| Company buying/Acquired |
Location |
Business |
Stake |
Cost |
| ABN Amro Capital France/Novartis |
France/Switzerland |
Nutrition & Sante (N&S) business unit |
acq |
€200m |
| Actis South Asia Fund 2/Ceylon Oxygen |
UK/Sri Lanka |
Yara sells stake in industrial and medical gas company |
acq 70.85% stake |
|
| Addcon Agrar/Yara |
Germany/Norway |
formates unit |
acq |
|
| Agrium/Nu-Gro Fertilisers |
Canada/US |
fertilizer production |
acq |
$86m |
| Agrium/Pursell Technologies |
Canada/US |
specialty fertilizer company |
acq |
$74.5m |
| Airgas/Aeriform |
US/US |
distributor |
acq |
|
| Airgas/Linde |
US/Germany |
eight US air-separation plants |
acq |
€386m |
| Akzo Nobel/Khimreserv |
Netherlands/Ukraine |
decorative coatings business |
acq 51% |
|
| Akzo Nobel/Sico |
Netherlands/Canada |
coatings company |
acq |
€210m |
| Albemarle/DSM |
US/Netherlands |
purchase of assets and business associated with DSM's pharmaceutical production site in Michigan, US |
acq |
€25m |
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals/Dow Chemical |
US/US |
biopharmaceutical plant in Rhode Island |
acq |
|
| Altana Chemie/Invex |
Germany/Italy |
Brazilian electrical insulation production assets |
acq |
|
| Apollo Management/General Electric |
US/US |
GE Advanced Materials' silicones and quartz business unit |
acq |
$3.8bn |
| Arch Chemicals/Nordesclor |
US/Brazil |
Votorantim Group's 50% share in Nordesclor |
to 100% |
|
| Arques Group/Degussa |
Germany/Germany |
Oxxynova dimethyl terephthalate business |
acq |
€22m |
| Arysta LifeScience North America/Micro Flo |
US/Germany |
BASF's manufacturer and distributor of off-patent crop protection chemicals |
acq |
|
| Asahi Kasei Fibres/Lanxess |
Japan/Germany |
Dorlastan fibres business |
acq |
|
| Ashland/Degussa |
US/Germany |
water chemicals business |
acq |
|
| Ashland/Northwest Coatings |
US/US |
manufacturer of adhesives and coatings |
acq |
|
| Balchem/Bio-Additives & CMB Additives |
US/US |
aqueous choline chloride plant in St Gabriel, Louisiana, US |
acq |
|
| Basell/Akzo Nobel |
Netherlands/Netherlands |
catalysts and components business based in the US |
acq |
|
| Basell/HMC Polymers Company |
Netherlands/Thailand |
polypropylene producer |
acq 5% stake |
|
| Basell/PolyMirae |
Netherlands/S Korea |
polypropylene producer |
acq 10% stake |
|
| Basell/Shell |
Netherlands/UK |
Berre jv cracker site |
to 100% |
|
| Basell/SunAllomer |
Netherlands/Japan |
polypropylene producer |
acq 16.7% stake |
|
| BASF Japan/BASF Takeda Vitamins |
Japan/Japan |
Takeda Pharmaceutical's stake in bulk vitamins jv |
to 100% |
|
| BASF/Air Products |
Germany/US |
dinitrotoluene plant in Geismar, Louisiana |
acq |
|
| BASF/CropDesign |
Germany/Belgium |
plant biotechnology company |
acq |
|
| BASF/Degussa |
Germany/Germany |
construction chemicals business |
acq |
€2.2bn |
| BASF/Engelhard |
Germany/US |
|
acq |
$5.6bn |
| BASF/Johnson Polymer |
Germany/US |
resin manufacturer |
acq |
$470m |
| BASF/Repsol YPF |
Germany/Spain |
co-polymer business |
acq |
|
| Bayer Healthcare/Topsun Science and Technology |
Germany/China |
pharmaceutical business |
acq |
€107.3m |
| Bayer Innovation/Icon Genetics |
Germany/Germany |
plant-made pharmaceutical production |
acq |
|
| Bayer/Schering |
Germany/Germany |
drugs company |
acq |
€17.1bn |
| BC Partners/Brenntag |
UK/Germany |
industrial and specialty chemicals |
acq |
|
| Belgian Consortium/CIS bio international |
Belgium/Germany |
Schering's radio-pharmaceutical business |
acq |
|
| BNP/Sanofi Aventis |
France/France |
stake in Rhodia |
acq 7.98% stake |
€193m |
| Braskem/Politeno |
