SK Capital Partners Acquires Foremark Performance Chemicals

Affiliates of CC Industries Acquire Foremark Performance Chemicals from SK Capital

April 25, 2024

Manufacturing

Affiliates of CC Industries, Inc. have acquired Foremark Performance Chemicals, Inc. from funds advised by SK Capital Partners. Foremark, a League City, Texas-based producer of natural gas sweeteners, chemical building blocks and slow-release fertilizers, will continue to operate as a stand-alone business under the Crown family’s ownership.

Foremark Performance Chemicals Acquires NexGen Chemical Technologies

May 16, 2023

Energy

Foremark Performance Chemicals, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners, has acquired NexGen Chemical Technologies from Black Bay Energy Capital. The add-on acquisition expands Foremark's natural gas sweetening product portfolio, enables scale-up of NexGen's ScavGen 1014 manufacturing at Foremark's La Porte, Texas site, and broadens Foremark's geographic reach and customer base.

SK Capital Partners Makes Strategic Investment in VanDeMark Chemical (alongside Comvest Partners)

September 7, 2022

Pharmaceuticals

Funds advised by SK Capital Partners have made a strategic investment in VanDeMark Chemical, a Comvest Partners portfolio company headquartered in Lockport, New York. Comvest remains a co-owner; the investment will accelerate VanDeMark's growth and deepen its focus on life-science specialty chemistries, with SK Capital supporting organic and inorganic expansion.

CPS Performance Materials (Arsenal) Acquires FAR Chemical from Edgewater

November 16, 2018

Manufacturing

CPS Performance Materials, a platform created and backed by Arsenal Capital Partners, has acquired FAR Chemical from Edgewater Capital Partners. The add-on acquisition expands CPS's specialty chemistry and cGMP manufacturing capabilities, broadening product offerings and end-market reach into pharmaceuticals, composites/CASE, electronics and personal care; terms were not disclosed.

SK Capital Acquires Florachem from Carmelina Capital

May 4, 2022

Manufacturing

Funds advised by SK Capital Partners acquired Florachem Holdings, LLC from an affiliate of Carmelina Capital. Stellus Capital Management provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment to support the transaction. The deal positions SK Capital to grow Florachem's natural plant-based ingredients platform and support ongoing capacity and capability investments at its Jacksonville facility.

Comvest Partners Acquires VanDeMark Chemical Inc.

April 23, 2019

Manufacturing

Comvest Partners has acquired VanDeMark Chemical Inc., a Lockport, New York–headquartered manufacturer of specialty phosgene-derived chemicals with a facility in Hungary. The seller was Verus Investment Partners (with Sidereal Capital Group noted in some reports), and Comvest said it will partner with management to invest in capabilities, product development and future growth.