04.04.2016
- Is there a proven management recipe for turning a chemical industry spinoff into a success story? Camelot Management Consultants analyzed the history and performance of 20 such...
23.03.2016
- US private equity firm Bain Capital has sold its remaining 7.9% stake in Netherlands-based specialty chemicals distributor IMCD. Bain placed 4.2 million shares, priced at €31.25...
04.08.2015
- As the European PVC production sector goes through a spell of “shape-shifting,” the prospects for France’s ailing Kem One are looking up. Following the merger of the Solvay and...
29.04.2015
- In February, Atlas, the holding company of the Azelis Group announced the sale of the specialty chemicals distributor to global private equity firm Apax Partners. Since 2007, when...
24.10.2014
- Private equity companies Advent, Carlyle, Cinven, CVC and KKR are reported to be interested in teaming up with each other or sovereign wealth funds to bid for Bayer MaterialScience...
22.10.2014
- Private equity investor Hannover Finanz Group has taken a 28.6% share of Biesterfeld AG, the holding company for German chemicals and plastics distributor Biesterfeld Group. The...
15.09.2014
- Major US chemical producer Eastman has agreed to acquire compatriot Taminco, a major producer of alklylamines and alkylamine derivatives, for $2.8 billion. The deal proposed to be...
11.09.2014
- Danish holding company Auriga Industries is selling its crop protection unit Cheminova to US diversified chemical producer FMC for $1.8 billion. The holding had announced in July...
