Mergers & Acquisitions

Vertellus to Acquire IM Chemicals

Vertellus to Acquire IM Chemicals

June 2, 2021

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Vertellus acquired IM Chemicals, another specialty chemicals producer involved in the l ...

Lockhart Buys Chlorinated Paraffin Assets

Lockhart Buys Chlorinated Paraffin Assets

May 26, 2021

Lockhart Chemical Co. announced last week that it acquired chlorinated paraffin manufacturing rights and related assets ...

Petrobras Extends Lubnor Sale Deadline

Petrobras Extends Lubnor Sale Deadline

May 12, 2021

Petrobras on Tuesday extended until the end of July the negotiations completion deadline for the sale of a refinery with ...

Fergana Refinery Up for Sale

Fergana Refinery Up for Sale

May 11, 2021

Uzbek authorities last week announced the government’s intention to sell the Fergana Oil Refinery LLC, the second-larg ...

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Equity Firm Buys 40% of SK

April 30, 2021

The parent company of SK Lubricants on Wednesday announced an agreement to sell 40% of the business to a South Korean pr ...

Kansas City Southern Receives New Bid

Kansas City Southern Receives New Bid

April 28, 2021

Canadian National Railway offered to buy Kansas City Southern railway for $33.7 billion last week, exceeding the $29 bil ...

Deal Reported for SK Stake

Deal Reported for SK Stake

April 23, 2021

A South Korean investment firm has won the competition to buy a minority stake in SK Lubricants, according to local news ...

Meridian Buys Malaysian Lube Producer

Meridian Buys Malaysian Lube Producer

April 9, 2021

Meridian Adhesives Group acquired Pacific Adhesive Systems, a Malaysia-based corporation with lubricant and grease opera ...

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Machine Tools Firm Buys Fluid Supplier

March 24, 2021

Machine tool distributor Concept Machine recently acquired St. Louis, Missouri-based B.C. Macdonald & Co., a cutting ...

Merger Forms Canada-Mexico Rail Network

Merger Forms Canada-Mexico Rail Network

March 24, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway acquired Kansas City Southern, one of the largest transporters of base oil and lubricants from ...

Lanxess Acquires Chemical Company

Lanxess Acquires Chemical Company

February 24, 2021

Lanxess AG will pay $1 billion to acquire United States-based specialty chemical manufacturer Emerald Kalama Chemical, w ...

Fuchs Picks Up Vietnam Distributor

Fuchs Picks Up Vietnam Distributor

February 12, 2021

Fuchs Group announced this week that it has purchased a controlling stake in the lubricants business of Vietnamese distr ...

Swedish Lube Handling Firm Bought

Swedish Lube Handling Firm Bought

February 2, 2021

Bergman & Beving’s Tools & Consumables division acquired all shares in fellow Swedish company Germa AB, which develops ...

Gaskets Firm Acquires Synlube Blender

Gaskets Firm Acquires Synlube Blender

January 27, 2021

Cometic Gasket announced yesterday the acquisition of Indiana-based Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, which blends and package ...

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Italmatch Buys Phosphorous Process

January 26, 2021

Italmatch Chemicals Group acquired Israel Chemicals’ RecoPhos Project Technology, boosting the group’s development o ...

ALS Acquires New Jersey-based Blender

ALS Acquires New Jersey-based Blender

January 20, 2021

Advanced Lubrication Specialties acquired the assets of Newark, New Jersey-based blender American Oil & Supply Inter ...

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SK Capital Invests in Lubes Distributor

January 13, 2021

SK Capital Partners L.P. made a controlling investment in Baltimore, Maryland-based lubricants and specialty chemicals d ...

Idemitsu to Buy Up Toa Shares

Idemitsu to Buy Up Toa Shares

January 8, 2021

Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan Co. will consolidate its lubricant and grease business by buying up stock of Toa Oil Co. to mak ...