M&A Deal Summary

Rockwood Holdings Acquires Dynamit Nobel AG

On April 19, 2004, Rockwood Holdings acquired chemicals company Dynamit Nobel AG from mg technologies AG for 2.3B EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rockwood Holdings’ 2nd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Rockwood Holdings’ 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Rockwood Holdings’ 2nd transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-04-19
Target Dynamit Nobel AG
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Rockwood Holdings
Sellers(s) mg technologies AG
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 2.3B EUR

Target

Dynamit Nobel AG

Troisdorf, Germany
Dynamit Nobel AG manufactures precision thermoplastic and duroplastic moldings to automotive and electrical engineering industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Rockwood Holdings

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Chemicals
Employees3,500
Revenue 3.7B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a provider of specialty chemicals, pigments, additives and advanced materials to specialized manufacturing and technology companies throughout the world. The company is a global producer for many of its products including lithium compounds and chemicals, surface treatment chemicals, TiO2 pigments for synthetic fibers and ceramic hip joints.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Chemicals) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Germany) 2 of 2
Year (2004) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-04-19 Chemetall

Frankfurt, Germany

Chemetall GmbH is a provider of chemicals and processes for surface treatment of metals and other substrates, Lithium compounds and other specialty chemicals.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-02 Rockwood Holdings - Electronics Business

France

Rockwood's French electronic chemicals business company.

Sell $315M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

mg technologies AG

Frankfurt am Main,
Category Company
Sector Automotive
DESCRIPTION

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Germany) 2 of 2
Year (2004) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-01-01 Standardkessel Lentjes

Germany

Sell -
Mergr

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