M&A Deal Summary

Vectra Acquires dmc2 AG

On April 24, 2001, Vectra acquired chemicals company dmc2 AG from Degussa AG for 1.2B EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vectra’s 3rd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Vectra’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Vectra’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2001-04-24
Target dmc2 AG
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Vectra
Sellers(s) Degussa AG
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.2B EUR

Target

dmc2 AG

Germany
dmc2 AG is a manufacturer of high tech functional materials especially in the catalysis and metallochemistry areas, and also supplies powders and pastes made of precious metals, base metals and ceramic materials.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vectra

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Chemicals
Employees5,900
Revenue 1.2B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Vectra is a provider of specialty chemicals, advanced materials, electrochemical energy storage, magnetic materials and unique technologies crucial to enabling customers to meet increasingly stringent market and application requirements. Vectra was founded in 1991 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector (Chemicals) 3 of 8
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
Country (Germany) 1 of 2
Year (2001) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-02-06 Dussek Campbell

South San Francisco, California, United States

Dussek Campbell, Inc. is a manufacturer of metal carboxylates for coatings, inks and other niche markets.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-12-27 Cawse

Ora Band, Australia

Cawse provides nickel/cobalt Literate Operation in Western Australia.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Degussa AG

Dusseldorf, Germany
Category Company
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Degussa AG manufactures chemicals,acids. Degussa is the global market leader in specialty chemicals. Its business is creating essentials innovative products and system solutions that make indispensable contributions to its customers' success.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 4
Country (Germany) 1 of 5
Year (2001) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-01 SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz

Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany

SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH is specialised agrochemical and industrial chemical products, making us Germany’s largest urea and ammonia producer.

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