Huntsman Corp. announced that the European Commission has approved its previously announced acquisition of the Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) businesses of Rockwood Holdings Inc.
Taminco Corp., a leading producer of alkylamines and alkylamine derivatives, announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by Eastman Chemical Co. in a transaction valued at approximately $2.8 billion in cash.
Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC (Royal), a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), announced that its subsidiary Royal Adhesives & Sealants Canada LTD will acquire substantially all of the assets of Chemque, Royal’s seventh add-on acquisition since 2010.
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Koch Equity Development LLC announced the completion of their acquisition of Flint Group from funds managed by CVC Capital Partners.
Malvern Instruments Ltd., Malvern, UK, has completed the acquisition of MicroCal from GE Healthcare Life Sciences and has also purchased the Archimedes particle characterization system from Affinity Biosensors LLC, Santa Barbara, CA.
VanDeMark Chemical Inc., Lockport, NY, a manufacturer of phosgene and phosgene derivatives, has acquired Framochem Kft, a manufacturer of phosgene products based in Hungary.
IGM Resins Inc. has purchased Insight High Technology (IHT) Group, a manufacturer of photoinitiators, pharmaceutical intermediates and fine chemicals in China.
