Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals for the textile, paper and emulsions sectors and a portfolio company of USbased private investment firm SK Capital Partners, today announced that they have entered an agreement to acquire the global textile chemicals business of BASF.
The business being acquired delivers products and technologies across the entire textile chemicals spectrum, with particular strength in printing, finishing and coating chemicals segments. The acquisition ideally complements Archroma’s textile dyes and chemicals portfolio and geographical presence. In addition, the acquisition will allow Archroma to reinforce its Textile Specialties team with a global specialist team that has an especially strong presence in Asia and other high growth markets. Both BASF’s and Archroma’s textile businesses are headquartered in Singapore, close to the highly developing Asian textile markets and customers.
“With this agreement, we are bringing together the centuryold history of BASF textile chemicals products, technologies and people with Archroma's already strong heritage from Hoechst, Sandoz and Clariant," Alexander Wessels, CEO of Archroma, notes.
