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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
AkzoNobel Completes $1.4 Billion Sale of AkzoNobel India to JSW Group
Akzo Nobel has completed the sale of Akzo Nobel India, including its liquid paints and coatings business, to the JSW Group for an enterprise value of about €1.4 billion.
CABB Group to Sell Jayhawk Fine Chemicals to Anupam Rasayan
CABB Group has signed a definitive agreement to sell its US-based subsidiary Jayhawk Fine Chemicals to Anupam Rasayan, marking Anupam’s entry into US manufacturing and supporting CABB’s strategic focus on pharma.
Asahi Kasei and Teijin Establish Distribution Joint Venture
The two Japanese companies Asahi Kasei and Teijin are merging their trading divisions.
Harbour Group's Americo Acquires Fusion
Harbour Group's Americo has acquired Fusion Chemical, a specialty metalworking fluids manufacturer based in Huntington, Indiana, expanding its product offerings and capacity for growth.
Halozyme Acquires Drug Delivery Company Elektrofi
Halozyme has acquired Elektrofi to expand its drug delivery portfolio, with royalty revenues expected to start by 2030 as partnered products advance to clinical development.
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Halda Therapeutics for $3.05 Billion
Johnson & Johnson is acquiring clinical-stage biotech Halda Therapeutics for $3.05 billion to enhance its oncology pipeline.
Brenntag Acquires Chem Tech Services
The acquisition builds on Brenntag's significant market position in oil and gas and serves the growing energy market in North America.
AkzoNobel and Axalta Announce $25 Billion Merger
AkzoNobel and Axalta have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal, creating a global coatings leader with $17 billion in revenue, a $25 billion enterprise value, and significant synergies expected within three years.
IMCD Acquires Dong Yang FT to Expand in South Korean Beauty Sector
IMCD ito acquire Dong Yang FT to enhance its position in the beauty and personal care market in South Korea.
Merck Acquires Chromatography Business from JSR Life Sciences
Merck to acquire the chromatography business of JSR Life Sciences, a leading provider of CDMO services, preclinical and translational clinical research, and bioprocessing solutions.
BASF Sells Majority Stake in Coatings Business
BASF sells a majority stake in its coatings business to the investor Carlyle.
Harke Pharma Acquires Groundbreaking Memory Complex
Harke Pharma has completed the acquisition of a highly acclaimed nutraceutical Memory Complex originally developed by Green Bioactives, UK.
Carlyle Leads Potential BASF Coatings Deal
Private equity firm Carlyle is leading discussions to acquire the coatings division of German chemical giant BASF, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Safic-Alcan Acquires Anders, Expands in Latin America
Safic-Alcan has expanded its reach in Latin America with the acquisition of Anders, strengthening its position and portfolio within the region's specialty chemicals market.
BASF Sells Food and Health Performance Ingredients Unit
The transaction includes the production site in Illertissen, Germany, three application laboratories outside Germany, and ~300 employees who have transferred to Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) as part of the acquisition.
Pfizer Agrees to Take Over Metsera for $4.9 Billion
Pfizer to acquire Metsera, a New York, NY-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company accelerating the next generation of medicines for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases.
Prange Pharma Acquires Site in Italy from MSD
Prange Pharma is taking over a production site from MSD Animal Health in Aprilia, Italy. A new center for contract manufacturing in the field of animal health products is to be established there.
Roche to Acquire 89Bio in $3.5 Billion Deal
Acquisition supports Roche’s strategy as it enhances the company’s portfolio in cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic diseases (CVRM) and offers optionality for future combination development.
Symeres Acquires DGr Pharma
CRDMO Symeres has acquired DGr Pharma, expanding its capabilities with DGr Pharma’s regulatory and consultancy expertise to provide more comprehensive drug development services.
Jungbunzlauer Acquires Illinois Plant to Establish US Manufacturing
Jungbunzlauer to acquire from International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) a multipurpose site in Thomson, IL, establishing a US manufacturing footprint.
IMCD to Acquire Tillmanns
IMCD, a partner for the distribution and formulation of speciality chemicals and ingredients, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Tillmanns.
Safic-Alcan Acquire Ingredients Plus, Strengthening APAC Position
Safic-Alcan, a distributor of specialty chemicals, announces the acquisition of Ingredients Plus, a specialty chemicals distributor with a strong historical presence in the personal care sector in Malaysia and Singapore.
M&A in the Chemical Industry
Navigating Uncertainty While Unlocking Strategic Opportunities
Covestro to Acquire Two Vencorex Sites for Expanding Aliphatics Production
Covestro has agreed to acquire two legal entities with stand-alone production sites for HDI (Hexamethylene Diisocyanate) derivatives in Rayong, Thailand, and Freeport, USA, from Vencorex Holding SAS.
Cabot Corporation to Acquire Mexico Carbon Manufacturing
Cabot Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mexico Carbon Manufacturing from Bridgestone Corporation.
Saint-Gobain Acquires Three Construction Chemical Firms
Saint-Gobain has strengthened its construction chemicals business with the acquisition of three companies: Interstar Materials in North America, Isoltech in Italy, and Soquimic in Peru.
Merck Sells Pigments Business to GNMI
Merck transferred its Surface Solutions business to Global New Material International (GNMI), one of the largest manufacturers of pearlescent pigments.
Ofichem Acquires Meribel Pharma Solutions’ Uppsala Site
Ofichem, a European CDMO specialising in high-quality active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and integrated drug development and manufacturing services, has acquired Meribel Pharma Solutions’ site in Uppsala, Sweden.
Bakelite Acquires Sestec to Boost Bio-based Adhesives Offering
Bakelite has successfully acquired Sestec, a Poland-based company, for its sustainable protein-based adhesives for wood and composite products.
Harke Acquires Swedish Vendico
Harke Group, based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, acquired the Swedish Vendico Group, comprising Vendico Chemical, Inventicon, and Omni International.
MSD to Acquire Verona Pharma for $10 Billion
MSD, known as Merck & Co. in the US and Canada, recently announced it will acquire Verona Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, for approximately $10 billion.
Azelis Acquires Italian Specialty Chemicals Distributor ACEF
Azelis has acquired Azienda Chimica e Farmaceutica (‘ACEF’), a distributor of speciality raw materials and ingredients for the cosmetic, nutraceutical, galenic, and pharma industries in Italy.
Bio-Rad Acquires Stilla Technologies
Bio-Rad Laboratories, a life science research and clinical diagnostics company, has completed the acquisition of Stilla Technologies, a developer of digital PCR (dPCR) systems.
AbbVie to Acquire Capstan Therapeutics for $2 Billion
AbbVie has announced it will acquire Capstan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on advancing in vivo cell engineering through RNA delivery using targeted lipid nanoparticles (tLNPs).
