Private equity firms are circling WWRD Holdings, the owner of British ceramics maker Wedgwood, after the company’s owners KPS Capital Partners put the firm on the auction block at the beginning of the year.
UK buyout firms Cinven and Pamplona Capital Management are among those expected to bid for the Anglo-Irish company that owns the Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton and Royal Albert brands, according to three people familiar with the matter.