| Company buying/Acquired |
Location |
Business |
Stake |
Cost |
| Access Industries & Basell |
US/Netherlands |
Shell Chemicals/BASF polyolefins jv |
€4.4bn acq |
€4.4bn |
| Actavis/Amide Pharmaceutical |
Iceland/US |
generics producer |
acq |
$500-$600m |
| Actavis/Lotus Laboratories |
Iceland/India |
contract research company |
acq |
€20m |
| Adcuram Industriekapital/SGL Acotec |
Germany/Germany |
surface production business of SGL Carbon |
acq |
|
| Advansa/Cobafi (Companhia Bahiana de Fibras) |
Turkey/Brazil |
Diolen Industrial Fibers’ polyester industrial yarn and tyre cord fabric operations |
acq |
|
| Advent International/Dufa |
UK/Romania |
dye and paint maker business |
acq |
€18m |
| Air Liquide/Qatar Petroleum & Qatar Nitrogen |
France/UAE |
oxygen & nitrogen jv |
40:60 jv |
|
| Air Liquide/Severstall |
France/Russia |
ALS air separation jv |
75:25 jv |
€100m |
| Akzo Nobel/Coatech |
Netherlands/Eygpt |
powder coatings |
acq 60% stake |
|
| Akzo Nobel/Zweihorn |
Netherlands/Germany |
ICI’s Hilden industrial wood finishes business |
acq |
|
| Altanta Chemie/Eckart |
Germany/Germany |
speciality chemicals - pigments/inks |
acq |
€6.30m |
| Altana Chemie/Kelstar International |
Germany/US |
producer of water based & UV curable overprint coatings for the paper and board packaging sector |
acq |
|
| Amec/PK SAS |
UK/France |
electrical engineering |
acq |
|
| Antisoma/Aptamera |
UK/US |
cancer specialist - AGRO100 |
acq |
|
| Apria Healthcare/Air Liquide Healthcare America |
US/France |
homecare division of Air Liquide |
acq |
|
| Azelis UK/Brown & Gillmer |
UK/Ireland |
animal nutrition sales, marketing and distribution |
acq |
|
| Azelis/Broste |
Italy /Denmark |
chemical distributor |
acq |
|
| Basell/Ineos Silicas |
Germany/UK |
high pore-volume chromium catalyst |
acq |
|
| Basell/Sahara Petrochemicals |
Germany/Saudi Arabia |
polypropylene plant & propane dehydrogenation unit in Saudi Arabia |
jv |
|
| BASF/Akzo Nobel |
Germany/Netherlands |
Australian coatings business for the automotive industry |
to 100% |
|
| BASF/Leuna/Miramid |
Germany/Germany |
engineering plastics producer |
acq |
|
| BASF/Merck KGaA |
Germany/Germany |
global electronic chemicals business |
acq |
€270m |
| BASF/NOF Corporation |
Germany/Japan |
coatings business |
to 100% |
|
| BASF/Orgamol |
Germany/Switzerland |
fine chemicals |
acq |
|
| BASF/Rhenania Coatings |
Germany/Germany |
Altana Group’s coil coatings business |
acq |
|
| Bayer Technology Services/Zeptosens |
Germany/Germany |
biochip business |
acq |
|
| BorsodChem/Petrochemia Blachownia |
Hungary/Poland |
high-purity ethylbenzene (EB) maker |
acq |
|
| BP/Nova Chemicals |
UK/Canada |
Nova Innovene polystrene jv in Europe |
jv |
|
| BP/Sinopec & YPC |
UK/China |
acetic acid plant |
50:50 jv |
|
| Company buying/Acquired |
Location |
Business |
Stake |
Cost |
| Brenntag/Quadra Chemicals |
Germany/US |
chemical distributor |
acq |
|
| Cargill/Degussa |
US/Germany |
food ingredients business |
acq |
€540m |
| Celanese/Vinamul |
US/UK |
ICI sells US, Canadian & European Vinamul business |
acq |
€159m |
| Cerberus and Ampersand/Bayer |
US/Germany |
blood products |
acq |
$590m |
| China National Chemical Corporation/Drakkar Holdings |
China/Belgium |
parent company of animal nutrition firm Adisseo |
acq |
|
