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March 15, 2010
Sika (Baar, Switzerland) says its Sika Japan (Hiratsuka, Japan) subsidiary has acquired the construction sealant business of Henkel Japan (Tokyo). The acquired...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Sika-Acquires-Construction-Sealant-Business-of-Henkel-Japan_25391.html
March 15, 2010
Ineos is in preliminary discussions about the possibility of bringing in joint venture partners for, or selling, some of the company's assets, U.K. press reports say. The reports...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Ineos-in-Preliminary-Partnership-Discussions-with-Mideast-Investors_25396.html
March 12, 2010
H.B. Fuller says it has entered into a stock purchase agreement, under which it will acquire all of the shares of adhesives manufacturer Revertex Finewaters (Klang, Malaysia), a joint...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/H-B-Fuller-to-Acquire-Adhesives-Manufacturer-in-Malaysia_25368.html
March 12, 2010
Yara International said today that it will not raise its offer for Terra Industries to match or exceed a bid form CF Industries Holdings.  Yara agreed last month to buy Terra for...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Yara-International-Will-Not-Raise-Offer-for-Terra-Industries_25370.html
March 12, 2010
The most read article of the week on CW 247 by a country mile is our magazine cover story about Dow Chemical’s journey from the depths of the recession in early 2009, to recovery...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/CWs-Weekly-Round-up-March-12-2010_25375.html
March 11, 2010
Sanofi-Aventis (Paris) says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of consumer healthcare company Chattem (Chattanooga, TN). Sanofi-Aventis had announced last December that...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Sanofi-Aventis-Completes-Acquisition-of-Chattem_25289.html
March 11, 2010
Dynea reported a €46-million loss for full-year 2009, compared to earnings of €5.6 million including special items in both years. Operating results dropped 83%, to €3.9...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Dyneas-Profits-Fall-on-Lower-Volumes-and-Selling-Prices_25290.html
March 11, 2010
Engineering group Maire Tecnimont (Rome) has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Sofipart S.r.l, a company that controls 76.1% of KTI Management, which, in turn, owns 75% of...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Maire-Tecnimont-Acquires-Sofipart-Owner-of-Technip-KTI_25292.html
March 10, 2010
Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL) says it has entered into a definitive agreement with biotechnology company Facet Biotech (Redwood City, CA), to acquire Facet Biotech for...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Abbott-to-Acquire-Facet-Biotech-for-$450-Million_25261.html
March 10, 2010
 Terra Industries says it has accepted CF Industries' $47.40/share offer, which was made on March 2. The offer values Terra at about $4.72 billion. Terra has informed Yara...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Terra-Industries-Accepts-CF-Industries-Offer_25267.html
March 10, 2010
Airgas will issue $300 million in new senior debt in a public offering, the company announced today. The will carry an interest rate of 2.85% and come due in 2013. It will go towards...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Airgas-Issues-Debt-In-Spite-of-Hostile-Bid-Update_25270.html
March 9, 2010
Sanofi-Aventis (Paris) and Merck & Co., have announced that Sanofi-Aventis has exercised its option to combine its Merial unit with Intervet/Schering-Plough (Boxmeer, the...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Sanofi-Aventis-and-Merck-and-Co-to-Create-Global-Leader-in-Animal-Health_25234.html
March 9, 2010
Lonza says it has signed an agreement with drug discovery technology company Odyssey Thera (San Ramon, CA) to make Odyssey Thera’s proprietary protein-fragment complementation...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Lonza-Forms-Alliance-and-Acquires-Stake-in-U-S-Drug-Discovery-Tech-Firm_25238.html
March 9, 2010
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has acquired Artificial Muscle Inc., (AMI; Sunnyvale, CA), a leader in the field of electroactive polymers for the consumer electronics industry. Financial...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Bayer-MaterialScience-Acquires-Artificial-Muscle-Inc-an-Electroactive-Polymers-Business_25239.html
March 8, 2010
In a week in which Dow Chemical agreed to sell its Styron unit to private equity firm Bain Capital, Dow CEO Andrew Liveris, sat down for a Q&A with CW. He discussed the company's...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Weekly-Round-Up-Dow-Moving-Forward_25222.html
March 5, 2010
M&A activity will increase during 2010 after a down year in 2009, Tim Wilding, co-head/industrials at Oppenheimer Fund (New York) told an audience at a Chemical Marketing &...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Banker-Ingredients-in-Place-for-Major-M-and-A-Rebound_25212.html
March 2, 2010
The board of LyondellBasell Industries has rejected Reliance Industries' bid for a controlling stake that valued LyondellBasell at $14.5 billion, sources say. The board favors a...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/LyondellBasell-Board-Rejects-Reliance-Industries-Bid_25129.html
March 2, 2010
CF Industries has raised its offer to acquire Terra Industries, to $47.40/share, topping Yara International's offer of $41.1/share that was announced last month. The new CF offer...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/CF-Industries-Ups-Bid-for-Terra-Topping-Yaras-Offer_25131.html
March 2, 2010
Solutia will issue $300 million in new senior debt in a public offering, the company announced today. The debt, which will be due in 2020, will be used to help fund the acquisition of...
http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/Solutia-Issues-Debt-Refinances-Credit-to-Help-Fund-Acquisition-Update_25135.html
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