# AEM Canada acquires assets of Orbite Technologies

AEM Canada acquired the assets of Orbite Technologies, including its Cap-Chat process plant and Laval technical development centre, following a court order on March 30, 2020.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-04-06
- Where: Cap-Chat, Quebec; Laval, Quebec, Canada
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 5N (99.999%) high purity alumina
- Products: high purity alumina
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [AEM Canada](https://endata.com/companies/46358.md) (acquirer)
- [Orbite Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/46359.md) (target)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/aem-canada-acquires-leading-global-high-purity-alumina-hpa-producer-897888171.html), 2020-04-06: "AEM Canada aims to be the world's preferred supplier of 5N HPA to the emerging electric vehicle - lithium ion battery (EV-LIB) mega factories currently being built across Europe."
- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/aem-canada-acquiert-un-important-producteur-mondial-d-alumine-de-haute-purete-ahp--810086696.html), 2020-04-06: "AEM Canada aims to be the world's preferred supplier of 5N HPA to the emerging electric vehicle - lithium ion battery (EV-LIB) mega factories currently being built across Europe."

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