# Avient to acquire DSM's protective materials business for $1.5B

DSM has agreed to sell its protective materials business, which produces Dyneema ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber, to Avient for nearly $1.5 billion.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2022-04-25
- Where: Netherlands
- Value: $1.50B
- Status: announced
- Products: Dyneema ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [DSM](https://endata.com/companies/25138.md) (target)
- [Avient](https://endata.com/companies/48283.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-10014-buscon3), 2022-04-25: "DSM has agreed to sell its protective materials business, maker of Dyneema ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber, to the US plastics compounder Avient for nearly $1.5 billion."

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