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Ingevity will acquire Perstorp’s caprolactone business

by Michael McCoy
December 16, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 49

 

Perstorp's caprolactone plant in Warrington, England.
Credit: Perstorp
Perstorp produces caprolactone at this facility in Warrington, England.

Ingevity has agreed to acquire Perstorp’s caprolactone business for about $675 million. The business produces caprolactone and its derivatives at a plant in Warrington, England. It has annual sales of about $175 million. Ingevity was formed in 2016 as a chemical spin-off of the papermaker MeadWestvaco. Last year Ingevity acquired Georgia-Pacific’s pine chemical business for $315 million.

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