3/6/2017 INEOS Oxide announces that it has completed the acquisition of Arkemas Oxo Alcohol Business
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INEOS Oxide announces that it has completed the acquisition of Arkema's Oxo Alcohol Business
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INEOS Oxide today announced that, following clearance by the European Commission, it has completed the acquisition of Arkema’s Oxo alcohol business, which included the acquisition of Arkema’s stake in Oxochimie, the Joint Venture at Lavéra between INEOS and Arkema, producing butryaldehyde and oxo alcohols (butanol and 2-ethyl hexanol).
Graham Beesley, CEO INEOS Oxide said, “We are very pleased to have completed the acquisition. Oxo alcohols are a core business for INEOS Oxide, both supplying the European and global markets and supporting the manufacturing of our fast growing downstream intermediates businesses. We look forward to integrating theOxochimie joint venture and growing our global market presence in oxo alcohols, aldehydes & derivatives.”
Oxochimie is a Joint Venture between INEOS and Arkema at Lavéra, France and is not part of the INEOS Group Holdings SA group. Oxochimie produced butanols, 2-ethyl hexanol and oxoaldehydes on behalf of its parent companies that Arkema and INEOS marketed independently.
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