Brazil/Brazil |
polyethylene producer |
to 100% |
|
| Brenntag/Albion Chemicals Group |
Germany/UK |
chemical distributor |
acq |
|
| Brenntag/Los Angeles Chemical Group of Companies |
Germany/US |
chemical distributor based in Southgate, California |
acq |
|
| Brenntag/Schweizerhall Chemie |
Germany/Switzerland |
chemical distributor |
acq |
€60m |
| Brunei Investment Agency/Phosphate Mines |
Brunei/Jordan |
phosphate production |
acq 37% stake |
|
| Canada-Spur Ventures/Hebei Tianeren Chemical |
Canada/China |
fertilizer-related businesses |
acq |
Can$15.5m |
| Cargill/Central Energetica Vale do Sapucai |
US/Brazil |
stake in sugar and ethanol producer |
acq 63% stake |
|
| Cargill/Degussa |
US/Germany |
food ingredients business |
acq |
|
| Carlyle Group/Stahl International |
US/ Netherlands |
surface effects business |
acq |
|
| Cathay Pigments/ISK Magnetics |
Australia/US |
producer and supplier of magnetic iron oxides for audio/data applications |
acq |
|
| Celanese/Acetate Products |
US/UK |
Corsadi Group's cellulose acetate flake, tow and film activities |
acq |
|
| Chemtura/Trace Chemicals |
US/US |
farmer-applied seed treatments |
acq |
|
| Chevron/Reliance Petroleum |
US/India |
stake in company |
5% stake |
$300m |
| China National BlueStar/Rhodia |
China/France |
silicones business |
acq |
|
| China National Offshore Oil Corporation/China National Chemical Construction Corporation |
China/China |
fertilizer company |
acq |
|
| China North Industries Group Corp (CNGC)/Liaoning Huajin Tongda Chemical |
China/China |
fertilizer producer |
acq 60% stake |
|
| Chisso Asahi Fertilizer/Chisso & Asahi Kasei Chemicals |
Japan/Japan |
merger of R&D and production operations into existing jv firm |
63:35 jv |
|
| Ciech/Zaklady Chemiczne Organika Zachem |
Poland/Poland |
epichlorohydrin producer |
acq 80% stake |
€17.9m |
| Ciech/Zaklady Chemiczne Organika-Sarzyna |
Poland/Poland |
epoxy polyester and phenol-formaldehyde resins and pesticides |
acq 80% stake |
€63.4m |
| Clariant/Ciba Specialty Chemicals |
Switzerland/Switzerland |
masterbatches business |
acq |
|
| Close Brothers Private Equity/Chemtura |
UK/US |
non-core industrial water additives business |
acq |
€66m |
| Croda International/Uniqema |
UK/UK |
specialty olechemicals |
acq |
€596m |
| Cytec Industries/American Melamine Industries |
US/US |
DSM's sells 50% stake in melamine joint venture |
50% to 100% |
|
| DC Chemical & One Equity Partners/Columbian Chemicals |
South Korea/US |
Phelps Dodge carbon black subsidiary |
acq |
€493m |
| Degussa/Dow Chemical |
Germany/US |
super-absorbents business |
acq |
|
| Degussa/Fujian Nanping Xinyuan Investment Co (Degussa Wellink Silica (Nanping) Co (DWS)) |
Germany/China |
performance silica joint venture |
60:40 jv |
|
| Di Oils/Lubrizol |
UK/UK |
purchase of Bromborough,UK, factory |
acq |
€4.5m |
| Dial/Procter & Gamble |
US/US |
Henkel subsidiary buys deodorant brands |
acq |
$240m |
| Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals/Carbogen Amcis |
India/Switzerland |
Solutia's Switzerland-based pharmaceuticals research business |
acq |
$75m |
| Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals/IO3S |
India/Switzerland |
ozone chemistry |
acq |
|
| Dow Chemical/Zhejiang Omex Environmental Engineering |
US/China |
water treatment and design company |
acq |
|
| Dr Reddy/Betapharm |
India/Germany |
generic drug company |
acq |
|
| Dr Reddy/Roche |
India/Mexico |
Roche's API business in Mexico |
acq |
$59m |
| DSM Venturing/Sciona |
Netherlands/US |
personalised nutrition company |
acq major shareholding |
|
