# STOCKMEIER acquires majority stake in Vesta Chemicals

Stockmeier Chemie GmbH & Co. KG has acquired a majority stake in Vesta Chemicals, a Dutch distributor of fine and specialty chemicals based in Zwolle. The acquisition is retroactive to January 1, 2024, and aims to expand STOCKMEIER's specialty chemicals business in Europe.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2024-05-21
- Status: completed
- Products: fine chemicals, specialty chemicals, polymerization initiators, organic peroxides, organic catalysts
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Stockmeier Chemie GmbH & Co. KG](https://endata.com/companies/21219.md) (acquirer)
- [Vesta Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/77551.md) (target)

## Sources

- [immittelstand.de](https://www.immittelstand.de/2024/05/21/weiteres-wachstum-stockmeier-uebernimmt-die-mehrheit-der-anteile-an-der-niederlaendischen-vesta-chemicals/), 2024-05-21: "Wir freuen uns, die Mehrheit an Vesta Chemicals zu übernehmen, um die Spezialchemie in Europa weiter auszubauen."

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