LANXESS to sell urethane systems business to Japan’s UBE for €500 million

Nurluqman Suratman

03-Oct-2024

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–LANXESS is selling its urethane systems business to Japanese firm UBE Corp in a deal worth around €500 million, the German specialty chemicals firm said on Thursday.

“With this transaction LANXESS exits the last remaining polymer business.”

The enterprise value of the deal amounts to €460 million with expected proceeds of around €500 million, the company said in a statement.

LANXESS expects the transaction to close in the first half of 2025.

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