| DuPont Chemical Solutions/Belco Technologies |
US/US |
air pollution control |
acq |
|
| Egeplast Werner Strumman/Solvay |
Germany/Belgium |
HexelOne reinforced plastic pipe technology |
acq |
|
| Egeria/Lanxess |
Netherlands/Germany |
textile processing chemicals business |
acq |
€54m |
| Elastogran/Chemtura |
Germany/US |
Witcothane business |
acq |
|
| ETL Semko KK/Electro-magnetic Compatibility |
UK/Japan |
Akzo Nobel's electromagnetic business |
acq |
€13m |
| Fact/Arkema |
Germany/Germany |
Pryltex long glass fibre polypropylene unit |
acq |
|
| Firestone Building Products/Omnova Solutions |
US/US |
GenFlex Building Products business |
acq |
€31.5m |
| Frutarom/Gewurzmuhle Nesse |
Israel/Germany |
Flavouring and food ingredients |
acq 70% |
Euro18.4m |
| Fuji Electronic Materials/Planar Solutions |
US/US |
Arch Chemicals's 50% share |
acq 50% stake |
$17m |
| Fuji Photo Film Co/Avecia |
Japan/UK |
inkjet business |
acq |
$260m |
| Georgia Gulf/Royal Group Technologies |
US/Canada |
plastics building products |
acq |
€1.2bn |
| Gilead Sciences/Raylo Chemicals |
Canada/Canada |
Degussa's reduces stake |
acq stake |
€115m |
| Givaudan/ICI |
Switzerland/UK |
Quest flavours and fragrances |
acq |
€1.7bn |
| Graceway Pharmaceuticals/3M |
US/US |
pharmaceutical business in US, Canada and Latin America |
acq |
$875m |
| Greif/Delta Petroleum |
US/US |
Riverside Company's blender and packager of chemicals business |
|
|
| Grupo Nutec/Cookson |
Mexico/UK |
ceramic fibres jv |
50% - 100% |
$2m |
| Hamilton Robinson/Davis Standard |
US/US |
Chemtura's stake in the polymer processing and equipment joint venture |
to 100% |
€56m |
| HB Fuller/Henkel |
US/Germany |
insulating glass sealant business |
acq |
|
| Henkel/ICI |
Germany/UK |
Cimsec tile adhesive and grouts business |
acq |
|
| Henkel/Procter & Gamble |
Germany/ |
deodorant brands |
acq |
|
| Hexion Specialty Chemicals/Akzo Nobel |
US/Netherlands |
inks and adhesives resins business |
acq |
€88m |
| Hexion Specialty Chemicals/Rhodia |
US/France |
decorative coatings and adhesives business |
acq |
|
| Hexion Specialty Chemicals/Orica |
US/Australia |
adhesives and resins business |
acq |
|
| Honeywell/UOP |
US/US |
Buys out Dow Chemical's half share |
acq |
|
| Huntsman/Ciba Specialty Chemicals |
US/Switzerland |
textile effects business |
acq |
€212m |
| ICI/Shaw Mudge & Company |
UK/US |
fragrance business |
acq |
|
| IM Skaugen/Zhangjagang Shenghui Chemical Machinery (Shenghui Gas & Chemical Systems (Zhangjiagang)) |
Norway/China |
marine equipment manufacturer |
jv |
|
| Incitec Pivot/Southern Cross Fertilizers |
Australia/Australia |
BHP Billiton's ammonium phosphate business |
acq |
€100m |
| INEOS/BP |
UK/UK |
ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol business based in Dormagen |
acq |
|
| International Chemical Investors Group/Albemarle |
Germany/US |
potassium chloride chemicals facility in France |
acq |
|
| Investor/Celanese Corporation |
US/US |
Blackstone reduces stake from 52% to 30% |
stake 22% |
$744m |
| Ironbridge Capital & Archer Capital/3M |
Australia/US |
pharmaceutical business in Asia-Pacific, including Australia and South Africa |
acq |
$349m |
| Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer |
US/US |
consumer healthcare business |
acq |
|
| Johnson Matthey/Davy Process Technology |
UK/Russia |
UK-based process technology company bought from Yukos |
acq |
€58m |
| Kali und Salz/Sociedad Punta de Lobos |
Germany/Chile |
salt producer |
acq |
$477m |
| Kemira Growhow/Terra Industries |
Finland/UK |
fertilizer and associated process chemicals business |
50:50 jv |
|
