Acquisitions, Mergers and Divestment 2013 in Chemical Industry by CHEMWINFO

23

Dec.

Kemira's formic acid business

including the feed and

the airport runway deicing

product lines

          140

         million

          EUR.

23

Dec.

a 20,000 metric ton 

ammonia tank to have

additional ammonia 

storage capacity and access

to an ammonia pipeline 

17

Dec.

Sasol Solvents Germany

GmbH comprising

production facilities in

Germany, based at 

* Herne producing ethanol,

   isopropyl alcohol and etc.

* Moers producing

   isopropyl alcohol (IPA),

   secondary butyl alcohol

   (SBA) and etc.  

16

Dec.

1.LCS Optiroc Pte Ltd. in

  Singapore and

2.LCS Optiroc SDN. BHD.,

a leading manufacturer of

cementitious powder 

products

16

Dec.

Clariant Chemicals

(India) Limited

A masterbatch business

in India supplying black,

white, filler and colour

masterbatches, additive

masterbatches, flushed

pigments as well as

engineering plastics

compounds

13

Dec.

        200

       million

        USD.

12

Dec.

Ferro Industrial 

Products Proprietary

Limited, specializes in

the production and

distributiion of coating

and materials for 

composite markets

2 south african subsidiaries

* Arkema Resins 

  Proprietary Limited

* Harveys Composites

  Propriietary Limited

9

Dec.

Kemira's distribution business

of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric

acid and sodium hydroxide

in Denmark

5

Dec.

AZ Electronic Material,

the producer of

High-Quality,High-Purity

specialty chemical materials

for electronics industry

        1.6

       billion

        GBP

5

Dec.

Kaneka Belgium N.V.,

a subsidiary of

Kaneka Corporation,

Japan

a PVC modifier business

comprising 

intangible assets and

inventory, not including

the transfer of production

assets or employees

in Ludwigshafen

2

Dec.

    Chendgu Tianqi

    Industry Group 

49 % interest in 

Talison Lithium through 

a JV with Chendu Tianqi

29

Nov.

Bauminas Quimica

Ltda

Kemira Oyj

Kemira's Brazilian iron and

aluminium coagulant business

including

1.Coagulant related assets,

  liabilities and personnel of

  Kemira Watersolutions 

  Brazil Ltda and

2.Shares of Nhell Quimica

   Ltda as well as 

3. three coagulants

   manufacturing sites in

   Brazil

Sumitomo Chemical

Lyondell Centennial Corp.

(LyondellBasell)

LyondellBasell's 40 % stake

in Nihon Oxirane Co., Ltd.,

the joint venture company

producing styrene monomer,

propylene oxide and

propylene glycol 

    PGEO Group

 (Wilmar subsidiary)

             Vopak

 Vopak Terminal Pasir

 Gudang Sdn Bhd (VTPG)

 in Malaysia

 Yara International

 Ominex Resources Inc.

OFD Holding Inc.,

comprising of fertilizer

production faciilities in

Columbia and distributiion

companies across

Latin America 

         425

    million USD

MBP Investors LLC,

an affiliate of

Townsend

Ventures

         Dow Chemical 

 Dow's

ownership interest in

Dow Kokam LLC, 

the manufacturer of 

Liithim-ion battery cells

 22.83 % stake in BST or

Bangkok Synthetic Co.,Ltd.

producing Butadiene,

MTBE, Butene-1,

C-4 Raffinate and

C-4 LPG in Thailand

        8,028

        million

        Baht 

18 Nov.

Frutarom 

Industries Ltd.

Protein Technologies

Ingredients Group (PTI),

a Russian producer of

flavors,

seasoning compounds

for food industry

the acquisition of 75 %

of the share capital

         50.3

        million

         USD.

6 Nov.

Toray Industries

         via 

Toray Advanced

Material Korea Inc.

a 56.2 % stake in

Woongjin Chemical Co., Ltd

A producer and distributor

of  PET films,

Polyester fiber,

non-woven fabric,

water treatment

membrane modules,

A-PET sheet (cast film)

          430

         billion

          won

6 Nov.

Asahi Glass Co.,Ltd

and

Mitsubishi

Corporation

Petronas Chemicals

Group Berhad

(PCG)

A 93.11 % interest in

Phu My Plastics and

Chemical Co.,Ltd (PMPC),

A polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

producer in Viietnam

31 Oct.

Grand Astor Limited

Chevron Phillips Chemical

Company LLC

(CPChem)

Chevron Phillips Chemical

(China) Co., Ltd.,

which owns a polystyrene

plant in Zhangjiagang,

China

31 Oct.

Solvay

Chemlogics,

The company serves the

needs of oils and gas

industry's stimulation and

cementing segments

with headquarter in

California, USA.

