SKC of South Korea and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of Kuwait have agreed to establish a propylene chemicals joint venture worth $1.2 billion. PIC will hold a 49 percent stake worth $476.2 million in the new company whereas South Korea’s SKC will hold the other 51 percent. SKC confirmed it will spin off its operations … Read more
Huntsman Corporation announced on Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its chemical intermediates businesses, which includes PO/MTBE, and its surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures in a transaction valued at $2.076 billion. The transaction comprises a cash purchase price of $2.0 billion plus the transfer of up to approximately $76 million … Read more
Eni and ADNOC, said they closed their strategic partnership, announced in January, through which Eni acquired a 20 percent equity interest in ADNOC refining. The partners – which include Austria’s OMV – also set up a new trading joint venture. ADNOC Refining refines in excess of 922,000 barrels per day of crude at its Ruwais … Read more
Grillo has sold its IP and know-how regarding the production of MSA from methane to BASF. BASF will utilize the acquired IP and know-how within its own R&D activities on MSA. Grillo has developed a novel process and optimized it on R&D pilot plant scale over the last years. BASF, with its global research and … Read more
Huntsman Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Sasol to acquire the 50% interest that Huntsman does not own in the Sasol-Huntsman maleic anhydride joint venture. The joint venture owns a manufacturing facility in Moers, Germany with capacity to produce 100,000 metric tonnes of maleic anhydride. Huntsman will pay Sasol $92.5 million, … Read more
Clariant and SABIC have agreed to temporarily suspend the discussions on the intended business combination High Performance Materials (HPM), consisting of Clariant’s Additives and high value Masterbatches and parts of SABIC’s Specialties business. The JV talks with Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC) had been shelved due to differences over price, which comes as a further setback … Read more
Givaudan, the global leader in flavours and fragrances, announced that it is to acquire Drom to further extend its leadership in the global Fragrance market. While terms of the deal have not been disclosed, Drom’s business would have represented approximately EUR 110 million ($122.5 million) of incremental sales to Givaudan’s results in 2018 on a … Read more
Bunge Limited , a leader in agriculture, food and ingredients, announced an agreement with BP plc to form a 50:50 joint venture that will create a leading bioenergy company in Brazil. The joint venture, to be called BP Bunge Bioenergia, will operate on a stand-alone basis, with a total of 11 sites located across the … Read more
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to acquire French aerospace coatings manufacturer Mapaero. The intended acquisition will strengthen AkzoNobel’s global position in aerospace coatings, notably in the structural and cabin coating sub-segments, and contribute directly towards delivering the company’s 2020 guidance. Established in 1992 and specializing in sustainable water-based and advanced eco-friendly products, Mapaero operates a … Read more
BASF India Limited has entered into an agreement to divest its stilbene-based Optical Brightening Agents (OBA) business for paper and powder detergent applications to Archroma India Private Limited for about Rs 33.50 crore ($4.9 million). The transaction includes stilbene-based OBA product portfolio and the manufacturing unit at Ankleshwar, India. The stilbene-based OBA business is part … Read more
Synthomer Plc said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy Omnova Solutions Inc for an enterprise value of $824 million in a bid to strengthen its global position. London-based Synthomer is offering Beachwood, Ohio-headquartered Omnova $10.15 for each share, a premium of 58% to Omnova’s closing price on Tuesday. Completion is subject to closing conditions, … Read more
Arkema completed the acquisition of ArrMaz, a global leader in specialty surfactants for crop nutrition, mining and infrastructure markets. The acquisition of this profitable, resilient and low capital intensive business, which has an accretive impact from the first year, is another milestone in Arkema’s growth journey towards specialties that contributes to further reinforcing the Group’s … Read more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co has offered to acquire Nova Chemicals Corp. for more than $15 billion, Reuters reported based on information from people familiar with the matter. Nova Chemicals is owned by Mubadala Investment Co., located in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The state-owned investor has been scouting for a buyer since … Read more
Unifrax, the leading global provider of high-performance specialty materials backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., announced it has acquired Stellar Materials, LLC, a manufacturer of highly proprietary, mission-critical and innovative specialty chemistries and materials. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “This acquisition represents another positive step in the continued implementation of our long-term … Read more
Danhua Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. is planning to purchase 100% equity of Jiangsu Silbang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. by way of issuance of shares. The transaction is valued around 11 billion yuan ($1.59 billion). The transaction is part of the company’s asset restructuring plan. On June 13, 2019, the company held the twenty-seventh meeting of the … Read more
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) announced that funds managed by Northleaf have acquired a 49% equity interest in Odfjell Holdings (US) Inc. (OHUS), a portfolio of bulk liquid storage terminals in the United States. The remaining 51% interest continues to be held by Odfjell SE, one of the leading players in the global market for seaborne … Read more
Lion Elastomers, LLC announced on Monday the execution of a purchase agreement for an Orange, Texas production site owned and operated by Firestone Polymers, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation. The plant manufactures polybutadiene and styrene-butadiene copolymers, produced under the Stereon™, Diene™, and Duradene™ trade names. These products are complementary to Lion’s current … Read more
Polyscope Polymers B.V. has completed the business integration of the global styrene maleic anhydride (SMA®) copolymers business from Cray Valley S.A., Cray Valley HSC Asia Ltd, Cray Valley (Guangzhou) Chemical Co. Ltd. and Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. Cray Valley was the global market leader for low molecular weight (LMW) SMA® products and the … Read more
Nippon Shokubai and Sanyo Chemical Industries announced on Wednesday that the two companies had reached a Basic Agreement to move ahead with the consideration toward the integration of their businesses based on an equal footing. They will establish a holding company in October 2020 to integrate operations, which will be followed by a full-blown merger … Read more
Showa Denko has decided to acquire all shares in ILAG Industrielack AG, which leads the ILAG Group (ILAG), a specialty non-stick coating chemicals manufacturing company headquartered in Wangen, Switzerland, and signed a stock purchase and sale agreement with the current owners, a coalition of investors led by Helvetica Capital AG, a Swiss-based private equity firm. … Read more