# Tokai Carbon to acquire Sid Richardson Carbon for $308 million

Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire Fort Worth-based Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd. and its affiliate companies in a transaction valued at about $308 million. Sid Richardson Carbon is the largest carbon black producer in the United States.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-06-26
- Where: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Value: $308.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 440 thousand tons of carbon black annually
- Products: carbon black
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/32879.md) (acquirer)
- [Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/32880.md) (target)
- [SRCG Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/32881.md) (target)
- [New SRCG Genpar LLC](https://endata.com/companies/32882.md) (target)

## Sources

- [fortworthbusiness.com](https://fortworthbusiness.com/banking/sid-richardson-carbon-acquired-by-tokai-carbon-of-japan/), 2018-07-02: "Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. on June 26 announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fort Worth-based Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd. and its affiliate companies in a transaction valued at about $308 million."

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