All Mergers & acquisitions Articles

Australian government clears John Holland sale
Treasurer and Foreign Investment Review Board approve sale of Leighton subsidiary to China Communications Construction Company, one of the largest contractors in the world
Lafarge and Holcim agree Indian divestments
Cement plant and grinding station with 5 million tonnes per year capacity to be sold in Eastern India
Holcim sells stake in Siam Cement
Exit from Thai cement industry provides net gain of some US$ 350 million
Holcim and Lafarge back on track
Stalled merger restarts, with changes to proposed management of potentially world’s largest cement group
Regulator’s decision favours Saint-Gobain in Sika bid
Swiss Takeover Board says Saint-Gobain can ‘opt out’ of offer to fully acquire Sika in its dealings with the controlling families, but another ruling will be required if the deal goes through
Bentley buys French reality modelling firm
Software company Bentley Systems acquires Acute3D, provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modelling
Atlas Copco to exit compact crushing & screening sector
Atlas Copco is to cease production of the Powercrusher line of compact crushing and screening eqiuipment at its Austrian facility in St Valentin
CRH in €6.5 billion Lafarge/Holcim deal
Irish-based group set to become the third largest global building materials group as Lafarge/Holcim merger gets close
Sika Board claims growing support
Pension funds and institutions representing 40% of ownership are said to oppose Saint-Gobain’s controversial takeover of Swiss construction chemicals maker
Ultratech buys cement plants as Jaypee divestments continue
Biggest divestment yet sees facilities with capacity of 4.9 million tonnes per year sold to Indian rival
Sika strips controlling family of voting rights
Lengthy legal battle looms in Saint-Gobain’s controversial attempt to take control of Swiss construction chemicals maker
CRH interested in Lafarge-Holcim assets
Irish materials producer is the first industry player to confirm discussions on pre-merger divestments
Metso to sell automation business to former paper subsidiary
Valmet, the pulp & paper equipment division that Metso demerged from in 2013, is to acquire the company’s Process Automation Systems business for € 340 million
Boskalis buys another 5% of Fugro
Stake in engineering companies upped to 20.01%, but Boskalis maintains it will not make a take-over offer
Lafarge/Holcim team named
Latest step in the merger of cement groups taken with announcement of future executive committee
CRH divestment
Building materials group selling clay and concrete businesses in UK and US to Bain Capital Europe for €522 million
Saint-Gobain approach provokes Sika schism
Construction chemicals manufacturer’s management reacts angrily to controlling family’s plan to sell its stake
Balfour Beatty rejects bid
John Laing Infrastructure Fund’s attempt to buy PPP portfolio said to fall significantly short of UK contractor’s own view of its value
Bid for Balfour Beatty portfolio
UK contractor’s public-private partnership portfolio subject of bid from John Laing Infrastructure Fund
Van Oord in offshore acquisition
Dutch group buys Ballast Nedam Offshore and will integrate it into Offshore Wind Projects business unit
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