# BASF acquires filament producer Innofil3D

BASF New Business has acquired 100% of Innofil3D, a filament producer headquartered in Emmen, Netherlands. Approval from antitrust authorities is not required.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-08-21
- Where: Emmen, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Value: $1.90B (1.60B EUR)
- Jobs: 2,400
- Status: completed
- Products: thermoplastic filaments for 3D printing
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md)
- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (acquirer)
- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md) (target)
- [Innofil3D](https://endata.com/companies/26400.md) (target)
- [Domo Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/28583.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [chemeurope.com](https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/164525/basf-acquires-filament-producer-innofil3d.html), 2017-08-21: "BASF New Business has acquired 100% of the filament producer Innofil3D, headquartered in Emmen, Netherlands."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2017/09/p-17-311), 2017-09-18: "The acquisition would complement BASF's engineering plastics portfolio and expand the company's position as a solution provider for the transportation, construction, industrial applications and consumer industries."
- [solvay.com](https://www.solvay.com/en/press-release/solvay-enters-binding-agreement-sell-its-polyamides-business-basf-landmark-solvays), 2017-09-19: "Solvay's planned divestment of Polyamides marks a tipping point in the profound transformation journey we began four years ago."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09538-notw8), 2017-09-25: "BASF says the purchase will give it greater access to growth markets in South America and Asia."
- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/solvay-to-begin-pekk-production-sells-polyamides-business), 2017-09-25: "Solvay’s planned divestment of Polyamides marks a tipping point in the profound transformation journey we began four years ago."
- [pcimag.com](https://www.pcimag.com/articles/topic/4553-eu-company-news?page=20), 2017-09-28: "BASF and Solvay have signed an agreement in which Solvay will sell its integrated polyamide business to BASF."
- [stainless-steel-world.net](https://stainless-steel-world.net/basf-signs-an-agreement-on-solvays-polyamide-busines/), 2019-08-25: "BASF signed an agreement with Solvay in September 2017 on the acquisition of Solvay’s integrated polyamide business."

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