Toward bringing global operations under sole family control for the first time since selling the bulk to Hoechst 1965, German industrial gases producer Messer is buying...
20.03.2020
- Huntsman has agreed to buy CVC Thermoset Specialities, a North American specialty chemical manufacturer, for $300 million in cash. CVC makes highly specialized toughening, curing...
04.03.2019
- At the beginning of March, Messer Industries, new joint venture of Germany-based industrial gases producer Messer and private equity group CVC Capital Partners, completed the...
10.12.2018
- Just five weeks after presenting third-quarter financial results and forecasting a slight decline in EBIT before special items for full year 2018 and a little over two weeks after...
20.11.2018
- At the dawn of the new millennium, Messer Group, the industrial gases producer founded in Frankfurt in 1898 by Adolf Messer emerged from the break-up of then-chemical giant Hoechst...
06.08.2015
- DSM has completed the merger of its caprolactam, acrylonitrile and composite resins businesses into a new joint venture with private equity group CVC Capital Partners. The new...
08.05.2015
- Speculation that German chemical producer Evonik is priming itself for a major acquisition or restructuring continues apace. Following an announcement in February by the company's...
06.05.2015
- Swiss specialty chemical producer Clariant is certain that its large shareholders - including those of Süd-Chemie, who hold 14% of the Swiss company's shares will support...