| Ciba Specialty Chemicals/Wolstenholme International |
Switzerland/UK |
Metasheen business |
acq |
€29.2m |
| Clarksons/JO Plowright |
UK/UK |
shipping services |
acq |
£10m |
| Codexis/Julich Fine Chemicals |
US/Germany |
biocatalysts & chiral building blocks |
acq |
|
| Cognis/Eternal Chemical |
Germany/Taiwan |
energy cure products - Eternal Specialty Chemicals (Zhuhai) |
jv |
|
| Copperhead Chemical/Avecia |
US/UK |
Avecia’s special drug mixtures business |
acq |
|
| Cray Valley & Sartomer/Goodyear |
France & US/US |
hydrocarbon resins business |
acq |
$65m |
| CVC Capital Partners/Wavin |
UK/Netherlands |
plastics pipes |
acq |
|
| Cytec Industries/UCB |
US/Belgium |
UCB’s surface specialities business |
acq |
$1.4bn |
| Daicel Chemicals Industries & Polyplastics/Ticona |
Japan/Germany |
Ticona’s cycloolefin copolymer (COC) business |
acq 55:45jv |
|
| Daniel Mills & Sons/DSM |
South Africa/Netherlands |
DSM sells stake in South African yeast products maker Rymco |
50%-100% |
€39m |
| Danisco/Genencor |
Denmark/US |
Eastman Chemical sells stake in biotech jv |
42% |
$419m |
| Degussa Specialty Polymers/Cyro Industries |
Germany/US |
Cytec Industries share |
50%-100% |
$95m |
| Degussa/Dongdian No 4 Company |
Germany/China |
UV stabiliser business |
70:30 jv |
|
| Degussa/Modern Betongteknologi |
Germany/Sweden |
concrete admixtures |
acq |
|
| Degussa/Ticona |
Germany/Germany |
know-how & patents for PAEK patents |
acq |
|
| Degussa/Jilin University |
Germany/China |
polyetheretherketone (PEEK) production |
80:20 jv |
|
| Delft Instruments/Lubrizol Performance Systems (Enraf Fluid Technology) |
Netherlands/US |
US & UK assets |
acq |
|
| Dow Corning/Wacker-Chemie |
US/Germany |
silicone intermediates and fumed silica production |
jv |
|
| DSM Pharmaceutical Products/Societe generale de financement de Quebec |
Netherlands/Canada |
DSM Biologics Holdings |
to 100% |
|
| DSM/NeoResins |
Netherlands/UK |
Avecia - coating resins |
acq |
€515m |
| DuPont Filaments Europe/Pedex |
US/Germany |
brush filament business |
acq |
|
| DuPont/Isceon |
US/France |
Rhodia’s refrigderant blends business |
acq |
|
| Dynamic Specialties/Group Novasep |
Germany/France |
purification and process technologies |
merger |
|
| DyStar/Rotta Group |
Germany/Germany |
chemical auxiliaries for textile, leather & paper applications |
acq |
|
| Elastogran/Witcothane |
Germany/US |
Chemtura’s PU systems business |
acq |
|
| Ercros/Uralita |
Spain/Spain |
chemicals division |
acq |
€180m |
| Fenner/Wellington Holdings |
UK/UK |
polymer seals |
acq |
€65.5m |
| Ferd Priviate Equity Fund/Pronova Biocare |
Norway/Norway |
Norsk Hydro’s remaining 19.5% share |
acq |
€32.9m |
| Finnplast/Dynea Chemicals |
Switzerland/Finland |
PVC plant in Porvoo |
acq |
|
| Firmenich/Noville |
Switzerland/US |
perfume and flavours marker |
acq |
|
| Gilde/Clariant |
Netherlands/Germany |
acetyl building block business |
acq |
€48m |
| Grace AB/Perstorp |
Sweden/Sweden |
concrete admixtures business |
acq |
|
| Gulf Bayport Chemicals/Lonza |
US/Switzerland |
Pasadena, US, site |
acq |
|
| H&R Wasag/ExxonMobil |
Germany/US |
Australian speciality business |
acq |
|
| Hanover Investors/Elementis |
Germany/UK |
speciality chemicals |
acq 11% stake |
|
| Helm/Saudi International Petrochemical Co (Sipchem) |
Germany/Saudi Arabia |
