M&A Deal Summary

Dow Acquires Ascot

On June 1, 2001, Dow acquired chemicals company Ascot

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dow’s 3rd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Dow’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-06-01
Target Ascot
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Dow
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ascot

London, United Kingdom
Ascot Plc, headquartered in London, is a significant speciality and fine chemicals producer.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Dow

Midland, Michigan, United States

Category Company
Founded 2018
Sector Chemicals
Employees37,800
Revenue 43.0B USD (2024)
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 3 of 10
Sector: Chemicals M&A 3 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 6
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-08-30 Union Carbide

Houston, Texas, United States

Union Carbide Corp. is a chemical and polymers company. The company possesses some of the industry's most advanced process and catalyst technologies, and operates some of the most cost-efficient, large-scale production facilities in the world.

Buy $9.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 PBBPolisur S.A.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

PBB Polisur operates a complex of 6 plants in the city of Bahia Blanca, located in Buenos Aires province. PBB Polisur, a producer of polyethylene.

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