M&A Deal Summary

Italmatch Acquires Water Science Technologies

On September 27, 2019, Italmatch acquired chemicals company Water Science Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Italmatch’s 8th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Italmatch’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Italmatch’s 1st transaction in Alabama.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-09-27
Target Water Science Technologies
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Italmatch
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Grace Matthews, Inc. (Financial)
Butler Snow (Legal)

Target

Water Science Technologies

Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Water Science Technologies LLC is a blender and chemical solutions provider for the North American oil & gas and industrial water treatment industries, based in Birmingham, Alabama (USA).

Search 201,839 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

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 9 of 11
Sector (Chemicals) 8 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 9
State (Alabama) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2019) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-02 Eco Inhibitors

Stavanger, Norway

Eco Inhibitors is a technology startup company based in Norway that has developed chemical solutions to produce a new generation of eco-friendly hydrate inhibitors for Oil&Gas applications.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-02 FRX Polymers

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

FRX Polymers, Inc. is a flame retardant solutions provider focused on providing research and development in the field of halogen-free polymeric flame retardant blend components. FRX Polymers was formed in 2007 and operates a pilot plant in Chelmsford, MA and a full scale plant in Antwerp, Belgium.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal