# Arkema to acquire ArrMaz for $570M

Arkema plans to acquire ArrMaz, a US-based specialty surfactants leader, for an enterprise value of $570 million. ArrMaz serves crop nutrition, mining, and infrastructure markets with $290 million in sales.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-05-15
- Where: Florida, United States
- Value: $570.0M
- Jobs: 400
- Status: announced
- Products: specialty surfactants
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md) (acquirer)
- [Golden Gate Capital](https://endata.com/companies/18318.md) (investor)
- [ArrMaz](https://endata.com/companies/29632.md) (target)

## Sources

- [arkema.com](https://www.arkema.com/global/en/media/newslist/news/global/corporate/2019/20190516-arkema-annonce-l-/), 2019-05-15: "Arkema reaches another milestone in its journey of growth in specialties with the planned acquisition of ArrMaz."
- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/business/mergers-&-acquisitions/Arkema-pay-570-million-specialty/97/i20), 2019-05-16: "Arkema says the purchase will help it reach a goal of deriving 80% of sales from specialty chemicals by 2023."

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