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La Seda de Barcelona sells its PET plant in Portugal

La Seda de Barcelona sells its PET plant in Portugal

La Seda de Barcelona (LSB) and the company Control PET, SGPS, S.A, an investee of Imatosgil and Banco Espirito Santo, have formalised a sale-purchase agreement for the Portalegre based PET production plant Artenius Portugal.

Graham Packaging to be acquired by Reynolds Group

Graham Packaging to be acquired by Reynolds Group

Graham Packaging Company Inc. have announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement, and an amendment thereto, under which Graham Packaging will be acquired by Reynolds Group Holdings Limited in an all-cash transaction for $25.50 per share, or a total of approximately $4.5 billion including assumed indebtedness.

Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity to acquire Husky International

Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity to acquire Husky International

Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston based private equity firm, and OMERS Private Equity Inc., the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to jointly acquire Husky International Ltd. and its subsidiaries ("Husky") from Onex Corporation and its affiliated funds.

Clariant acquires Süd-Chemie

Clariant acquires Süd-Chemie

Chemical company Clariant now holds 96.15% of Süd-Chemie after closing a deal to acquire the company from One Equity Partners and the family shareholders. The overall transaction value amounts to approximately €1.9bn.

Graham Packaging bids for machine maker Techne

Graham Packaging bids for machine maker Techne

The plastic bottle blowmolding giant is adding to its presence in the machine manufacturing market with its decision to purchase Techne, an Italian manufacturer of extrusion blowmolding machinery.

Gerresheimer acquires Brazilian pharmaceutical plastic packaging company Védat

Gerresheimer acquires Brazilian pharmaceutical plastic packaging company Védat

Gerresheimer AG, one of the leading worldwide suppliers to the pharma and healthcare industry, has acquired the Brazilian company Védat to strengthen its pharmaceutical plastic packaging business in South America. Védat is a major Brazilian manufacturer of pharmaceutical plastic packaging products, especially plastic closures.

Solvay wants to buy Rhodia

Solvay wants to buy Rhodia

Belgian chemicals and plastics company Solvay has announced plans to acquire Rhodia in a deal valuing the French company at €3.4bn. Solvay is offering €31.60 for each Rhodia share in cash as part of a friendly deal. The new group will have sales of €12bn.