Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2012-01-10 |
| Target | Chiba Styrene Monomer |
| Sector | Chemicals |
| Investor(s) | Sumitomo Chemical |
| Sellers(s) | TDK |
| Deal Type | Stake Purchase |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1913 |
| Sector | Chemicals |
| Employees | 29,279 |
| Revenue | 2.61T JPY (2025) |
Sumitomo Chemical is a manufacturer of fertilizers from sulfur dioxide emitted from smelting operations at the Besshi copper mine. The company engages in the Petrochemicals & Plastics Sector, Energy & Functional Materials Sector, IT-related Chemicals Sector, Health & Crop Sciences Sector, Pharmaceutical Sector, and Others. Sumitomo Chemical was founded in 1913 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 8 of 16 |
| Sector: Chemicals M&A | 5 of 13 |
| Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals | 2 of 5 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 2 of 5 |
| Year: 2012 M&A | 1 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-05 |
LG Life Sciences - Ethaboxam Fungicide Business
South Korea LG Life Sciences - Ethaboxam Fungicide Business is a highly effective on a wide range of troublesome diseases, such as downy mildew, late blight and Pythium disease, of many crops including grapes, vegetables, potatoes, corn and other row crops. The fungicide offers the distinctive advantage of flexibility in the choice of application methods, for example, soil, foliar or seed treatment applications. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-18 |
McLaughlin Gormley King Co.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States McLaughlin Gormley King Co. Inc. sells insect control products into consumer home and pet products, professional pest control, animal health, and other markets. MGK is a leader in the development and distribution of wide range of insect control technologies. MGK holds 253 product registrations with the U.S. EPA for insect control products, and sells its products into more than 60 countries. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1935 |
| Sector | Electronics |
| Employees | 108,895 |
| Revenue | 2.20T JPY (2025) |
TDK is an electronics company. TDK commercialize ferrite, a key material in electronic and magnetic products. TDK's portfolio includes electronic components, modules and systems* marketed under the product brands TDK and EPCOS, power supplies, magnetic application products as well as energy devices, flash memory application devices, and others. TDK was founded in 1935 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 2 |
| Sector: Chemicals M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Year: 2012 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-28 |
Creative Core
Tokyo, Japan Creative Core, Ltd. is involved in planning, production, manufacturing and sale software of music software master discs, game software, school teaching materials, and study/education materials-use software. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-02 |
Hutchinson Technology
Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States Hutchinson Technology is a global supplier of critical precision component technologies. As a key supplier of suspension assemblies for disk drives, HTI helps customers improve overall disk drive performance and meet the demands of an ever-expanding digital universe. Through its new business development initiatives, HTI focuses on leveraging its unique precision manufacturing capabilities in new markets to improve product performance, reduce size, lower cost, and reduce time to market. |
Buy | $126M |
