Avantor, a LBO'd provider of laboratory supplies and services, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to an estimated $1.5 billion in an initial public offering.
The Radnor, PA-based company was founded in 1904 and booked $5.1 billion in sales for the 12 months ended September 30, 2018. Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are the joint bookrunners on the deal. The company did not disclose a proposed ticker or exchange.
