Rockwood buys Kemira out of Sachtleben

摘要

Rockwood Holdings has agreed to acquire Kemira's 39% stake in the companies' Sachtleben (Duisburg, Germany) titanium dioxide (TiO2) joint venture for ?97.5 million ($130 million). The deal is expected to close by 19 February. Kemira says it will include in its accounts a one-off write-down of about ?25 million related to the transaction, which will impact the company's Ebit in the first quarter of 2013.