acetyls complex jv |
25:75 jv |
|
| Henkel/Huawei Electronics |
Germany/China |
majority stake in epoxy moulding compounds producer |
acq |
|
| Henkel/Polybit Industries |
Germany/UAE |
waterproofing materials |
acq 49% stake |
|
| Henkel/Rhodia |
Germany/France |
silicone sealants business |
acq |
|
| Hidafa/Sniace |
Mexico/Spain |
investment firm buys shares in chemicals company |
acq 10% stake |
|
| Hoyer/Hoyer-Odfjell |
Germany/Norway |
tankcontainers |
50% to 100% |
|
| Humber Group/Acordis |
UK/UK |
carbon fibre production facility at Grimsby |
acq |
|
| ICI/Elotex |
UK/Germany |
Celanese’s emulsion powders business |
acq |
€37.7m |
| Imerys/Denain-Anzin Mineraux |
France/France |
stake in Nord Est’s minerals subsidiary |
acq 99.7% |
€55.7m |
| Industri Kapital & MB Funds/CPS Color Group |
Switzerland/Finland |
Kemira sells remaining stake |
27% to 100% |
|
| Company buying/Acquired |
Location |
Business |
Stake |
Cost |
| Ineos Chlor/Rhodia |
UK/France |
UK chlor-alkali and sulphuric acid business |
acq |
|
| Ineos Group Holdings/Innovene |
UK/UK |
BP’s olefins, derivatives & refining subsidiary |
acq |
$9bn |
| Ineos Group/BASF |
UK/Germany |
polystyrene plant at Joliet, Illinois, US, plus operations in Canada |
acq |
|
| Ineos/Cytec Industries |
UK/US |
surface specialties amino resins (SSAR) business |
acq |
$78m |
| Ineos/EVC |
UK/Netherlands |
PVC producer |
to 100% |
|
| Ineos Eneterprises/Salt Union |
UK/UK |
vacuum salt business in Cheshire, UK |
acq |
|
| Ineos/Solvay |
UK/Belgium |
rigid plastic foils business |
acq |
|
| International Chemicals Investors/Enka |
Germany/Germany |
Acordis’ viscose filament company |
acq |
|
| International Chemical Investors/Rutgers |
Germany/Germany |
five specialty and fine chemicals businesses |
acq |
|
| Interquisa/Nemuno Banga Group (NBG) |
Spain/Lithuania |
jv to build a terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Lithuania |
jv |
|
| Investors/Kemira GrowHow |
Finland/Finland |
Kemira’s remaining stake in fertiliser company |
14.60% |
€50.1m |
| IP2IPO/Techtran Group |
UK/UK |
commercialising university technology |
80% to 100% |
|
| IPIC/OMV |
UAE/Germany |
Agrolinz Melamine International |
50% stake |
€241m |
| IPIC/Borealis |
UAE/Denmark |
Statoil sells stake |
25% to 65% |
|
| KemFine/Avecia Fine Chemicals |
Finland/UK |
fine chemicals |
acq |
|
| Kemira/Finnish Chemicals |
Finland/Finland |
chemicals supplier |
acq |
|
| Kemira/Kemiron |
Finland/US |
water treatment business |
60% to 100% |
|
| Kemira/Verdugt |
Finland/Netherlands |
CVC Capital Partners’ speciality chemicals company |
acq |
€148m |
| Koc Holding & Consortium/Tupras |
Turkey/Turkey |
refinery |
acq 51% |
$4.14bn |
| Kuraray/Trosifol |
Japan/Germany |
Rutgers polyvinyl butyral film unit |
acq |
|
| Lanxess/Xinda & Anhui |
Germany/China |
production of antioxidants for tyres and rubber |
jv |
|
| Lenzing/Nanjing Chemical Fibre Company (NCFC) |
Germany/China |
viscose staple fibres plant in China |
70:30 jv |
|
| Lonza/Bio*One Capital |
Italy/Singapore |
jv to build a biopharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in Singapore |
jv |
|
| Macquarie Bank/Dyno Nobel |
Australia/Norway |
commercial explosives |
acq |
$1.7bn |
| Maire Group/Tecnimont |
Italy/Italy |
Edison sells 80.5% of engineering contractor |
