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Corporate | 6 September 2017 07:30
AURELIUS sells Regain Polymers to Imerys
DGAP-News: AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Disposal
06.09.2017 / 07:30
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
AURELIUS sells Regain Polymers to Imerys
Munich, September 6, 2017 – AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) has sold its subsidiary Regain Polymers, located in Allerton Bywater (Yorkshire/United Kingdom), to the Imerys Group, a world-leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions headquartered in France. Through this acquisition, Imerys will expand its Performance Additives Division, which develops high-quality products from recycled polymers. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
Regain Polymers is one of the leading reprocessors and recyclers of hard plastic waste in the United Kingdom. It makes its products according to the specifications of its customers in the automotive, environmental, garden products, packaging and construction sectors. The product range includes polymers such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), talc-filled polypropylene (PPT) and polystyrene (PS), as well as other customer-specific plastics.
Regain’s management is pleased to join a leading industrial group such as Imerys which will help to pursue the company’s development .
ABOUT Imerys Performance Additives
Imerys Performance Additives is a Divison of Imerys, the world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry. With EUR 4.2 billion revenue and close to 16,000 employees, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and its material science know-how to deliver resources based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers’ products and performance, including refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.
ABOUT AURELIUS
AURELIUS Group is a pan-European asset manager with offices in Munich, London, Stockholm and Madrid. Over the last ten years AURELIUS has grown from a local turnaround investor to an international multi-asset manager investing in a wide range of sectors and across the capital structure.
AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8, Ticker Symbol: AR4) represents the listed entity within the AURELIUS Group that focusses on investing in Special Situations and MidMarket transaction opportunities. AURELIUS Equity Opportunities currently has 19 portfolio companies located across Europe which employ around 20,500 people and generate annual revenues of more than EUR 3.5 billion. The shares of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities are traded on all German stock exchanges with a market capitalization of c. EUR 1.5 billion as of July 2017.
With its group charity AURELIUS Refugee Initiative, AURELIUS provides comprehensive support for refugees on their way towards a better life.
To find out more, visit www.aureliusinvest.com
CONTACT
AURELIUS Group
Anke Banaschewski
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (89) 544799-0
Fax: +49 (89) 544799-55
E-Mail: [email protected]
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA |
| Ludwig-Ganghofer-Straße 6 | |
| 82031 Grünwald | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49 (0)89 544 799-0 |
| Fax: | +49 (0)89 544 799-55 |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Internet: | www.aureliusinvest.de |
| ISIN: | DE000A0JK2A8 |
| WKN: | A0JK2A |
| Listed: | Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich (m:access), Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Open Market in Frankfurt |
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