Kemira - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Kemira M&A Summary

Kemira has acquired 20 companies. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Kemira’s largest acquisition to date was in 2005, when it acquired Finnish Chemicals Oy for $389M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2013, when it sold Kemira - ChemSolutions Formic Acid Business to Taminco for $158M. Kemira has acquired in 4 different US states, and 12 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include chemicals (69%) and environmental (16%).

Kemira Business Overview

Where is Kemira headquartered?

Kemira is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

What is Kemira’s revenue?

Kemira disclosed revenue of 3,570M EUR for 2022 and 2,674M EUR for 2021.

How many employees does Kemira have?

Kemira has 4,944 employees.

What sector is Kemira in?

Kemira is a chemicals company.

When was Kemira founded?

Kemira was founded in 1920.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity23
    • M&A Buy Activity19
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 12
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 11
  • M&A Advisors 1

Kemira

Kemira Oyj

Energiakatu 4 PO Box 330,
Helsinki, 00101
Finland,
358 10 8611
www.kemira.com

Kemira is a chemical industry group That Consists of three main segments. Kemira is Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Kemira's main shareholder is Oras Invest Oy and its owners, members of the Paasikivi family. Kemira was founded in 1920 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 19 - - - - - 19
vol $1.0B $1.0B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 - - - 1 - 4
vol $240M $240M
  23

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Kemira - Colorants & Dye Business 2023-05-08 - Divestiture
Helsinki, Finland
Polymer Services LLC 2015-12-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Planville, Kansas · www.polymergel.com
Soto Industries, LLC 2015-09-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Charlotte, North Carolina
Akzo Nobel - Paper Chemical Business 2014-07-08 172M EUR Divestiture
, Netherlands
BASF - Global Alkyl Ketene Dimer (AKD) Emulsion Business 2014-02-27 - Divestiture
, Germany
BASF - Global Alkyl Ketene Dimer Emulsion Business 2014-02-27 - Divestiture
, Germany
Kemira - ChemSolutions Formic Acid Business 2013-12-23 158M EUR Divestiture
Oulu, Finland
Nheel Química Ltda. 2013-11-29 - Divestiture
Rio Claro, Brazil
3F Chimica S.p.A. 2013-07-01 96M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Sandrigo, Italy
Kemira Oyj - Kemira ChemSolutions 2012-12-14 82M USD Divestiture
Tiel, Netherlands
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Chemicals 13 (68%) 1.0B (100%) 4 (100%) 240M (100%)
Environmental 3 (16%) - - -
Energy Services and Equipment 2 (11%) - - -
Manufacturing 1 (5%) - - -
Total 19 $1.0B 4 $240M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 214M - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
  Kansas 1 - - -
  Florida 1 - - -
Brazil 2 - 1 -
Finland 1 389M 2 158M
Netherlands 2 339M 1 82M
  Missouri 1 167M - -
China 2 - - -
Germany 2 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
Denmark 1 - - -
Hungary 1 - - -
Italy 1 96M - -
Slovenia 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (5%) 389M (37%) 2 (50%) 158M (66%)
Cross-border 18 (95%) 649M (63%) 2 (50%) 82M (34%)
Total 19 $1.0B 4 $240M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Lincoln International
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $942M
< $100M 1 $96M
TOTAL $1.0B
Largest Finnish Chemicals Oy
$389M (2005-02-07)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $158M
< $100M 1 $82M
TOTAL $240M
Largest Kemira - ChemSolutions Formic Acid Business
$158M (2013-12-23)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
2 (11%)
Strategic(s)
37%
7 (37%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
4 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Chemicals

Revenue

3,570   34% 2022
2,674   11% 2021
2,427   9% 2020
2,659   3% 2019
2,593   5% 2018
2,486   2017
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Employees

4,944

Established

1920

Public

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