies/430.md) (investor)
- [Brammer](https://endata.com/companies/431.md) (acquirer)
- [IPH Group](https://endata.com/companies/1883.md) (target)

## Sources

- [bearing-news.com](https://www.bearing-news.com/iph-brammer-combine-create-european-leader-industrial-distribution/), 2017-10-03: "Merging IPH and Brammer is a major step for the European industrial supplies market consolidation and in the evolution of the two companies."

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