M&A Deal Summary

Italmatch Acquires Detrex

On November 14, 2017, Italmatch acquired chemicals company Detrex

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Italmatch’s 5th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Italmatch’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Italmatch’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-11-14
Target Detrex
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Italmatch
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Detrex

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Detrex Corp. is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals serving three distinct business areas; namely additives for industrial petroleum products, high purity hydrochloric acid for the semiconductor industry, and specialty chemicals.

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Buyer

Italmatch

Genoa, Italy

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Chemicals
Employees780
Revenue 400M EUR (2017)
DESCRIPTION

Italmatch is a chemical group, specialized in performance additives for water treatment, oil & gas, lubricants and plastics, and boasts a wide product range able to fulfil the requirements of the most demanding applications, including personal care. Italmatch was founded in 1997 and is based in Genoa, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector (Chemicals) 5 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 9
State (Ohio) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2017) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-30 Sudamfos Do Brasil

São Paulo, Brazil

Sudamfos Do Brasil is a Brazilian distribution company, specialized in marketing of phosphonates, phosphates and other specialty chemical products

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-07 Jianghai Environmental Protection

Changzhou, China

Jianghai Environmental Protection Co. Ltd. is an industrial water treatment company. Jianghai provides water treatment technologies, chemistries and services to several industries in China, including customers in power and chemicals.

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