# Roehm and SABIC to merge acrylic and polycarbonate businesses into POLYVANTIS

Roehm Chemical and SABIC announced the establishment of POLYVANTIS, a new company formed by merging Roehm's acrylic products business and SABIC's functional profiles business. The merger is expected to close around the second quarter of 2024, creating a global leader in acrylic and polycarbonate films and sheets with $700 million in sales and 1,500 employees.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-11-21
- Jobs: 1,500
- Status: announced
- Products: acrylic films and sheets, polycarbonate films and sheets, tubes, rods
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [SABIC](https://endata.com/companies/3200.md) (target)
- [Roehm Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/73968.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [echemi.com](https://www.echemi.com/cms/1506590.html), 2023-11-23: "For the first time, customers will be able to obtain quality products from a single source, including polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate films and sheets."

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