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Albemarle Acquires Rockwood Holdings

On July 15, 2014, Albemarle acquired chemicals company Rockwood Holdings for 6.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Albemarle’s 6th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Albemarle’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Albemarle’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Albemarle’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-15
Target Rockwood Holdings
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Albemarle
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 6.2B USD
Advisor(s) Lazard
Citi (Financial)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Legal)

Target

Rockwood Holdings

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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.

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Buyer

Albemarle

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1887
Sector Chemicals
Employees7,400
Revenue 5.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Albemarle develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals to meet customer needs across a diverse range of end markets. The company's services include petroleum refining, consumer electronics, plastics/packaging, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, crop protection, food safety, and custom chemistry services. Albemarle was incorporated in 1887 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 10
Sector: Chemicals M&A 6 of 9
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-15 Chemetall

Frankfurt, Germany

Chemetall GmbH is a provider of chemicals and processes for surface treatment of metals and other substrates, Lithium compounds and other specialty chemicals.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-14 Chemal & Co. KG

Hamm, Germany

Chemal GmbH & Co. KG specializes in research and development of surface finishing chemicals for aluminum and its alloys with emphasis on anodizing and pretreatment technologies. With an extensive history of success, Chemal has become a reference point for the surface finishing of aluminum.

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