# AEQUITA acquires SABIC's European petrochemicals business

AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA has entered into an agreement to acquire SABIC's European portfolio of Olefins & Polyolefins assets, including four production sites in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and the UK, employing about 1,900 people and generating USD 3.5 billion in revenues.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2026-01-08
- Where: Geleen (Netherlands), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Genk (Belgium), Teesside (UK), Netherlands
- Jobs: 1,900
- Status: announced
- Products: olefins, polyolefins
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [SABIC](https://endata.com/companies/3200.md) (target)
- [AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA](https://endata.com/companies/59971.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [eqs-news.com](https://www.eqs-news.com/news/corporate-news/aequita-acquires-the-european-petrochemicals-business-of-sabic/bdfe4daa-f190-4e3b-ac46-664a64b37b08_en), 2026-01-08: "AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA, a global industrial group headquartered in Munich, Germany, has entered into an agreement to acquire SABIC’s European portfolio of Olefins & Polyolefins assets."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.