Rockwood Holdings - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Rockwood Holdings M&A Summary

Rockwood Holdings has acquired 2 companies. It has also divested 5 assets.

Rockwood Holdings’ largest acquisition to date was in 2004, when it acquired Dynamit Nobel AG for $2.5B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2013, when it sold CeramTec Group to Cinven for $1.7B. The Company’s most targeted sectors include chemicals (100%).

Rockwood Holdings Business Overview

Where is Rockwood Holdings headquartered?

Rockwood Holdings is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

How many employees does Rockwood Holdings have?

Rockwood Holdings has 3,500 employees.

What sector is Rockwood Holdings in?

Rockwood Holdings is a chemicals company.

When was Rockwood Holdings founded?

Rockwood Holdings was founded in 2000.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity2
    • M&A Sell Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 7

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

100 Overlook Center,
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
United States,
(609) 514-0300
www.rockwoodspecialties.com

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a provider of specialty chemicals, pigments, additives and advanced materials to specialized manufacturing and technology companies throughout the world. The company is a global producer for many of its products including lithium compounds and chemicals, surface treatment chemicals, TiO2 pigments for synthetic fibers and ceramic hip joints.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $2.5B $2.5B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 5 - - - - - 5
vol $3.3B $3.3B
  7

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Chemetall GmbH 2014-07-15 - Divestiture
Frankfurt, Germany · www.chemetall.com
Rockwood - Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide Business 2013-09-17 1.3B USD Divestiture
, United States
CeramTec Group 2013-09-04 1.7B EUR Divestiture
Plochingen, Germany · www.ceramtec-group.com
AlphaGary Corp. 2010-12-17 - Divestiture
Leominster, Massachusetts · www.alphagary.com
Rockwood Holdings - Electronics Business 2008-01-02 315M USD Divestiture
, France
Chemetall GmbH 2004-04-19 - Divestiture
Frankfurt, Germany · www.chemetall.com
Dynamit Nobel AG 2004-04-19 2.5B EUR Divestiture
Troisdorf, Germany · www.dynamit-nobel.com/english
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Chemicals 2 (100%) 2.5B (100%) 4 (80%) 1.6B (49%)
Manufacturing - - 1 (20%) 1.7B (51%)
Total 2 $2.5B 5 $3.3B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Germany 2 2.5B 2 1.7B
United States - - 2 1.3B
  Massachusetts - - 1 -
France - - 1 315M
Domestic - - 2 (40%) 1.3B (40%)
Cross-border 2 (100%) 2.5B (100%) 3 (60%) 2.0B (60%)
Total 2 $2.5B 5 $3.3B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $2.5B
TOTAL $2.5B
Largest Dynamit Nobel AG
$2.5B (2004-04-19)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $3.0B
$100M to $1B 1 $315M
TOTAL $3.3B
Largest CeramTec Group
$1.7B (2013-09-04)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)
Strategic(s)
80%
4 (80%)

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