Ascensus Specialties Acquires Wychem Limited from AURELIUS Equity Opportunities

Ascensus Specialties Acquires Strem Chemicals UK (Strem UK)

November 9, 2022

Pharmaceuticals

Ascensus Specialties LLC acquired the business and certain assets of Strem Chemicals UK (Strem UK), the independent UK distributor of Ascensus high‑purity research reagents and CVD/ALD precursors. The deal brings Strem UK’s customer relationships into Ascensus’ global distribution footprint, with Strem UK senior leadership remaining to support a smooth transition.

Ascensus Specialties Acquires Strem Chemicals

April 7, 2021

Manufacturing

Ascensus Specialties LLC, a Wind Point Partners-backed specialty chemicals platform, has completed the acquisition of Strem Chemicals, a Newburyport, Massachusetts-based maker of high-purity research-grade catalysts, ligands, organometallics and CVD/ALD precursors. The deal brings Strem's custom synthesis and cGMP manufacturing capabilities into the Ascensus platform to expand lab-to-commercial scale offerings and accelerate R&D and product development.

Azelis Acquires Whitfield Chemical Group (WhitChem) in the UK

March 16, 2022

Industrial Services

Azelis has acquired 100% of the shares of Whitfield Chemical Group Limited, the parent company of WhitChem, strengthening Azelis' industrial chemicals footprint in the UK and EMEA. WhitChem, a UK-based distributor focused on CASE and R&PA, employs about 30 staff and will keep its management in place to support integration and growth.

Ascensus Specialties (Wind Point) Acquires Callery, LLC

September 6, 2019

Manufacturing

Ascensus Specialties LLC, a Wind Point Partners–backed chemical producer, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Callery, LLC, the global leader in boranes and specialty alcoholates. The add-on acquisition will combine complementary reagent chemistry capabilities to create a broader global reagents platform serving pharmaceutical, life sciences and specialty industrial end markets; terms were not disclosed.

Superior Environmental Solutions Acquires ChemWorx

February 23, 2026

Industrial Services

Superior Environmental Solutions (a Palladium Equity Partners portfolio company) has acquired ChemWorx, a Decatur, Alabama-based specialist in chemical cleaning and fin fan foaming. The add-on transaction expands SES’s technical capabilities and regional footprint across the Southeast; financial terms were not disclosed.

AmerisourceBergen Acquires PharmaLex from AUCTUS in €1.28bn Transaction

December 31, 2022

Healthcare Services

AmerisourceBergen Corporation acquired a majority stake in PharmaLex from funds advised by AUCTUS Capital Partners AG in a transaction that closed at year-end 2022 for approximately EUR 1.28 billion. PharmaLex, a Germany-headquartered provider of regulatory, clinical development and pharmacovigilance services to the life sciences industry, was grown under AUCTUS through a buy-and-build program of 38 add-ons and will expand AmerisourceBergen's global pharmaceutical solutions.