Clariant

Chemical conglomerate Clariant has agreed to sell German-headquartered AZ Electronic Materials to The Carlyle Group.

Permira becomes the fourth buyout firm to back CABB, after Bridgepoint, AXA and Gilde.

The Benelux-focused buyout firm has bought a subsidiary of the UK food business Uniq and sold CABB, a German specialty chemicals business to Axa Private Equity.

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis has sold GEA Pharmaceuticals to Auctus Management, as the first step in its buy and build strategy for drug producer PharmaZell.

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis has sold GEA Pharmaceuticals to Auctus Management, as the first step in its buy and build strategy for drug producer PharmaZell.

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis has sold GEA Pharmaceuticals to Auctus Management, as the first step in its buy and build strategy for drug producer PharmaZell.

German mid-market investor Auctus has made its first move into the chemicals industry, buying German company Abieta for an undisclosed sum.

The German chemical maker has agreed to buy Vinamul Polymers for $208m only weeks after The Blackstone Group announced plans to sell shares of Celanese in a partial exit.

Carlyle Group, the Washington DC-based global private equity firm, has completed the €338m buyout of AZ Electronic Materials of Germany and drafted in a new management team.