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Albea acquisites Betts Group

Albea acquisites Betts Group

Albéa (previously Alcan Packaging Beauty) today announced the acquisition of Betts Group, a leading producer of laminate tubes that operates 6 plants in the UK, Poland, Mexico, India and Indonesia.

Univar's acquisition of Quaron is completed

Univar's acquisition of Quaron is completed

Univar, a leading global chemical distributor, announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of the Quaron business in Belgium and the Netherlands. This step reflects Univar’s commitment to growth and to strengthening its position, reach, service, technical expertise and product portfolio in the Benelux. Trading as a combined entity will commence on 10th January 2011.

PolyOne acquires second specialty business in Brazil

PolyOne acquires second specialty business in Brazil

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has acquired Uniplen Indústria de Polímeros Ltda. (Uniplen), a leading Brazilian producer of specialty engineered materials and distributor of thermoplastics.

Lanxess acquires DSM Elastomers

Lanxess acquires DSM Elastomers

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has come to an agreement with Royal DSM to acquire DSM Elastomers for €310m. Lanxess says the deal help strengthen its production technology for ethylene propylene diene monomer(EPDM).

Indorama acquired SK Eurochem

Indorama acquired SK Eurochem

Thailand's Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited has signed agreements with Korea's SK Chemicals Company Limited to acquire the entire issued capital of SK Eurochem Sp. z o.o., in Poland and PT SK Keris together with its subsidiary PT SK Fiber in Indonesia.

New strategic takeover for Piovan

New strategic takeover for Piovan

Just two years after the acquisition of UNA-DYN in the United States (October 2008), Piovan carries out another important operation aimed at strengthening its growth, particularly in the extrusion sector.

Huhtamaki sells its European operations

Huhtamaki sells its European operations

Finland-based packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki is selling its European rigid plastic consumer goods operations, excluding the business in Italy, for €52m.

Ashland completes acquisition of Hercules

Ashland completes acquisition of Hercules

Ashland Inc. last week completed its acquisition of Hercules Incorporated, creating a leading specialty chemicals company serving many of the world`s most essential needs and industries.