M&A Deal Summary

Aurorium Acquires Dow Chemical - Sodium Borohydride

On February 2, 2015, Aurorium acquired chemicals company Dow Chemical - Sodium Borohydride from Dow for 190M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aurorium’s 2nd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Aurorium’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Aurorium’s 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-02-02
Target Dow Chemical - Sodium Borohydride
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Aurorium
Sellers(s) Dow
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 190M USD

Target

Dow Chemical - Sodium Borohydride

United States
Sodium borohydride is used in making organic chemical products. The divestiture of the sodium borohydride business includes a manufacturing facility located in Elma, Washington.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Aurorium

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Category Company
Founded 1857
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Aurorium is a manufacturer of high-value specialty chemicals used in the agroscience, nutrition, pharmaceutical, personal care, and performance materials markets. Aurorium producer of pyridine and picoline chemicals that function as key intermediates in the manufacturing of herbicides, insecticides, biocides, and a range of pharmaceutical and industrial products. Aurorium was founded in 1857 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 7
Sector (Chemicals) 2 of 7
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-03 Pentagon Chemicals

United Kingdom

Pentagon is a UK based contract chemical manufacturer, producing organic intermediates for use in the life science, petrochemical and speciality chemicals markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-01 IM Chemicals

Linz, Austria

IM Chemicals is a producer of specialty anhydrides products used across a diverse group of end markets including coatings, pigments, construction, and pharmaceutical. IM Chemicals operates a production site in Linz, Austria with more than 150 employees.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Dow

Midland, Michigan, United States
Category Company
Founded 2018
Sector Chemicals
Employees37,800
Revenue 44.6B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Dow Chemical's corporate headquarters in Midland, Michigan.
Dow Chemical's corporate headquarters in Midland, Michigan.

Dow produces specialty chemicals, advanced materials, agrosciences, and plastics and delivers a range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in sectors that include packaging, electronics, water, coatings, and agriculture. Dow was founded in 2018 and is based in Midland, Michigan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 18
Sector (Chemicals) 9 of 14
Type (Divestiture) 9 of 15
Country (United States) 9 of 14
Year (2015) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-05 Dow Chemical - Findlay plant

United States

Findlay plant includes assets and technology that produce a wide-variety of polyolefin films.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-06 Univation Technologies

Houston, Texas, United States

Univation Technologies is a supplier of catalysts for polyethylene production. Catalyst for both gas phase and slurry processes are manufactured at facilities in Texas. We supply Ziegler-Natta, chromium, single site (metallocene), and bimodal catalysts.

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