M&A Deal Summary

IGM Resins Acquires BASF - Global Photoinitiator Business

On August 26, 2016, IGM Resins acquired chemicals company BASF - Global Photoinitiator Business from BASF

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IGM Resins’ 3rd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is IGM Resins’ 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-08-26
Target BASF - Global Photoinitiator Business
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) IGM Resins
Sellers(s) BASF
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

BASF - Global Photoinitiator Business

Ludwigshafen, Germany
BASF - Global Photoinitiator Business are used in radiation curing formulations in various industries. Typical end use applications are coatings for furniture and flooring, printing labels, consumer goods and food packaging, and in electronics.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IGM Resins

Waalwijk, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Chemicals
Employees821
DESCRIPTION

IGM Resins develops, manufactures, and supplies photoinitiators, acrylates, and additives for the UV inks & coatings industry. The company also offers specialty intermediates for the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. IGM Resins was established in 1999 and is based in Waalwijk, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Chemicals M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-01 Lamberti - Photoinitiator Business

Gallarate, Italy

Lamberti SpA - Photoinitiator Business

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

BASF

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1865
Sector Chemicals
Employees110,918
Revenue 65.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to BASF's office in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Entrance to BASF's office in Florham Park, New Jersey.

BASF is a global producer of chemicals. BASF looks to combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. BASF was founded in 1865 and is based in Ludwigshafen, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 27
Sector: Chemicals M&A 11 of 20
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 15 of 25
Country: Germany M&A 10 of 15
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-17 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.

Buy $3.2B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-07 Rolic AG

Allschwil, Switzerland

Rolic AG develops and sells applicable coating materials and functional foil products for displays, security elements and the sealing of highly sensitive products. Rolic AG was formed in 1996 and is based in Allschwil, Switzerland.

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