| Kemira/Cytec Industries |
Finland/US |
water treatment chemicals unit and acrylamide product lines |
acq |
$240m |
| Kemira/Lanxess |
Finland/Germany |
paper chemicals business |
acq |
€88m |
| Kemira/Metachem Industrial e Comercial |
Finland/Brazil |
additives joint venture |
51:49 jv |
|
| Koch Industries/Georgia Pacific |
US/US |
paper production |
acq |
$13.2bn |
| Koch Industries/Simplot |
US/Canada |
Simplot's fertilizer activities business |
acq |
|
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Goldman Sachs/Kion |
Germany/Germany |
Linde's material handling business |
acq |
€4bn |
| La Seda de Barcelona/Advansa |
Spain/Turkey |
Sabanci-owned PTA/PET manufacturer |
acq |
|
| Lam Soon Group/Akzo Nobel |
Malaysia/Netherlands |
olechemicals jv |
65% to 100% |
€24m |
| Lee Chang Yung Chemical Industry Corp/Taiwan Polypropylene Co |
Taiwan/Taiwan |
Basell's 36% stake in polypropylene company |
acq 36% stake |
|
| Linde/BOC |
Germany/UK |
industrial gases |
acq |
€12bn |
| Linde/Karbogaz |
Germany/Turkey |
industrial gases producer |
acq |
|
| Lion Chemical/Chemtura |
US/US |
EPDM and rubber chemicals business |
acq |
|
| Lonza/Cambrex |
Switzerland/US |
Research Bioproducts and Microbial Biopharmaceutical businesses |
acq |
€367m |
| Lonza/Celanese |
Switzerland/US |
omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid business |
acq |
|
| Lonza/UCB |
Switzerland/Belgium |
bioproducts division |
acq |
€120m |
| Lord Corporation/Henkel |
US/Germany |
rubber-to-metal bonding chemicals business |
acq |
|
| L'Oreal/Body Shop |
France/UK |
cosmetics business |
acq |
€941m |
| Lyondell Chemical/Lyondell-Citgo Refining |
US/US |
Citgo Petroleum's 41.25% stake in the LCR joint venture in Texas |
58.75% to 100% |
$2.1bn |
| MAE/Lereno Sdn Bhd |
Singapore/Malaysia |
stake in biodiesel business |
acq 38% stake |
€4.7m |
| Malladi Drugs and Pharmaceuticals/Novus Fine Chemicals |
India/US |
bulk drugs facility |
acq |
€19m |
| MBO/Calgon Carbon |
Germany/US |
charcoal and derivatives business |
acq |
$19m |
| MBO/Solvitol |
UK/UK |
aerosols and chemical manufacturer |
acq |
€4.7m |
| Meda/3M |
Sweden/US |
pharmaceutical business in Europe |
acq |
$857m |
| Megtec Systems/Calgon Carbon |
US/US |
solvent recovery business |
acq |
|
| Merck KGAA/Serono |
Germany/Switzerland |
biopharmaceutical company |
acq |
€10.5bn |
| Mitsubishi Corp/Kohijin |
China/Japan |
fine chemicals |
acq |
€59.5m |
| Mitsui Chemicals/Sankyo Agro |
Japan/Japan |
Daiichi Sankyo's agrichemical business |
acq |
€280m |
| Monsanto/Delta & Pine Lane |
US/US |
cotton seed company |
acq |
$1.5bn |
| Novartis/Sankyo Lifetech Company |
Switzerland/Japan |
animal health business |
acq |
|
| Nuon/Helianthos |
Netherlands/Netherlands |
Akzo Nobel's solar cell production venture |
acq |
|
| Nycomed/Altana |
Denmark/Germany |
pharmaceutical business |
acq |
€4.5bn |
| Nylex/CKG |
Malaysia/Singapore |
chemicals distributor |
acq |
€20m |
| Oaktree Capital Management/Nordenia International |
US/Germany |
polyethylene film extruder |
acq |
|
| Oldcastle Materials/APAC |
US/US |
Ashland's paving and construction subsidiary |
acq |
$1.3bn |
| Omya/JM Huber |
Switzerland/US |
paper minerals business |
acq |
|
| Orica/Dyno Nobel |
Australia/Denmark |
commercial explosives |
acq |
|
| Orica/Minova |
Australia/UK |
chemical products for mining and civil engineering industries |
acq |
€515.5m |
| Otsuka Chemical/Borregaard Taicang Chemicals |
Japan/Norway |
Borregaard's carbamate pesticides business |
acq |
|
| PCS/Sinofert |
Canada/China |
increased stake in fertilizer distributor |
10% to 20% |
$125m |
