# DuPont acquires full ownership of OxyMem

DuPont exercised its option to acquire full ownership of OxyMem Limited, a developer of Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor technology for wastewater treatment. The transaction will close before December 31, 2019.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-12-01
- Where: Athlone, Ireland, Ireland
- Status: announced
- Products: Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) technology
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [DuPont](https://endata.com/companies/13205.md) (acquirer)
- [OxyMem Limited](https://endata.com/companies/44010.md) (target)

## Sources

- [cpecn.com](https://www.cpecn.com/news/dupont-takes-full-ownership-of-oxymem/), 2019-12-18: "DuPont today announced it has exercised its option to acquire full ownership of OxyMem Limited."
- [rte.ie](https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/1218/1101995-dupont-acquires-irish-company-oxymem/), 2019-12-18: "OxyMem, established to commercialise world-class UCD research outputs, is an excellent example of the quality of companies emerging from the University over the last number of years."
- [thewatercouncil.com](https://thewatercouncil.com/media/newsroom/news/member-news-oxymem/), 2019-12-19: "DuPont announced plans to acquire full ownership of OxyMem Limited, a company that develops and produces Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) technology for the treatment and purification of municipal and industrial wastewater."
- [smartwatermagazine.com](https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/dupont/dupont-exercises-option-acquire-oxymem), 2019-12-19: "MABR is a new technology that offers unique and differentiated performance for secondary wastewater treatment over existing technologies."
- [magazine.watertoday.org](https://magazine.watertoday.org/news/international/dupont-oxymem-wins-technology-company-of-the-year-at-gws), 2020-09-21: "In December of 2019, DuPont exercised its option to acquire full ownership of OxyMem Limited, of which it had previously owned 31 percent."

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