acq |
€180m |
| MBO/Tikkurila Coatings |
Finland/Finland |
coatings business |
acq |
|
| Merck Genericos SL/Prasfarma |
Spain/Spain |
Almirall Prodesfarma’s pharmaceutical assets |
acq |
€20m |
| Merck KGaA/Avecia |
Germany/UK |
organic light emitting diodes & polymer electronics businesses |
acq |
€50m |
| Messer Industrie/MEC |
Germany/Germany |
Carlyle’s cutting, fusion and surface protection technology business |
acq |
|
| Mg Technologies/GEA |
Germany/Germany |
process engineering |
merger |
|
| Mika Inc/Rhodia |
Uganda/France |
phosphates and sulphuric acid manufacturing business at Rieme, Belgium |
acq |
|
| Minakem Holdings/Seac |
France/France |
Nufarm’s pharmaceutical fine chemicals business |
acq |
€30m |
| Montefibre/Jinlin Qifeng Chemical Fiber |
Italy/China |
acryic fibres |
50:50 jv |
|
| MorphoSys/Biogenesis |
Germany/UK & US |
antibody research |
acq |
$5.25m |
| Navis Capital Partners/Elementis |
Malaysia /UK |
Linatex rubber business |
acq |
$30.8m |
| Nicholas Piramal/Avecia |
India/UK |
pharmaceutical custom synthesis business |
acq |
€14m |
| Norbrook Laboratories/Aliachem |
UK/Czech Republic |
procaine hydrochloride and benzocaine unit |
acq |
|
| Nordmann, Rassmann/Kemi-Intressen |
Germany/Sweden |
Eka Chemical’s distributor of speciality chemical products |
acq |
|
| Nova Chemicals/BP |
Canada/UK |
styrenic polymers |
50:50 jv |
|
| Novartis/Hexal, Eon Labs |
Switzerland/Germany, US |
generic drug producers |
acq |
$7.5bn |
| Novartis/Chiron |
Switzerland/US |
Novartis takes full control |
acq |
$5.1bn |
| Nylstar/RadiciFibres |
Italy/Italy |
textile fibres |
jv |
|
| Oiltanking /Star Energy Resources |
Germany/Middle East |
petroleum storage and blending services |
acq shareholding |
|
| PAI Partners/Sydsvenska Kemi |
UK/Sweden |
speciality chemicals |
acq |
|
| Paradigm Therapeutics/Amedis Pharmaceuticals |
UK/UK |
drug discovery company |
acq |
|
| Paramelt/Honeywell |
Netherlands/US |
industrial wax operations in Belgium & China |
acq |
|
| PBI Performance Products/Celanese |
US/Germany |
polybenzimidazole fibre and polymer business |
acq |
|
| Company buying/Acquired |
Location |
Business |
Stake |
Cost |
| Perstorp/Silver Lining Finance |
Sweden/Luxembourg |
feed additives supplier Franklin Holding |
acq |
|
| Peter Greven Fett-Chemie/CECA |
Germany/France |
stearates business |
acq |
|
| Qiagen/Artus |
Germany/Germany |
PCR kits for pathogenetic testing |
acq |
|
| Quaron/Solvadis France |
Netherlands/France |
distribution firm |
acq |
|
| Radici Group/Nylstar |
Italy/France-Italy |
Radici takes full control of Rhodia/Snia fibres jv |
acq |
|
| Renolit/Solvay |
Germany/Belgium |
industrial film business |
acq |
€330m |
| Rhodia/ChlorAlp |
France/France |
LaRoche’s Pont-de-Claix chlor-alkali business |
acq |
€12.5m |
| Rhodia/Wuxi Speciality Chemicals |
France/China |
surfactants & speciality chemicals |
30% to 100% |
|
| Rockwood Specialties Group/Sud-Chemie |
US/Germany |
performance additives business |
acq |
|
| Roullier/Donau Chemie |
France/Austria |
fertiliser business |
acq |
|
| Royal Adhesives & Sealants/Elementis |
US/UK |
Hardman - epoxy and urethanes products business |
acq |
€11.2m |
| Sabanci/DuPont |
Turkey/US |
DuSA jv in nylon industrial yarn and fabrics |
50% to 100% |
$110m |
| Sanitas/Hoechst-Biotika |
