14 February 2013
Details
Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
has entered into an agreement
to purchase Kemira Oyj's 39 % interest in
Sachtleben,
the titanium dioxide business joint venture
of the parties for EUR 97.5 million.
The transaction is expected to close no later than
February 19, 2013
Ownership interest in Sachtleben before acquisition
- 61 % by Rockwood Holdings Inc., USA.
- 39 % by Kemira Oyj, Finland
Facts and Figures about Sachtleben GbmH
- Duisburg-based company, Germany
- Turnover in 2011, approx. EUR 835 million
- Production capacity of titanium dioxide is
340,000 tons per year by sulfate process
- 3 Production sites in
* Duisburg and Krefeld in Germany,
* Pori in Finland
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