M&A Deal Summary

Minerals Technologies Acquires AMCOL International

On May 9, 2014, Minerals Technologies acquired metals/mining company AMCOL International for 1.7B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Minerals Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Metals/Mining sector.
  • This is Minerals Technologies’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Minerals Technologies’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Minerals Technologies’ 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-05-09
Target AMCOL International
Sector Metals/Mining
Buyer(s) Minerals Technologies
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.7B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

AMCOL International

Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States
AMCOL International Corp.produces and markets a wide range of specialty minerals and materials used for industrial, environmental and consumer-related applications.

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Buyer

Minerals Technologies

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Chemicals
Employees3,961
Revenue 2.2B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Minerals Technologies is a resource and technology-based company that develops, produces and markets worldwide a broad range of specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and related systems and services. The Company has two reportable segments: Specialty Minerals and Refractories. Minerals Technologies was founded in 1968 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Metals/Mining) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 4
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-09-09 Polar Minerals

Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States

Polar Minerals Inc., a privately owned producer of industrial minerals in the Midwest United States.Polar Minerals has mineral processing plants in Wellsville, Ohio, and Mount Vernon, Indiana. These two plants process high quality mineral ores into performance minerals for the plastics, paint, adhesives and sealants, rubber and cosmetics industries.

Buy $23M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-05 Sivomatic Holding B.V.

Moerdijk, Netherlands

Sivomatic Holding B.V. is a manufacturer of premium cat litter in Europe. Sivomatic Holding was founded in 1924 and is based in Moerdijk, Netherlands.

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