| Performance Fibers Holdings/Invista Resins & Fibers |
US/Germany |
polyester yarn business |
acq |
|
| Permira/BorsodChem |
UK/Hungary |
polyvinyl chloride and isocyanates firm |
acq |
€870m |
| Perstorp/Hansol Chemicals |
Sweden/South Korea |
stake in South Korean trimethyl propane jv |
to 100% |
|
| Petrobras Quimica/Companhia Integrada Textil do Nodeste (Companhia Integrada Textil de Pernambuco) |
Brazil/Brazil |
jv to make POY |
40:60 jv |
|
| Petrochem Middle East/Matrix Chemical |
Dubai/US |
chemical wholesaler |
acq |
|
| PKN Orlen/Mazeikiu Nafta |
Poland/Lithuania |
refining company |
acq |
|
| PPG Industries/Ameron International |
US/US |
performance coatings and finishes business |
acq |
$115m |
| PPG Industries/Dongui Industrial |
US/South Korea |
increased stake in coatings business |
50% to 100% |
|
| PPG Industries/Protec (including Fortec Paints) |
US/Australia |
car refinish coatings |
acq |
|
| PPG Industries/Spectra-Tone |
US/US |
architectural paint and coatings manufacturer |
acq |
|
| PQ Corp/INEOS Silicas |
US/US |
North American sodium metasilicate business |
acq |
|
| Private Equity/Industrial Water Additives |
UK/US |
Chemtura's water division |
acq |
|
| Private Equity (Advent International & The Carlyle Group)/Bayer |
UK-US/Germany |
rare metals and electronic chemicals business, HC Starck |
acq |
€1.2bn |
| RAG/Degussa |
Germany/Germany |
chemical producer |
acq |
|
| Reilly Industries/Rutherford Chemicals (Vertellus Specialties) |
US/US |
merged by Arsenal Capital |
merger |
|
| Rentech/Royster-Clark |
US/US |
Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids technology |
acq |
|
| Rexam/Precise Technology |
UK/US |
plastics packaging |
acq |
$257m |
| Rhodia/Societe Generale |
France/France |
CO2 trading activities jv |
jv |
|
| Rockwood Chemical Specialties/Rohm and Haas |
US/US |
wood-treatment joint venture effective from January 07 |
50:50 jv |
|
| SABIC/Huntsman |
Saudi Arabia/US |
European base chemicals and polymers business |
acq |
€550m |
| SABIC/Kayan |
Saudi Arabia/Saudi Arabia |
partnership agreement in Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company |
35%/20% stake |
|
| San Paolo IMI/Biolchim |
Italy/Finland |
Kemira sells 50% stake in Italian specialty fertilizer unit |
acq 50% stake |
|
| Shasun Chemicals & Drugs/Rhodia |
India/France |
Pharma Solutions business |
acq |
|
| Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation/Lonza |
Taiwan/Switzerland |
LOFO films business |
acq |
|
| Sibeco/Sepulchre (Azelis Benelux) |
Belgium/Belgium |
Azelis merges two operating companies |
|
|
| Siemens/Bayer |
Germany/Germany |
diagnostics equipment business |
acq |
|
| Sigma-Aldrich/Beijing Superior Chemicals and Instruments |
US/China |
distributor |
acq |
|
| Sika/Covercrete Flooring Systems |
Switzerland/Canada |
polyurethane flooring producer |
acq |
€3.4m |
| Sika/Sucoflex |
Switzerland/Switzerland |
Huber+Suhner's roofing and waterproofing business |
acq |
|
| Sinochem Group/Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Group |
China/China |
increased stake in potash manufacturing |
1.13% to 26.13% stake |
|
| Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM)/DSM |
Chile/Chile |
DSM's iodine production facilities |
acq |
|
| Solutia/Quimica M |
US/Mexico |
Mexican polyvinyl butyral jv |
49% - 100% |
|
| Solvay/Mississippi Polymer Technologies (MPT) |
Belgium/US |
ultra performance polymer business |
acq |
|
| Snow, Phipps & Guggenheim/Hercules |
US/US |
FiberVisions speciality polyolefins fibres producer |
acq 51% stake |
$109m |
| Stork Industry Services/Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals |
