A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, Ohio; www.aschulman.com) has executed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of privately held Citadel Plastics Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of private equity firms HGGC and Charlesbank Capital Partners,…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has agreed with Emery Oleochemicals and ERCA Group to buy their jointly-owned new alkoxylation facility, ERCA Emery Surfactant B.V., in the Moerdijk integrated industrial park in the Netherlands. As an on-pipe facility, commissioned in 2014,…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has signed an agreement with Monarch Catalyst Pvt. Ltd., Dombivli (India) to acquire 100% of the company’s shares. The transaction is expected to close during the first half year of 2015 after the required…
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Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.alcoa.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RTI International Metals, Inc., a global supplier of titanium and specialty metal products and services for the commercial aerospace, defense, energy and medical device markets. Alcoa will purchase…
Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Jersey City, N.J.; www.verisk.com) a leading data analytics provider, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wood Mackenzie (www.woodmac.com) from Hellman & Friedman and other Wood Mackenzie shareholders. Wood Mackenzie is a global leader in…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) is actively developing its new Kepstan PEKK (Poly-Ether-Ketone-Ketone) ultra-high-performance polymer with applications in the fields of carbon fiber composites and 3-d printing. Success in these fields has prompted Arkema to increase its production capacities in France…
Sonoco Products Co. (Hartsville, S.C.; www.sonoco.com), announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens S/A (Graffo), a closely held flexible packaging business located in Pinhais, Curitiba, Brazil. Terms were not disclosed,…
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF; Philadelphia, Pa.; www.chemheritage.org) has named Kathryn Humphreys vice president of development. Humphreys comes to CHF from Cornell University, where she provided leadership and direction for fundraising, alumni programs, donor relations, and stewardship in the College…
Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) announces the successful startup of a new major investment in Sweden. Production of key raw materials for Perstorp’s general-purpose PVC plasticizers, valeraldehyde and 2-propylheptanol, and associated chemicals, at a major extension to the company’s…