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Ascensus Specialties Acquires Wychem

On December 13, 2021, Ascensus Specialties acquired chemicals company Wychem from PMC Isochem

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ascensus Specialties’ 2nd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Ascensus Specialties’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-12-13
Target Wychem
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Ascensus Specialties
Sellers(s) PMC Isochem
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Wychem

Suffolk, United Kingdom
Wychem is a manufacturer of fine chemicals for pharmaceutical and specialty applications. Wychem provides a comprehensive range of more than 1,000 products and custom manufacturing solutions, with a focus on aromatic compounds and halogenation including direct bromination, direct iodination, and diazonium / sandmeyer reactions. Wychem was formed in 1968 and is based in Suffolk, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Ascensus Specialties

Bellevue, Washington, United States
Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Ascensus Specialties is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals primarily in two end-markets: pharmaceutical drug manufacturing and pulp & paper processing. In pharmaceutical drug manufacturing, sodium borohydride is used as a reducing agent. In pulp & paper processing, sodium borohydride is used as a bleaching agent to prepare paper products for end-customer use. Ascensus Specialties was founded 2014 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Chemicals M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-07 Strem

Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

Strem sells and manufactures specialty chemicals for the most demanding, high-purity end markets of life sciences, microelectronics, and other specialties markets. Strem was founded in 1964 and is based in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

PMC Isochem

Vert Le Petit, France
Category Company
Sector Chemicals
Revenue 27M EUR (2013)
DESCRIPTION

PMC Isochem is a provider of fine chemicals as well as phosgene derivatives for clients of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, agrochemical and intermediate sectors. PMC Isochem is based in Vert Le Petit, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Chemicals M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-04 Isochem SAS - Pharma Business

Vert Le Petit, France

Isochem SAS - Pharma Business comprised of research, product/process development, regulatory approvals, pilot scale and full plant-scale production of drug intermediates and active pharma ingredients (APIs) for major pharmaceutical companies worldwide to serve the needs of Oncology, Cardiovascular, Infectious, Gastro-Intestinal, Neurology and rare diseases.

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