FRANCE - Carlyle sells Cameca to Ametek for EUR 82m

Carlyle acquired the business in April 2005, in a secondary buyout. Barclays Private Equity and Perfectis Private Equity had backed the company's first LBO.

Paris-headquartered Cameca manufactures high-end elemental analysis systems used in advanced laboratory research, semiconductor and nanotechnology applications. In 2005, the company acquired Atomika, giving Cameca a presence in Germany, Asia and the semiconductor sector.

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