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Chemical M&A Soars

More deals expected in 2016, says AT Kearney.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Global chemicals M&A deal values rose 30% last year to $110 billion, a fourth straight annual increase, laying the ground for an all-time record spike in 2016, according to the fifth edition of AT Kearney's Chemicals Executive M&A Report. With two mega-deals already announced—Dow Chemical and DuPont's $130 million merger and ChemChina's $43 billion bid for Syngenta—and potential large new transactions generated by emerging-market players, total chemicals M&A values ...

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