Keyword: OpenGate Capital

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Samyang Holdings Acquires Verdant Specialty Solutions

18.12.2023 -

Samyang Holdings has acquired the management rights of the U.S.-based specialty chemical manufacturer Verdant Specialty Solutions from private equity firm OpenGate...

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OpenGate Buys Chemsolv and Chemisphere

20.01.2022 -

US private equity firm OpenGate Capital has bought two US chemical distributors in the space of a week. The first purchase on Jan. 11 was Chemsolv, a regional distributor...

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Court Dismisses Klesch Case Against Arkema

01.12.2015 - The International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration has dismissed all claims by the Switzerland-based, US family-run Klesch Group against French chemical producer Arkema...

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EU Approves French State Aid to Kem One

04.08.2015 - As the European PVC production sector goes through a spell of “shape-shifting,” the prospects for France’s ailing Kem One are looking up. Following the merger of the Solvay and...

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EU Approves Sale of Kem One to OpenGate

21.07.2015 - Private equity investor OpenGate Capital has received the EU green light for its planned takeover of Kem One Innovative Vinyls, the plastics processing side of the former Arkema...

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Solvay Completes Sale of European PVC Compounding

05.06.2014 - Folllowing approval by the European Commission, Solvay has completed the sale of its PVC compounding business, Benvic Europe, to US private equity investor OpenGate Capital. The...

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Kem One Converting Lavera PVC Site to Membrane Process

07.04.2014 - French PVC producer Kem One, the former Arkema subsidiary recently rescued from bankruptcy by private equity investor OpenGate Capital and industrialist Alain de Krassny, has begun...

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Announcement on Merged Bids for Kem One Imminent

19.12.2013 - The fate of French PVC producer Kem One could be decided on Dec. 20, just before most trading activity ceases for the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Only one bidder is left in...