M&A Deal Summary

Lonza Acquires Arch Chemicals

On October 20, 2011, Lonza acquired chemicals company Arch Chemicals for 1.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lonza’s 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Lonza’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lonza’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Lonza’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-10-20
Target Arch Chemicals
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Lonza
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.2B USD
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley (Financial)
Cravath, Swaine & Moore (Legal)

Target

Arch Chemicals

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Arch Chemicals, Inc. is a provider of chemicals products for killing bacteria and fungi.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Lonza

Basel, Switzerland
Category Company
Founded 1897
Sector Life Science
Employees18,000
Revenue 6.7B CHF (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Lonza plant located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Lonza plant located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Lonza is a global company that focuses on the life sciences sector, offering products and services for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and nutrition markets. Their portfolio spans across biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing, consumer health, nutrition, microbial control solutions, and custom manufacturing of specialty chemicals. Lonza was founded in 1897 and is based in Basel, Switzerland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 9
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 6
Year (2011) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-20 MODA Technology Partners

Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States

MODA Technology Partners (“MODA”), is a software company that provides paperless quality control solutions. MODA provides a mobile data acquisition platform that enables quality assurance and quality control organizations in the Life Sciences industry to automate their regulated manufacturing processes, including environmental monitoring (EM), utility testing, and product testing.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-03 Zelam

New Plymouth, New Zealand

Zelam Ltd. is a research-focused chemical company based in New Zealand (NZ), which develops and manufactures products for crop protection, specializing in fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, foliar nutrients and additives.

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