Operating Company Manufacturing

Ascensus Specialties

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Ascensus Specialties produces specialty chemicals using world-class production plants in the US and UK, including sodium borohydride, reactive and alkali metals, boranes, CVD & ALD precursors, and other specialty chemicals. It also provides custom synthesis and related services to help customers make their products more efficiently and safely.

Focus Areas
Specialty chemicals, Boron/borane chemistries, CVD/ALD precursors

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2019-2022.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

2 addon · 2 buyout

Ascensus Specialties Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Ascensus Specialties. 1 2019 2 2021 1 2022

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Ascensus Specialties LLC
    Target
    Strem Chemicals UK (Strem UK)
    Industry
    Pharmaceuticals
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    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.

  • Buyer
    Ascensus Specialties LLC
    Target
    Wychem Limited
    Seller
    AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Ascensus Specialties LLC has acquired Wychem Limited, a UK-based independent fine chemical manufacturer, from AURELIUS Equity Opportunities. The acquisition expands Ascensus' European manufacturing footprint and adds Wychem's capabilities in aromatic compounds, halogenation and multi-step intermediates for pharmaceutical APIs; financial terms were not disclosed by Ascensus, while AURELIUS reported a 10.6x money-over-money multiple on the sale.

  • Buyer
    Ascensus Specialties LLC, Wind Point Partners
    Target
    Strem Chemicals, Inc.
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    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.

  • Buyer
    Ascensus Specialties LLC, Wind Point Partners
    Target
    Callery, LLC
    Seller
    Edgewater Capital Partners
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    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.

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