# ALTA Performance Materials to acquire BASF's Palatal business in Chile

ALTA Performance Materials signed an agreement with BASF to acquire its Palatal business in Chile, which supplies vinyl ester and unsaturated polyester resins from a manufacturing site in Concón, Chile. The acquisition will establish ALTA's second production operation in Latin America.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2026-11-05
- Where: Concón, Chile, Chile
- Status: announced
- Products: vinyl ester resins, unsaturated polyester resins
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (partner)
- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (target)
- [ALTA Performance Materials](https://endata.com/companies/16046.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [eqs-news.com](https://www.eqs-news.com/de/news/corporate/alta-performance-materials-signs-agreement-to-acquire-basfs-palatal-business-unit/9716a40c-dfb0-4eba-b4ee-6b447d066c24_en), 2026-11-05: "ALTA Performance Materials, today announced that it has signed an agreement with BASF to acquire its Palatal business in Chile."
- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alta-performance-materials-signs-agreement-to-acquire-basfs-palatal-business-unit-302930652.html), 2026-11-05: "ALTA Performance Materials, today announced that it has signed an agreement with BASF to acquire its Palatal business in Chile."
- [prnewswire.co.uk](https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/alta-performance-materials-signs-agreement-to-acquire-basfs-palatal-business-unit-302930677.html), 2026-11-05: "ALTA Performance Materials, today announced that it has signed an agreement with BASF to acquire its Palatal business in Chile."

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