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Verdant Strengthens Surfactants with First Acquisition

19.07.2021 -

Verdant Specialty Solutions, Solvay’s former amphoteric surfactants business, has acquired DeForest Enterprises and ParaFlow Energy Solutions from Chemical Services Group...

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Lone Star Takes AOC from CVC

19.07.2021 -

Netherlands-based AOC, a producer of unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins and other solutions for applications in coatings, colorants, adhesives and...

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J&J Said to Eye Bankruptcy for Baby Powder Unit

19.07.2021 -

A month after buying its way out of prosecution in the long-running US litigation against opioid makers for $263 million, Johnson & Johnson is now said to be weighing...

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Vynova Plans Potassium Carbonate Plant in Belgium

16.07.2021 -

European PVC and chlor-alkali producer Vynova has announced plans to build a plant for liquid potassium carbonate at its site in Tessenderlo, Belgium, replacing an...

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New Mountain Acquires Ascensus Specialties

16.07.2021 -

Private equity group New Mountain Capital has acquired Ascensus Specialties, a provider of specialty materials headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA. Financial...

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Advent Sells Allnex to PTT for €4 Billion

16.07.2021 -

To gain a berth in the sustainable industrial coatings market, Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), a 45% affiliate of Bangkok-based, state-owned energy major PTT, is...

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Azelis Boosts Asian Presence with South Korean Buys

15.07.2021 -

Azelis has made two acquisitions this month to date, both in South Korea. The most recent agreement, announced on Jul. 14, is the proposed takeover of Seoul-headquartered...

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UK Greenlights AstraZeneca/Alexion Deal

15.07.2021 -

The bark of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) evidently is worse than its bite – which in the case of AstraZeneca’s $39 billion acquisition of Alexion was...