All its assets are located in

the U.S. and include

3 manufacturing sites,

8 formulation centers and

6 research and technical

facilities

        1,345

        million

         USD.

31 Oct.

AkzoNobel

Omar Zarwawi

Establishement LLC

A 50 % stake and

management control of

Sadolin Paints Oman SOAC

involving the

manufactures and sales

of decorative paints and

performance coatiings

in Oman

30 Oct.

Stahl is in exclusive

negotiations with Clariant

for the acquisition of its

Leather Chemical Business

28 Oct.

The Mosaic

Company

           1.2

          billion

          USD.

18 Oct.

ALTANA

The Valspar (France)

Corporation, S.A.S

Water-based and UV

overprint varnishes

Business

15 Oct.

International

Chemical Investors

Group (ICIG),

a privately owned

industrial holding

company focusing

on mid-sized 

chemicals and 

pharmaceuticals 

businesses

Detergents &

Intermediates 

Business

            58

        million CHF.

11 Oct.

W.R. Grace & Co.

(Grace)

The Dow Chemical

Company (DOW)

Polypropylene process

technology licensing and

Catalysts Business

          500

         million

          USD.

Oman Oil

Company

(OOC),

a commercial

company owned by

the Government of

the Sultanate of

Oman 

Advent International,

one of the largest and

most experienced global

investors dedicated solely

to private equity

OXEA,

a global manufacturer of

Oxo Intermediates and

Oxo derivatives such as

alcohols, polyols,

carboxylic acids,

specialty esters and

amines

10 Oct.

KIK Custom

Products Inc.,

The Toronto,

Canadian-based

company and one of

the largest contract

and private label

manufacturers of

consumer, instituional

and industriial

products

Consumer products

Business

          315

      million USD.

1 Oct.

SK Capital

Textile Chemicals,

Paper Specialties and

Emulsion Business ;

The three former 

Clariant Businesses are

now operating under 

the name

" Archroma"

          425

        million

          CHF

1 Oct.

SIKA AG

Building Adhesives

Business

         260

        million

         EUR

1 Oct.

ALTANA

Rheology business, 

one of the world's leading

suppliers of rheology 

additives used in coatings,

construction materials and

personal care poruducst

to ensure that coatings

have the right viscosity 

and that they can be

applied without

forming droplets or bubbles

           635

          million

          USD

30 

Sept.

Clariant

Jiangsu Multicolor

Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.

The organic pigment 

business

27

Sept.

Toray Industries

Zoltek Companies, Inc.

The manufacturer of

Large tow

Carbon Fiber

           584

          million

          USD

26

Sept.

International

Chemical Investors

Group

(ICIG)

Allessa GmbH, 

A manufacturer of

fine chemicals and

specialty chemicals

in Germany

17

Sept.

Huntsman

Corporation

Performance additives and

Titanium dioxide

Business

          1.1

         billion

         USD

12 

Sept.

H2 Equity Partners,

a private

investment firm

UK profile activities 

such as

PVC building materials

(window and door profiles)

and other building products

3

Sept.

1.Chemsil,

develops and markets

silicone-based formulations

to personal care industry.

2.Chemtec, which

distributes a wide range of

personal care ingredients,

focused on customers on

the West Coast (USA)

          40

         million

         USD.

3 

Sept.

Perrite

was part of 

the VITA Group

portfolio of companies

The Perrite Group,

a thermoplastic

manufacturing business

with operations in Malaysia,

the United Kingdom and

France

9

Aug.

Yara International

ASA

Bunge's fertilizer business

in Brazil

          750

         million

          USD

1

Aug.

UK packde chlorine

business

31

Jul.

Aresenal Capital

Partners,

A leading

New York-based

private equity firm

Aurora Capital Partners,

A Los Angeles-based

private investment firm

ADCO Global Inc.,

a leading global provider of

sealants, tapes and

adhesives,

Concurrently

ADCO has merged with

Royal Adhesives and

Sealants, LLC. (Royal)

25

Jul.

Eltek Holding AS.

The sale of 100%

shareholding in Dynea AS

including 100% of the shares

in Dynea Hungary Kft,

50% of the share in

Nordalim A/S and 34.5% of

the share in Krystal AS and

33.3% of the share in

Bozod Chem-Krem Chemie

Formalin Kft, owned by

Dynea Hungary Kft

24

Jul.

