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Cinven to Buy MBCC Admixture Assets from Sika

Private equity investor Cinven is acquiring MBCC Group’s admixture business from Swiss construction chemicals major Sika on the rebound. Earlier, the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had turned thumbs down on plans to sell the business to Ineos, citing antitrust concerns.

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Ineos to Acquire MBCC’s Admixtures Business

Ineos Enterprises has signed an agreement to buy MBCC Group’s admixture business from Sika. The deal is required by European antitrust regulators to approve Sika’s purchase of the MBCC Group, formerly BASF Construction Chemicals. The transaction is scheduled to complete in the first half of this year, subject to regulatory approvals.

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Sika Boosts Construction Chemicals with MBCC Buy

Swiss specialty chemicals company Sika has agreed to buy MBCC Group, formerly BASF’s construction chemicals business, from an affiliate of private equity company Lone Star Funds for €5.2 billion. Sika described the deal as “highly complementary” and added that it expects the addition of MBCC’s portfolio to push sales above €12.3 billion by 2023.

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The UK Chemical Supply Chain
Trade and Competitiveness

The UK Chemical Supply Chain

The CBA, led by CEO Tim Doggett, is steering the UK chemical supply chain through trade uncertainty, sustainability pressures and logistics challenges, as he explains in this interview with CHEManager.