Netherlands/Netherlands |
technical services department at Botlek industrial site |
acq |
|
| Sud-Chemie/WD-Giesserei-Technik |
Germany/Germany |
specialty resins business |
acq |
|
| Sud-Chemie/Tricat Zeolites |
Germany/Germany |
zeolite catalyst producer |
acq |
|
| Sun Capital Partners/Lubrizol |
US/US |
non-core food ingredients and industrial specialties operations |
acq |
$270m |
| Supreme Petrochem/Shin Ho Petrochemicals (India) |
India/India |
polystyrene producer |
acq 55% |
|
| Syngenta/Emergent Genetics Vegetable |
Germany/Netherlands |
seed firm |
acq |
|
| Taiyo Nippon Sanso/Linde & BOC |
Japan/Germany |
helium assets |
acq |
|
| Taminco/Air Products |
US/US |
amines business |
acq |
|
| Tata Chemicals/Brunner Mond |
India/UK |
soda ash production |
acq |
€94.73m |
| Tatar-American Investments & Finance (TAIF)/Nizhnekamskneftekhim |
US/Russia |
chemical producer |
acq 28.6% stake |
|
| TDG/Mond |
UK/Belgium |
specialty chemicals |
acq |
€26.3m |
| Texas Petrochemicals/Huntsman |
US/US |
US butadiene and MTBE business |
acq |
|
| Tikkurila/Kraski Teks |
Finland/Russia |
paint manufacturer |
acq |
$40m |
| Toagosei/Mitsui Chemicals AquaPolymer (MT AquaPolymer) |
Japan/Japan |
polymer flocculant business merger |
51:49 jv |
|
| Tosoh Corp/Nippon Polyurethane Industry |
Japan/Japan |
increased stake in polyurethane company |
35% to 51% |
|
| Total/Cepsa |
France/Spain |
increased stake in chemical producer |
44.48% to 48.83% stake |
€53m |
| Tower Brook Capital Partners/Clariant |
UK/Switzerland |
pharma and fine chemicals business |
acq |
|
| Trelleborg/Reeves Brothers |
Sweden/US |
polymer coated fabrics producer |
acq |
€1.4m |
| Trutzschler Group/GEA Group |
Germany/Germany |
Fleissner textile machinery manufacturing business |
acq |
|
| UCB/Schwarz Pharma |
Belgium/Germany |
drugs company |
acq |
€4.4m |
| Umicore/Solvay (Solvicore) |
Germany/Belgium |
membrane electrode assemblies jv |
50:50 jv |
|
| Uniqema/BP |
UK/UK |
Icematic series of Castrol refrigeration lubricants |
acq |
|
| US Equity Company & MBO/Vestolit |
US/Germany |
Candover Partners sells PVC producer |
acq |
|
| Valspar Corp/HB Fuller |
US/US |
powder coatings business |
acq |
|
| Valspar/Huarun Paints |
US/China |
stake in coatings company |
acq 80% stake |
$290m |
| Viceroy Acquisition/Eastman Chemical |
US/US |
Eastman Chemical's speciality organic chemicals subsidiary |
acq |
$75m |
| Vuya Investment/Henkel |
South Africa/Germany |
South African business |
acq 26% stake |
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| Watson Pharmaceuticals/Unnamed company |
America/India |
active pharmaceutical ingredient company |
acq |
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| Wendel Investissement/Group Materis |
Germany/France |
specialty chemicals for the construction industry |
acq |
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| Westlake Chemical/Eastman Chemical |
US/US |
polyethylene business |
acq |
€203m |
| WR Grace/Basell |
US/Germany |
components business and custom catalyst assets in Edison, New Jersey |
acq |
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| Yara International/China BlueChemical |
Norway/China |
stake in fertilizer producer |
stake |
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| Yara International/Fertibras |
Norway/Brazil |
stake in fertilizer distribution and marketing company |
48.09% stake acq |
$126m |
| Yara International/Olmeca |
Norway/Mexico |
Sociedad Quimixa y Minera de Chile's fertilizer retail firm |
acq |
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