The Supervisory Board of Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has resolved to appoint Michael Pontzen as a member of the board of management, effective April 1, 2015. He will assume the role of chief financial officer (CFO) at the specialty…
Synthomer plc (Essex, U.K.; www.synthomer.com; ), a producer of carboxylated styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) for carpet, paper and speciality applications, has announced an expansion of its Kluang plant in Johor State, Malaysia to produce a range of specialty SBR to…
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…
Content loading... Please enable javascript!
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,…