Private equity firm MBK to drop takeover of Japan’s Makino
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Plan ended at government request, citing national security concerns
Asia-based private equity firm MBK Partners had planned to acquire machine tool maker Makino. (Source photos by Nikkei)
TOKYO — MBK Partners, an Asian private equity firm, has decided to abandon its planned takeover of Japanese machine tool maker Makino Milling Machine, sources have told Nikkei.