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Published on: Tuesday, May 23, 2017
ZURICH: Swiss group Clariant on Monday said it planned to merge with US counterpart Huntsman to create a trans-Atlantic chemicals giant with a combined value of around $20 billion.The all-stock transaction, which Clariant said would be a "merger of equals", was agreed by the boards of both companies. The combined entity would be called HuntsmanClariant, the Swiss group said in a statement.Clariant CEO Hariolf Kottmann described the tie-up as "the perfect deal at the right time."
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"Clariant and Huntsman are joining forces to gain much broader global reach, create more sustained innovation power and achieve new growth opportunities", he said. On a pro-forma 2016 basis, the merged group would have combined sales of approximately $13.2 billion (11.8 billion euros) and underlying or operating profit of $2.3 billion. – AFP