Imerys buys Astron's zircon-related businesses in China

摘要

Towards the end of August 2007,Imerys (of Paris) declared that it had signed a final agreement to acquire all the zircon-related businesses of Astron (of Sydney) for about euro140 M.These businesses comprise four wholly-owned operating companies,based in China,namely:Yingkou Astron Chemical;Astron New Materials (Yingkou);TaiCang Astron Mining Products;and Zibo Astron Advanced Materials.