Industry News, Mergers and Acquisitions

Ashland to Sell Maleic Anhydride Business to AOC Materials, LLC for $100 Million

The transaction is expected to close prior to the end of the calendar year 2020.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. announced a definitive agreement to sell the company’s maleic anhydride business and manufacturing facility in Neal, West Virginia to AOC Materials LLC, for $100 million.   Maleic anhydride is manufactured industrially on a large scale for applications in coatings and polymers.    The maleic anhydride business was previously excluded from the sale of Ashland’s Composites business and the butanediol (BDO) manufacturing facility in Marl, Germany, to INEOS Enter...

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