Maccaferri Buys Iterchimica and Surface Tech to Build High-Performance Road Materials Vertical
What happened Officine Maccaferri has acquired Iterchimica and Surface Tech to create a High-Performance Materials vertical inside the group. The move folds asphalt chemistry and aramid fiber pavement reinforcement into Maccaferri’s existing geosynthetics and civil engineering offer. Completion of the Iterchimica purchase remains subject to customary regulatory and antitrust approvals. Surface Tech’s North American announcement […]
Penta Fine Ingredients Completes Synerzine Acquisition to Deepen Aroma Chemicals Catalog
What happened Penta Fine Ingredients, the West Caldwell, New Jersey specialty chemicals and intermediates supplier owned by Keystone Capital Management, has completed its acquisition of ICS Georgia, which trades as Synerzine. Synerzine is an aroma ingredients supplier based in Ellenwood, Georgia, with more than four decades of history serving flavor and fragrance houses. Financial terms […]
Mutares Closes Synthomer Czech Acrylics Carve-Out as Europe Sheds Upstream Monomers
What happened Mutares, the Munich-listed holding company that buys businesses in transition, has closed its purchase of Synthomer a.s., the Czech acrylic acid and acrylic ester producer based in Sokolov, from UK chemicals group Synthomer plc. The carve-out was agreed in June and completed on 30 September 2026, roughly on the end-of-quarter timetable both sides […]
Evonik Confirms Non-Binding BASF Takeover Approach as RAG Holds Stake
What happened Evonik Industries AG has confirmed that its Executive Board received a non-binding approach from BASF SE regarding a voluntary public takeover offer for all Evonik shares. The disclosure, released on 25 September 2026 as inside information under Article 17 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, came after media reports of a possible deal […]
Grupa Kety to Buy METRA in 645 Million Euro Aluminium Push
Poland-listed aluminium group Grupa Kety has signed a conditional deal to buy Italy-based METRA Group from KPS Capital Partners, putting a mid-cap European extruder on a path to true transatlantic scale just as buyers chase lighter metals for rail, buildings and industrial systems. What happened Grupa Kety S.A. agreed to acquire 100% of Fengari Holdings […]
Solar Industries Bids R21.8 Billion Cash for South Africas Omnia
Solar Industries India is taking a decisive step into South African chemicals and mining services. Through Solar SA Investments, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, the Nagpur-based industrial explosives and defence manufacturer has lodged a firm intention all-cash offer for Omnia Holdings valued at R21.8 billion, structured as a scheme of arrangement that would take Omnia […]
EU Big Three Prep Safeguards on PET Epoxy and Glass Fibre
Europe is preparing to reach for a rarely used trade tool. France, Italy and likely Germany plan to ask the European Commission within weeks to open safeguard probes on key chemicals and plastics lines, according to reporting on 10 September 2026. The focus products named in that reporting are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer resin, epoxy […]
Korea Petrochem Probe Widens: Price-Fixing Risk Hits PVC and Caustic Soda Chains
South Korean prosecutors are expanding a major investigation into alleged price-fixing across basic petrochemicals, summoning senior executives after raids on large producers. For global buyers of PVC, caustic soda, plasticizers, and related intermediates, the story is not only legal risk in Korea – it is how wartime naphtha shocks and concentrated supply can turn into […]