FMC Corporation

All shares of

1. Epax Nutra Holding III

    (AS) Norway and

2. Epax UK Holding III AS

    (United Kingdom)

The leading manufacturer of

Omega-3 fatty acid 

concentrates

         345

        million

        USD.

22

Jul.

Rutgers Organics

GmbH

VIANCE

The European business of

the U.S. wood preservative

manufacturer " VIANCE"

19

Jul.

RP Compounds,

a subsidiary of

Ravago S.A.

Styron's Expandable

Polystyrene (EPS)

Business

18

Jul.

SIKA AG

Radmix Resources Pty Ltd 

and its manufacturing

partner ASF Pty Ltd

(Asian Sythetic Fibres).

Radmix is the supplier of

structural fibres for

shortcrete in Australia's

mining industry

17

Jul.

Toray Industries

Plasan Carbon

Composites, Inc.

20 % stake in Plasan

Carbon Composites, Inc.,

a U.S. manufacturer and

distributor of auto parts

based on carbon fiber

reinforced plastics (CFRP)

15

Jul.

SIKA AG

JMT Texsa, de C.V. 

of Mexico and

Texsa India Ltd.

1.JMT Texsa, de C.V. of

   Mexico and

2.Texsa India Ltd.

are the producers of

waterproofing membranes

7

Jul

Huntsmans

Oxid L.P.,

Oxid L.P.,

a privately-held manufacturer

and marketer of 

specialty urethane polyols

in Texas, USA.

1 

Jul.

Kemira Oyj

3F produces

dry and emulsion

polyacrylamide polymers and

related process chemicals.

The polymer production is

supported by

backward integrated 

key intermediates, such as

bio-acrylamide and

cationic monomers

          85

        million

         EUR.

28

June

DIC Corpration

Hitachi Chemical's 50% stake

in DH Materials Inc.,

its joint venture company

producing unsaturated 

polyester resins

19 

June

Mitsubishi Chemical

Corporation

Compound Business

* producing thermoplastic

  elastomers (TPE)

  and PVC compound.

* comprising

   4 production sites in

   France,Poland and

   China and 1 R&D site

   in Belgium 

17

June

Cabot Corporation

60% share equity of its

Mexican carbon black 

joint venturen,

NHUMO S.A. de C.V.

        105

      million $

17 

June

SIKA AG

Everbuild Building

Products Ltd.

Everbuild Building Products

Ltd, 

UK's largest independent

manufacturer of sealants,

adhesives and

construction chemicals

12

June

Air Liquide

Voltaix Inc.

Voltaix Inc., 

a U.S. manufacturing

company for materials

used in the production of

semiconductor devices and

10

June

Asahi Kasei Chemicals

Dupont China Holdings

Co., Ltd.

Dupont's 50% stake in

the joint venture,

Asahi-Dupont POM 

(Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd.,

the producer of

polyacetal copolymer

in China

31

May

Aditya Birla Chemicals

(India) Limited

Solaris Chemtech

Industries Limited (SCIL)

The Chlor-alkali and 

Phosphoric Acid Division

30

May

Mexichem,

SAB de CV

The specialty PVC resin

business

        250

    million USD.

27

May

INEOS Barex AG

Polyacrylonitriles business

23

May

Shin-Etsu Chemical

Co., Ltd.

General Electric Company

(GE)

GE's stake in its joint venture

company in Thailand,

Asia Silicones Monomer

Limited (ASM)

22

May

Mitsubishi Plastics

50% of the issued and

outstanding stock in

Aquamit B.V.,

Aquamit is a holding

company of Quadrant AG

running business in 

Engineering plastics,

Fiber plastic composite

materials.

15

May

Chemtura Corporation

UP Chemical's 50% stake in

DayStar Materials LLC., a

South Korean manufacturer

of high-purity metal organic

precursors for LED markets

10

May

Flotek Industries, Inc.

Florida Chemical Company,

Inc.

Florida Chemical Company is

the World's largest processor

of citrus oil and a pioneer in

solvent, chemical synthesis,

flavor and fragrance and is

the innovator in creating 

high performance , bio-based

products for a variety of

industries including

applications in oil and gas

business

1

May

Arsenal 

Capital Partners,

A New York-based

private equity firm

ARNCO, one of the world's

largest suppliers of

polyurethane products :

- Tire flatproofing systems

- Polyurethane systems

- Polyurethanes tires

- Roofing spray foams and

  UV protective coatings 

22

Apr.

Mitsubishi Chemical

Corporation, MCC

Combrex, LLC.,

a U.S. producer of

PVC compounds and

vulcanized thermoplastic

elastomers (TPV).

1

Apr.

AkzoNobel's North American

Decorative Paints Business

          1.05

        billion $