Chemicals and Life Sciences
M&A Director
M&A Director
Q2 2022
The newsletter for M&A and corporate development directors
of mid-market chemicals and life sciences businesses
of mid-market chemicals and life sciences businesses
Dear Reader,
Welcome to our latest newsletter.
I had the pleasure a few weeks back to speak with Ted Clark of Royal Adhesives and HB Fuller on how he approached each stage of his career on his way to making CEO. Excellent advice for all levels. Please take a look by following the link below.
We also have our normal run down of low-mid market M&A and key executive moves that we’ve tracked in the last quarter. Our research team has been collecting these data and also generally identifying and profiling companies across the chemicals and life sciences space for a few years now – if anyone is interested in particular data sets, please let me know as we could make these available if there is sufficient interest.
Wishing everyone health and happiness,
Matt Dixon, CCD Partners
“Chemical Transformations Podcast: the art of unlocking sustainable commercial potential”
Episode 5: Ted Clark
CCD Partners Managing Partner Matt Dixon is joined by Ted Clark, author of "Shipping Clerk to CEO". Ted shares lessons learned on a career rise from entry level to global CEO, as well as the journey of taking Royal Adhesives & Sealants from $35m to $700m prior to the acquisition by H.B. Fuller in 2017.
Deal Summary
Our focus is on the smaller private market deals that tend to be less reported in major publications. We have tracked more than 90 such M&A transaction announcements in the last quarter.
Our top six deals from last quarter are:
| Target | Buyer | Seller | Target Sector | Synopsis / Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faber & VanderEnde | Richard Baker Harrison | Private | Chemical Distribution and Support Services | Richard Baker Harrison continues with acquisition of Faber & VanderEnde B.V and Faber & VanderEnde GmbH. |
| Aubin Group | Italmatch Chemicals | BGF | Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials | Italmatch Chemicals acquires Aubin Group |
| Chemical Partners | Azelis | Private | Chemical Distribution and Support Services | Azelis acquires Chemical Partners |
| Bio-based industrial business | Cargill | Croda | Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials | Cargill to acquire Croda’s bio-based industrial business |
| Chemicals business | Bakelite Synthetics | Georgia-Pacific | Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials | Bakelite Synthetics acquires Georgia-Pacific chemicals business |
| Kappa Bioscience | Balchem | Verdane Edda | Fine Chemicals and Life Science Contract Services | Balchem acquires Kappa for $338 million |
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Sign up to our weekly trackerKey Appointments
We track the career movement of senior executives instrumental in shaping strategic organisational development through transformative transactions or other means.
Our top five moves from last quarter are:
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Melling | Smith & Nephew | Victrex | CFO and Executive Director |
| Atanas Atanasov | Kraton Corporation | Lummus | CFO |
| Philipp Junge | LANXESS | OQEMA Group | COO |
| Laurent Nataf | Internal appointment | Azelis | Chief Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Officer |
| Richard Jackson | HSBC | SK Capital | Managing Director |
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Sign up to our weekly trackerThird Party Recommended Reading
Our pick of recommended articles and generalist reports covering events, forecasts, large deals and broad macro trends in the wider chemicals and life sciences sectors.
Reducing carbon, fueling growth: Lowering emissions in the chemical industry
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For Chemical Companies, Emissions Reporting Is As Much An Opportunity As A Challenge
“Too often, the concept of businesses publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) and climate-related risks has been framed as a daunting, costly challenge whose success is only measured by whether investors and customers will still do business with a company after recognizing the environmental impacts of their production.”
The chemical industry The chemical industry’s new green deals
“For decades, major corporate decisions like shutting, divesting, acquiring, and spinning off businesses were motivated mainly by dollars and cents. Now, executives at such companies are increasingly weighing environmental impact—carbon footprint, in particular.”
ESG-driven innovation in the chemical industry
"Decarbonization challenges also present the chemical industry with a particularly powerful set of opportunities to position itself as a key partner in the sustainability-driven transformations of its customers’ industries."
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