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Evonik Industries - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Evonik Industries M&A Summary

Evonik Industries has acquired 13 companies. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 8 assets.

Evonik Industries’ largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Air Products - Performance Materials Division for $3.8B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2019, when it sold Roehm to Advent International for $3.4B. Evonik Industries has acquired in 6 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include chemicals (59%) and life science (25%).

Evonik Industries Business Overview

Where is Evonik Industries headquartered?

Evonik Industries is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

What is Evonik Industries’ revenue?

Evonik Industries disclosed revenue of 15,267M EUR for 2023 and 18,488M EUR for 2022.

How many employees does Evonik Industries have?

Evonik Industries has 33,090 employees.

What sector is Evonik Industries in?

Evonik Industries is a diversified company.

When was Evonik Industries founded?

Evonik Industries was founded in 1873.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity20
    • M&A Buy Activity12
    • M&A Sell Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 11

Evonik Industries

Evonik Industries AG

Rellinghauser Strasse 1-11,
Essen, 45128
Germany,
+49 201 177 3315
corporate.evonik.com

Evonik Industries is an industrial corporation with worldwide operations grouped in three business areas Chemicals, Energy and Real Estate which are positioned at the forefront of their market segments. It is a global leader in specialty chemicals (former Degussa), an expert in power generation from hard coal and renewable energies (former STEAG) and one of Germany's largest privately owned residential real estate companies. Evonik Industries was founded in 1873 and is based in Essen, Germany.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 12 - - - - - 12
vol $4.5B $4.5B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 6 - 2 - - - 8
vol $4.4B $4.4B
  20

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Evonik Industries - Virginia Amphoteric Surfactants and Specialty Esters Manufacturing Operations 2022-11-01 - Divestiture
Essen, Germany
Evonik Industries - U.S. Betaine Business 2022-08-01 - Divestiture
Hopewell, Virginia
Evonik Industries AG - CO2 Extraction Business 2019-11-05 - Divestiture
Essen, Germany
Roehm GmbH 2019-03-04 3.4B EUR Divestiture
Darmstadt, Germany · www.roehm.com
PeroxyChem LLC 2018-11-08 625M USD Add-on Acquisition
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · www.peroxychem.com
Evonik Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corp. 2018-08-30 - Divestiture
Galena, Kansas · www.jayhawk.evonik.com
Dr. Straetmans GmbH 2017-03-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Hamburg, Germany · www.dr-straetmans.de
Air Products - Performance Materials Division 2016-05-06 3.8B USD Divestiture
, United States
Alkion Biopharma SAS 2016-04-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Evry, France · www.alkion-biopharma.com
Medpalett AS 2016-03-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Sandnes, Norway
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Chemicals 7 (58%) 4.4B (99%) 5 (63%) 4.4B (100%)
Life Science 3 (25%) 30M (1%) - -
Consumer Products 1 (8%) - 2 (25%) -
Food 1 (8%) - 1 (13%) -
Total 12 $4.5B 8 $4.4B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Germany 2 - 6 4.4B
United States 6 4.5B 2 -
  Kansas 1 - 1 -
  Pennsylvania 1 625M - -
  Michigan 1 - - -
  Indiana 1 - - -
  Alabama 1 30M - -
  Virginia - - 1 -
France 1 - - -
India 1 - - -
Norway 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 5M - -
Domestic 2 (17%) - 6 (75%) 4.4B (100%)
Cross-border 10 (83%) 4.5B (100%) 2 (25%) -
Total 12 $4.5B 8 $4.4B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $3.8B
$100M to $1B 1 $625M
< $100M 2 $35M
TOTAL $4.5B
Largest Air Products - Performance Materials Division
$3.8B (2016-05-06)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $4.4B
TOTAL $4.4B
Largest Roehm GmbH
$3.4B (2019-03-04)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
17%
2 (17%)
Strategic(s)
25%
3 (25%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
50%
4 (50%)
Strategic(s)
50%
4 (50%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Diversified

Revenue

15,267   18% 2023
18,488   24% 2022
14,955   23% 2021
12,199   7% 2020
13,108   13% 2019
15,024   5% 2018
14,419   14% 2017
12,732   6% 2016
13,507   2015
(millions of EUR) Show More Show Less

Employees

33,090

Established

1873

Public

Frankfurt (FWB): EVK

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