A consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Advent International Corp. is set to buy the consumer products business of India's Crompton Greaves
The deal is set to be announced within days, the sources said. They declined to be named as the talks are not public.
The board of Crompton Greaves, a conglomerate whose activities stretch from power transmission equipment to fans and air coolers, in March approved a plan to hive off its consumer products business into a separately listed company.
Newspaper reports have since said the company, controlled by the Avantha Group, could instead consider a sale.
The consortium of buyers includes Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings
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Barclays is advising Crompton on the deal.
A spokesman for Avantha declined to comment. Advent International declined to comment, while a Temasek spokesman was not immediately reachable.