Keyword: Brenntag

News

Brenntag Buys Chinese Specialties Distributor Saifu

21.06.2023 -

Brenntag is to acquire Chinese distributor Shanghai Saifu Chemical Development for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to close later this year.

News

Activist Investors Continue to Pressure Brenntag

09.06.2023 -

Activist investors continue to pile pressure on Brenntag. Both Engine and PrimeStone have openly rejected Brenntag’s proposed two new supervisory board members – Richard...

News

Brenntag Buys Singapore’s Aik Moh Group

23.03.2023 -

Brenntag has agreed to acquire Aik Moh Group, headquartered in Singapore and covering Southeast Asian markets for industrial chemicals. Financial terms of the transaction...

News

Brenntag Buys South African Water Treatment Facility

01.03.2023 -

Brenntag has expanded its capabilities in South Africa with the purchase of a Johannesburg facility focused on water treatment solutions. The purchase price was not...

News

Investor Urges Brenntag to Separate Specialties Unit

16.02.2023 -

Activist investor Engine Capital, which owns a stake of about 1% in Brenntag, has written to the German multinational distributor urging it to spin off its specialties...

News

Brenntag and Univar Call off ’Engagement’

04.01.2023 -

German distribution giant Brenntag is retreating from plans to acquire US rival Univar. The company said in an ad hoc statement that it is “no longer pursuing these...

News

Brenntag Expands South American Facilities

21.12.2022 -

Brenntag has opened a new facility in Zarate, Argentina, unifying its operations in Buenos Aires into a single site and expanding its capabilities to customers. The site...

News

Brenntag Eyes Takeover of Rival Univar

28.11.2022 -

Brenntag and Univar Solutions have both confirmed reports from late last week that they are in talks about the German-multinational chemical distributor acquiring its US...