Bain Capital and Cinven to Acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients
February 8, 2021
Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), a division of Lonza AG, for a total enterprise value of CHF 4.2 billion. LSI, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, is a global provider of specialty chemicals for microbial control with ~2,800 employees, and the consortium intends to invest in R&D, bolster production capabilities and use LSI as a platform for buy-and-build consolidation in the sector; the transaction was expected to close in H2 2021.
- Buyers
- Bain Capital Private Equity, Cinven
- Targets
- Lonza Specialty Ingredients
- Sellers
- Lonza AG
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Transaction Type
- Divestiture
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