Cambrex has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Permira, which has $48 billion of committed capital in its portfolio, covering healthcare among four other sectors.
Clariant and Sabic have agreed to temporarily suspend the discussions on combining the former’s Additives business, the high value part of the Masterbatches business and parts of the latter’s Specialties business into a single ‘High Performance Materials’ business area.
Chemical distribution giant Brenntag has initiated or completed four acquisitions within the space of a few days. The company has agreed to acquire the 50% stake it did not already have in Crest Chemicals in South Africa, the operating business of Chemgrit Cosmetics.
Onyx Scientific has revealed that it has been engaging with the UK Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) with a view to securing a commercial API licence by the end of 2019.
Belgian CDMO Ardena has launched Ardena LSI, which it describes as “a new business arm dedicated to the sale of chemical ingredients and intermediates for the life science industry”.
CEFIC has announced that, to date, 59 chemical producers in Europe have signed up to the Action Plan to re-evaluate their chemical safety data, which it launched in late June.
The European Chemicals Agency has added four new substances to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation under REACH.
Entegris, a Massachusetts-based supplier of speciality chemicals and materials for the microelectronics industry, has acquired MPD Chemicals for about $165 million in cash.
Charkit Chemical has acquired Custom Ingredients, a manufacturer of speciality ingredients including chemical concentrates, natural oils, polymers and extracts, and CA Specialities, a distributor of ingredients in the personal care market.
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Cambrex has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Permira, which has $48 billion of committed capital in its portfolio, covering healthcare among four other sectors.
Clariant and Sabic have agreed to temporarily suspend the discussions on combining the former’s Additives business, the high value part of the Masterbatches business and parts of the latter’s Specialties business into a single ‘High Performance Materials’ business area.
Chemical distribution giant Brenntag has initiated or completed four acquisitions within the space of a few days. The company has agreed to acquire the 50% stake it did not already have in Crest Chemicals in South Africa, the operating business of Chemgrit Cosmetics.
Onyx Scientific has revealed that it has been engaging with the UK Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) with a view to securing a commercial API licence by the end of 2019.
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