Brintons Considering Sale to Private Equity Firm

London, England, July 29, 2011 -- Brintons Carpets may be sold to a private equity firm, according to the BBC.

Don Coates, managing director of Kidderminster-based Brintons Carpets, said the company is in discussion with a global private equity company.

The firm has been family owned for more than 200 years.

Brintons Carpets has two factories in the UK, one in Portugal, one in India, and an unfinished plant in China.