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EQT and Blackstone Infrastructure to acquire Urbaser, a leading waste management infrastructure platform
EQT is pleased to announce that the EQT Infrastructure VI fund and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure have agreed to acquire Urbaser, from funds managed by Platinum Equity.
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