Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited has signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire German company Trevira GmbH through a joint venture with Italy's Sinterama S.p.A. Indorama Ventures will become the majority partner while Sinterama will take a strong management role in the new joint venture company.
INEOS is offered $1 billion by PetroChina for a 50% share in its European refining business.
Promens has acquired Marwin Plastic GmbH, a family owned plastic packaging manufacturer located in Hamburg, Germany.
Resin (Products & Technology) BV, a privately held Dutch specialty-resin compounder, today announced that it is in the process of acquiring the Yparex adhesive tie-layer business of DSM Engineering Plastics.
The German Brückner Group announced today that effective January 31st 2011 Brückner Technology Holding GmbH has acquired all shares of PackSys Global (Switzerland) Ltd., located in Zürich, Switzerland.
Albéa (previously Alcan Packaging Beauty) today announced the acquisition of Betts Group, a leading producer of laminate tubes that operates 6 plants in the UK, Poland, Mexico, India and Indonesia.
Rhodia announces the acquisition of the new guar derivatives production unit belonging to the Suzhou HiPro Polymers company, based at Zhangjiagang in China (Jiangsu Province).
Univar, a leading global chemical distributor, announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of the Quaron business in Belgium and the Netherlands. This step reflects Univar’s commitment to growth and to strengthening its position, reach, service, technical expertise and product portfolio in the Benelux. Trading as a combined entity will commence on 10th January 2011.
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has acquired Uniplen Indústria de Polímeros Ltda. (Uniplen), a leading Brazilian producer of specialty engineered materials and distributor of thermoplastics.
UK-based rigid packaging producer RPC Group announced today that it has agreed to buy Danish packaging rival Superfos for €240m.
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has come to an agreement with Royal DSM to acquire DSM Elastomers for €310m. Lanxess says the deal help strengthen its production technology for ethylene propylene diene monomer(EPDM).
Thailand's Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited has signed agreements with Korea's SK Chemicals Company Limited to acquire the entire issued capital of SK Eurochem Sp. z o.o., in Poland and PT SK Keris together with its subsidiary PT SK Fiber in Indonesia.
