Acquisitions, Mergers and Divestment 2014 in Chemical Industry by CHEMWINFO

Year

2014  

20

Mar.

CABOT CORPORATION,

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20

Mar.

Foster Wheeler

AG,

A subsidiary of its

Global Power Group,

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the Siemens Environmental

Systems and

Services business that

supplies and services

clean air technologies

for use in power plants and

industrial facilities. 

20

Mar.

The Deb Group

of Denby,

Great Britain

Evonik Industries AG,

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Global line of skin-care products

for professionals,

a business that

the company bundles under

the brand name

Stoko® Professional Skin Care. 

13

Mar.

Intrexon 

Corporation

Codexis,

a leading developer of

biocatalysts for the 

pharmaceuticals and fine

chemical industries,

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Codexis' subsidiary in

Hungary

13

Mar.

Foster Wheeler

AG,

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MDM Engineering Group

in south africa

acquire all of the ordinary shares

and options in issue of 

MDM Engineering 

in a cash transaction

11

Mar.

Praxair, Inc.,

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1.United Welding Supplies,

  LLC and

2.Best Welders Supply, Inc.

two independent distributors of

packaged gas and

welding supplies

1.United Welding Supplies, LLC
   (United) in Texas and

2.Best Welders Supply, Inc.

  (Best) in Oklahoma,

with combined 2013 annual sales

of about $30 million. .

10

Mar.

Royal Vopak,

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Xianglu

Petrochemical

(Zhangzhou)

Co., Ltd.

in Fujian province,

China

Vopak’s acquisition of

a 30% equity interest in

Zhangzhou Gulei Haiteng

Jetty Investment Management

Company Limited (Haiteng).

Haiteng owns

an industrial terminal,

commissioned in 2013,

consisting of 890,000 cbm

storage capacity for

petrochemical products. 

10

Mar

FMC Corporation,

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to separate into 2

independent public companies,

1. "New FMC,"

   which will be comprised of

   FMC's Agricultural Solutions and

   Health and Nutrition segments

  and

2."FMC Minerals,"

  which will be comprised of

  FMC's current Minerals segment

7

Mar.

BP,

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All interests previously held by

Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

(MCI) and

Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (MBK) in

PT Amoco Mitsui PTA Indonesia

(AMI). 

4

Mar.

Evonik Industries

AG,

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Silbond Corp.

(Weston, Michigan, USA),

a leading supplier of

silicic acid esters.

As a special group of

functional silanes,

silicic acid esters are used

in a wide variety of applications

for example in the

electronics industry or

in chemical applications

such as coatings.

The most important

silicic acid ester is

Tetraethoxysilane (TEOS)

which is manufactured by

Silbond. 

3

Mar.

Novamont,

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M & G,

Mossi & Ghisolfi

Novamont acquired from

M&G 78% of the shares in

Mater-Biopolymer srl -

the company that

controls the plant in Patrica (FR)-

with an option to buy

the remaining share capital

by the end of 2016. 

21

Feb.

Shell,

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Shell's

Australia downstream

businesses

(excluding Aviation) ,

The sale covers

Shell’s Geelong Refinery and

870-site retail business -

along with its bulk fuels,

bitumen, chemicals

and part of its lubricants

businesses in Australia. 

It also includes a brand license

arrangement and an exclusive

distributor arrangement

in Australia for Shell Lubricants.

18

Feb.

Styron,

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JSR Corporation

to acquire JSR's capacity right

to 50 % of one of Styron's

3 SSBR ( Solution-Styrene

Butadiene Rubber)

production train 

in Schkopau, Germany

18

Feb.

Clayton, Dubilier &

Rice

Ashland Inc.,

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a leading supplier of

specialty chemicals and services

to the pulp and paper

and industrial water markets

13

Feb.

Foster Wheeler AG,

a global engineering and

construction company

AMEC will offer to exchange

for each outstanding share of

Foster Wheeler common stock

consideration consisting of

0.8998 shares of AMEC stock

and $16.00 in cash

11

Feb.

AECI in

South Africa

Clariant 

Water treatment

business in Africa

6

Feb.

Haldor Topsoe

A/S

Faradion Limited

based in

Sheffield Yorkshire,

United Kingdom

18 % of the share in the

battery technology 

company Faradion Limited

in sodium-ion battery

technology 

4

Feb.

SIKA

Lwart Quimica Ltda.

Lwart Quimica Ltda. is a

supplier of waterproofing

products for the 

construction industry 

in Brazil with 2 recognized 

brands- one in the technical

waterproofing segment, the

other in the retail market

4

Feb.

Royal DSM

Polypropylene wax emulsion

business. The products can be

used to coat glass fibers for the

manufacturing of composites

3

Feb.

PPG Industries

Hi-Temp Coatings

Technology Co., Ltd.

Hi-Temp is a global supplier

of coatings that withstand

extreme temperature to

protect both carbon steel

and stainless steel 

substrates.

3

Feb.

Praxair, Inc.

Shareholders

Praxair Distribution

Mid-Atlantic, LLC (PDMA) ,

Praxair's industrial gases

joint venture operating 51

production and distribution

facilities serving about

39,000 customers in

healthcare, pharmaceutical,

chemical, bio-technology and

other industries.

31

Jan.

Sulzer Metco, 

the global technology 

leader in the thermal spray

and surface appliications

business

    CHF 1.0 billion

28

Jan

The

Merger of

LCY Chemical

Corp's Styrne

Block Copolymer

(SBC) Business

with

Kraton 

Performance

Polymers, Inc.

LCY to contribute its 

Styrene Block Copolymer

business in exchange for

newly issued shares in the

combined company,

LCY and Kraton's

shareholders will each 

own 50 % of

the combined company

incorporated in the UK and

listed on the New York

Stock Exchange with

corporate headquarters

in Houston, Texas, USA.

28

Jan.

Eastman 

Chemical

Company

BP

BP's global turbine 

engine oil business

24

Jan.

Siltronic AG,

a 100 %

subsidiary  of

WACKER

Chemie AG

Sumsung Electronics

Co., Ltd.

Majority ownership of

Siltronic Sumsung Water

Pte. Ltd. from 50 % to

78 % stake

22

Jan.

Renewable

Energy Group,

Inc.

LS 9, Inc.

LS 9, Inc., the leading

renewable chemical 

developer for detergents,

personal cares,

renewable fuels

16

Jan 

International

Flavors &

Fragrances Inc.

(IFF)

Aromor Flavors and

Fragrances Ltd.

A privately held 

manufacturer and

marketer of specialty

ingredients used  in

Fragrances and Flavors

10

Jan

H.I.G. Capital,

LLC, a leading

global private

investment firm

American Pacific

Corporation (AMPAC)

AMPAC is a leading custom

manufacturer of fine

chemicals and specialty 

chemicals within its

focused markets

         $ 392

         million 

9

Jan

Momentive

Speciialty

Chemicals Inc.

a resin coated proppants

manufacturing facility

located in Shreveport,

Louisiana, USA.

8

Jan

A fund managed

by Capiton AG

and members of

Prefere Resin'

senior

management 

team

Prefere Resins Company,

A European market leader

in phenolic resins operating

from 7 production facilities

in 6 countries (Germany,

Finland, UK, France, 

Poland and Romania

with annual sales of

EURO 220 million

7

Jan

The remaining 24.5 % of

share Dyflex HD Co., Ltd.,

and achievement of

100 % ownership.

Dyflex HD Co., Ltd. is

a market leader in liquid

waterproofing in Japan

7

Jan

A primary amides 

chemical business including

a manufacturing facility

in Kyungju, South Korea