2016 saw a record number of mergers and acquisitions in the chemicals industry, with total deal value doubling 2015 levels driven by large megadeals. Chemical companies are challenging traditional models by seeking additional mergers and acquisitions to achieve greater scale. Five factors are driving future chemicals mergers and acquisitions: limited organic growth options, lower oil prices, portfolio optimization, activist investors, and favorable feedstock prices.

1. Chemicals Executive
M&A Report 2016
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2. Driven by megadeals,
2016 will be a record
year for chemicals
M&A. Total deal
value could double
2015 levels.
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3. Chemicals conglomerates
are challenging old models:
More will seek M&A deals
to build scale.
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4. Five factors will drive
future chemicals M&A:
limited organic growth
options, lower oil prices,
portfolio optimization,
activist investors, and
favorable feedstock prices.
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5. North America leads the charge
in chemicals M&A, starting with
the proposed mega-merger of
Dow Chemical and DuPont.
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6. China has risen from
a minor position in
chemicals M&A 10 years
ago to the world’s
second largest
market behind the
United States.
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7. For more information about
A.T. Kearney’s Chemicals
Executive M&A Report 2016,
please visit:
www.atkearney.com/chemicals/
chemicals-executive-m-a-report/2016
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