M&A Deal Summary

IMCD Acquires YCAM - Personal Care & Pharmaceutical Business

On December 18, 2024, IMCD acquired chemicals company YCAM - Personal Care & Pharmaceutical Business from YCAM

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IMCD’s 27th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is IMCD’s 2nd transaction in South Korea.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-12-18
Target YCAM - Personal Care & Pharmaceutical Business
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) IMCD
Sellers(s) YCAM
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

YCAM - Personal Care & Pharmaceutical Business

South Korea
YCAM's Personal Care & Pharmaceutical Business provides ingredients personal care and pharmaceutical.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IMCD

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Chemicals
Employees5,277
Revenue 4.7B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

IMCD is a marketing, sales and distribution of specialty chemicals and food- and pharma ingredients, with offices and warehouses in 31 countries in Europe, Africa and Australia/Asia. IMCD was founded in 1995 and is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 59 of 64
Sector: Chemicals M&A 27 of 28
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 7 of 7
Country: South Korea M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2024 M&A 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-17 Blumos Group

Santiago, Chile

Blumos Group distributes a comprehensive portfolio of specialty ingredients and chemicals for the food, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets across Latin America. The Blumos Group represents leading global suppliers with a wide range of specialty products and offers in-depth formulation expertise supported by a number of application laboratories. Blumos Group was founded in 1945 and is based in Santiago, Chile.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-16 TECOM Ingredients

Barcelona, Spain

TECOM Ingredients is a distributor of ingredients and additives to the food industry. TECOM Ingredients was founded in 1996 and is based in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

YCAM

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Distribution
Employees8
Revenue 26M KRW (2023)
DESCRIPTION

YCAM specializes in distributing specialty ingredients for the cosmetics, personal care, and pharmaceutical markets. YCAM represents leading global suppliers and focuses on providing customers with formulatory advice and specialty ingredients through its technical team and laboratory support, helping them to stay abreast of market trends. YCAM was founded in 2010 and is based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Chemicals M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: South Korea M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1