# Trinseo to acquire Arkema's Plexiglas business for €1.14B

Trinseo SA has agreed to acquire Arkema SA's Plexiglas (PMMA) business for €1.14 billion ($1.38 billion). The business is expected to generate about €510 million in revenue and €122 million in earnings in 2020.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-12-14
- Where: France
- Value: $1.38B (1.14B EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) / Plexiglas
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md) (partner)
- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md) (target)
- [Trinseo](https://endata.com/companies/17310.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [news.bloomberglaw.com](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/mergers-and-acquisitions/trinseo-to-buy-arkemas-plexiglas-business-for-1-38-billion), 2020-12-14: "Trinseo SA, the plastics maker carved out from Dow Chemical Co. a decade ago, agreed to buy Arkema SA's Plexiglas unit for 1.14 billion euros ($1.38 billion)"
- [adhesivesmag.com](https://www.adhesivesmag.com/articles/topic/2641-mergers-acquisitions?page=30), 2021-01-06: "Arkema recently announced the proposed divestment of its polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) business to Trinseo for an enterprise value of €1.1 billion (approximately $1.3 billion)."

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