DSM

Dutch group gives itself a new structure / Materials likely to be divested / Options under review for PA, polyester and “Dyneema” fibres

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

ACN: AnQore declares force majeure

AOC

US investor Lonestar acquires resin maker / CVC, DSM sell shares

DSM

ChemicaInvest JV completes sale of caprolactam business to Highsun

AOC ALIANCYS

Swiss-US composites merger formed / Bert Bakker named CEO for Europe

CLARIANT

Sabic acquires almost 25% stake in Swiss company / Shares previously held by White Tale and 40 North

CLARIANT

Mooted takeover interest from CVC / Strong 9-month performance / New packaging resins plant opens in India

AR PACKAGING

Acquisition by CVC completed / Company targets internal and external growth

KETER PLASTIC

UK private equity player BC Partners in exclusive talks to acquire 80% stake / Israeli company could change hands for USD 1.7 bn

FIBRANT

DSM spin-off shuts down US caprolactam plant / Successive wind down

ÅR PACKAGING

Swedish packaging specialist acquired by CVC Capital / Plans for future growth both organically and through acquisitions

SAMSONITE

Suitcase producer buys US competitor Tumi / Synergies in rigid case models made of plastics

ALIANCYS

Focus on styrene-free resins and carbon fibre-reinforced SMC / DSM carve-out starts up test line in The Netherlands

ALIANCYS

Price hike for unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

ANQORE

DSM Acrylonitrile is renamed / New name for Caprolactam unit soon to be unveiled

ALIANCYS

Name change ahead for carved-out DSM Composite Resins

DSM

New ChemicaInvest jv with CVC finalised / Engineering plastics supply guaranteed

DSM

Polymer Intermediates and Composite Resins businesses spun off as NewCo / Global investor CVC holds majority stake / Caprolactam supply ensured for 15 years / Focus on Performance Chemicals

EVONIK

IPO through alternate route / Shares launched in Frankfurt and Luxembourg

ELOPAK

Takeover bid for SIG rejected as "inadequate" / Full control of joint ventures with Schouw