17.10.2025 • News
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.
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16.10.2025 • News • Bioprocessing
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.
09.10.2025 • News
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.
07.10.2025 • News
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.
01.10.2025 • News
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.
10.09.2025 • News
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.
02.09.2025 • News
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.
27.08.2025 • News
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.
24.07.2025 • News
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.
21.07.2025 • News
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.
09.07.2025 • News
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.
08.07.2025 • News
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).
02.07.2025 • News
BASF Completes Acquisition of DOMO Chemicals' Shares in Alsachimie JV
BASF has acquired DOMO Chemicals' 49% stake in the Alsachimie joint venture and is now the sole owner of the production company for essential precursors of polyamide (PA) 6.6, including KA oil, adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine adipate (AH salt) in Chalampé, France. The parties have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.
30.06.2025 • News
IMCD Acquires Chilean Specialty Chemicals Distributor
IMCD has acquired Apus Química, a specialty chemicals distributor in Chile.
Sika Acquires Gulf Additive Factory
Sika has acquired Gulf Additive Factory in the State of Qatar. The company manufactures a wide range of construction chemical products.
AkzoNobel to Sell AkzoNobel India to JSW Group
AkzoNobel has signed an agreement to sell its shareholding in AkzoNobel to the JSW Group, one of India’s leading diversified conglomerates.
IMCD Acquires Indian Pharma Supplier Trichem
IMCD, a global partner for the distribution and formulation of speciality chemicals and ingredients, has acquired Trichem, an Indian pharmaceutical supplier.
12.06.2025 • News
Aditya Birla Acquires Cargill Specialty Chemicals Facility
Aditya Birla, an Indian multinational conglomerate, recently announced the expansion of its US Advanced Materials business with the acquisition of Cargill’s specialty chemical facility in Dalton, Georgia.
Brenntag Specialties Acquires MCE Pharma
Brenntag recently announced the acquisition of MCE Pharma to strengthen Brenntag’s capabilities across the entire pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical value chain.
Dow Sells its 50% Ownership in DowAksa
Dow announced that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement to sell its 50% interest in DowAksa to Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Ş., a company of Akkök Holding.
Sanofi to Acquire Blueprint Medicines
Sanofi to acquire Blueprint Medicines, expanding portfolio in rare immunological disease and adding early-stage pipeline in immunology.
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