03.02.2016
- North America’s largest producer of vinyl building products Axiall, based at Atlanta, Georgia, USA, has rejected a $1.4 billion bid from rival US vinyls producer Westlake...
05.10.2015
- Axiall, the US commodity chemicals business resulting from the 2013 merger of Georgia Gulf and PPG, has sold its Aromatics division at Pasadena, Texas to Ineos Americas for around...
18.07.2014
- It appears that Marl, Germany-based PVC producer Vestolit may be up for grabs again. Private equity investor Strategic Value Partners (SVP) Global is said to be looking to sell the...
20.11.2012
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Almost 35% of chemicals M&A transactions currently involve Asia or the Middle East. With this forecast to increase, a wider group of buyers are evaluating...
18.10.2012
- Chemicals producer PPG Industries posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as cost cuts helped offset nearly flat revenue. For the third quarter, net income rose...
19.07.2012
- Chemical company Georgia Gulf reached a US-$2.1 billion deal to absorb PPG Industries's commodity chemicals business, nearly doubling its size and making it one the largest players...
