Mergers & Acquisitions

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Investment Firms Swap RelaDyne

December 29, 2021

Private equity firm American Industrial Partners announced last week that it has acquired RelaDyne, one of the leaders o ...

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Croda Selling Unit to Cargill

December 28, 2021

Agricultural products company Cargill Inc. has agreed to buy most of Croda International Plc’s Performance Technologie ...

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Stockholders Aim to Privatize United Global

December 17, 2021

An investment firm representing the main stockholders of United Global Ltd. announced on Dec. 10 an unconditional cash o ...

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Canadian Pacific Closes on Merger

December 15, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. announced yesterday the completion of its $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, ...

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Saint-Gobain Buys Chemicals Firm

December 8, 2021

French building materials company Saint-Gobain announced on Monday the acquisition of construction chemicals company GCP ...

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Kangtai Additive Project Scaled Back

December 3, 2021

A company attempting to acquire most of Kangtai Lubricant Additive Co. has scaled back the size of an additive factory n ...

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Vitol Announces Buyout of Vivo

November 30, 2021

Africa fuels and lubricants supplier Vivo Energy agreed last week to a $2.3 billion buyout by Netherlands-based energy t ...

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Korla Nears Purchase of Tongyi

November 26, 2021

Xinjiang Korla Fragrant Pear Co.’s board of supervisors voted unanimously Nov. 24 to approve the company’s acquisiti ...

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Slicker Buys Hydrodec Rerefinery

November 24, 2021

Transformer oil recycler Hydrodec and its Ohio rerefinery were acquired by United Kingdom-based Slicker Recycling Ltd., ...

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Troy to Merge with Arxada

November 10, 2021

Metalworking fluid biocides producer Troy and Arxada, a lubricants and biocides manufacturer, will merge their businesse ...

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Swiss Arxada to Merge with Troy

November 9, 2021

Lubricants and biocides manufacturer Arxada and Troy, a producer of metalworking fluid biocides, will merge their busine ...

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Telko Buys Estonian Distributor

November 2, 2021

Lubricants distributor Telko Ltd. will acquire fellow distributor Mentum AS, the company announced last week. Based in T ...

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Pear Grower Plans to Buy Tongyi

October 29, 2021

A fruit grower in China’s Xinjiang province announced this month that it has reached a tentative agreement to acquire ...

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Lehvoss Adds Western Europe Distributor

October 26, 2021

Lehvoss Group, a producer and distributor of raw materials for lubricant additives and base oils based in Hamburg, Germa ...

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Azelis Acquires African Distributor Umongo

October 26, 2021

A subsidiary of specialty chemicals distributor Azelis will acquire 90% of the shares of South Africa-based lubricants, ...

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Vertex Sale to Safety-Kleen Progresses

October 13, 2021

Vertex Energy shareholders voted in favor of its proposed sale of used motor oil collection and recycling assets – inc ...

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Verdant Acquires Surfactants Maker

October 6, 2021

Chemicals producer Verdant Specialty Solutions acquired fellow producer Baze Chemical this week, further expanding its s ...

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Chevron Buys Neste Base Oil Business

October 5, 2021

Neste has agreed to sell its API Group III business to Chevron, the companies announced Monday, a deal that expands Chev ...