Spain/Slovakia |
pharmaceutical manufacturing |
acq |
€12.7m |
| Schweizerhall/Cimex |
Switzerland/Switzerland |
generic drugs |
80% |
€65m |
| Shell Deutschland Oil/Choren Industries |
Germany/Germany |
biofuels |
minority stake |
|
| Shire Pharmaceuticals Group/Transkaryotic Therapies |
UK/US |
biopharmaceuticals |
acq |
$1.6bn |
| SICPA Group/Wacker |
Switzerland/Germany |
liquid crystal pigment business |
acq |
|
| Sigma-Aldrich/Degussa |
US/Germany |
Proligo - genomics research tools business |
acq |
|
| SigmaKalon/Polifarb Cieszyn Wroclaw (PCW) |
Netherlands/Poland |
coatings business |
76.2% to 91.9% |
|
| SigmaKalon/Triga Color |
Netherlands/Czech Republic |
decorative paints |
80% |
|
| Solvay Padanaplast/Shanghai Original Enterprise Development |
Belgium/China |
halogen-free flame retardant thermoplastics and?irradiation-crosslinkable compounds |
jv |
|
| Solvay/Chemicals Products Corporation |
Belgium/US |
production and marketing of barium and strontium carbonates |
jv |
|
| Solvay/Fournier Pharma |
Belgium/France |
pharmaceutical manufacturing |
acq |
€1.6bn |
| Solvay/Girindus |
Belgium/Germany |
speciality chemicals |
acq |
|
| Sosei/Arakis |
Japan/UK |
medicinal products |
acq |
€153m |
| Speyside Equity/Degussa |
US/Germany |
fruit systems business |
acq |
|
| SQM Nitratos/Kemira Emirates Fertilizers Company |
Chile/Finland |
Kemira’s 50% stake |
50% stake |
|
| Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group/Ermefer |
Norway/Switzerland |
Ermewa’s food grade container business |
acq |
|
| Sud-Chemie/Chinese partner (Shanghai Sud-Chemie Jinhai Catalyst Co) |
Germany/China |
catalysts production |
jv |
|
| Sud-Chemie/Wacker-Chemie |
Germany/Germany |
diesel exhaust catalysts technology |
acq |
|
| Sumitomo Bakelite/Perstorp |
Japan/Sweden |
Vyncolit NV and Vyncolit North America businesses |
acq |
€93m |
| Sumitomo/BASF |
Japan/Germany |
Triforine fungicide business |
acq |
|
| Sustec Holdings/Sekundarrohstoff-Verwertungszentrum (SVZ) |
Switzerland/Germany |
methanol production |
acq |
|
| Synthite/BIP |
UK/UK |
plastics, chemicals manufacturing and distributor |
acq |
|
| Taminco/Jiangsu Feixiang Chemical |
Belgium/China |
methylamines and derivatives plant in China |
75:25 jv |
|
| Teknos Group/Tikkurila |
Finland/UK |
coil coatings business |
acq |
|
| Texas Pacific Group/British Vita |
US/UK |
PU foams producer |
acq |
$1.2bn |
| Total/Raffineria de Roma |
France/Italy |
Shell’s 20% stake |
20% stake |
|
| Union Financiere Boel/Sofina |
Belgium/Belgium |
Solvay reduces stake |
from 13% to 6.5% |
|
| Univar/Mapol |
Netherlands/Poland |
enzyme supplier |
acq |
|
| Victrex/Degussa |
UK/Germany |
two oxidation plants at Seal Sands |
acq |
€24m |
| Vopak/Dupeg Tank Terminal (Vopak Dupeg Hamburg) |
Netherlands/Germany |
Lehnkering’s stake in the terminal |
acq remaining 50% stake |
|
| Wacker-Chemie/ProThera |
Germany/US |
biotech |
acq |
|
| WC Heraeus/BASF |
Germany/Germany |
ceramic decorative colour business. Excluding production facilities, personnel or the brand name Sicocer |
acq |
|
| Wintershall/Gazprom |
Germany/Russia |
gas exploration jv |
jv |
|
| Woellner/Rhodia |
Germany/France |
silicate manufacturing site in Nogent-L’Artaud |
acq |
|
| Yara/Burrup Holdings |
Norway/Australia |
fertiliser business |
30% stake |
$100m |