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A group of lenders including Lindeman Asia, Lindeman Partners Asset Management, Tor Investment Management and China Everbright Ltd. have taken over American textile fiber manufacturer Lycra from Shandong Ruyi Group after Ruyi defaulted on a $400 million loan.
Chinese textile manufacturer Shandong Ruyi will acquire INVISTA's Apparel & Advanced Textiles business, which includes the global LYCRA brand, in a stock transaction expected to close by mid-2018.
Shandong Ruyi Group agreed to pay over $2 billion to acquire the Apparel & Advanced Textiles business of Invista, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, which owns the Lycra brand.