Keyword: Brenntag

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Brenntag Sells Biosector to Croda

18.12.2018 - Chemical distribution giant Brenntag has agreed to sell its Danish subsidiary Brenntag Biosector to UK specialty chemical company Croda for €72 million. Karsten Beckmann, CEO...

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Brenntag Buys Africa’s Desbro Group

18.09.2018 - Distribution giant Brenntag has agreed to acquire Kenya’s Desbro Group, strengthening the German company’s specialty chemicals presence in Africa. The Essen-based group said Desbro...

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Brenntag Buys Belgium’s Alphamin

20.08.2018 - Brenntag has bought specialty chemicals distributor Alphamin from Belgium’s KeBek Private Equity, marking the fourth acquisition for the German distribution giant this year...

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Brenntag to buy Canada Colors and Chemicals

06.07.2018 - In its third acquisition so far this year, German distribution giant Brenntag has signed an agreement with Canada Colors and Chemicals (CCC) to acquire the Toronto company’s...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Successful Partnerships

30.04.2018 - The European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) picked the tagline “Shaping successful partnerships for the new market demands” as the theme for this year’s annual...

Strategy & Management

Along the Acquisition Trail

17.04.2018 - For the global specialty chemicals sector, the past two years have been among the most exciting of the young millennium. Many mergers and acquisitions were in the spotlight in 2017...

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...