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Article: Mg Technologies to divest Dynamit Nobel.(top of the week)
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- Chemical Week
- Article date:
- October 8, 2003
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Mg Technologies has confirmed plans to divest Dynamit Nobel, its 2.5-billion [euro]/year ($2.9 billion) chemical manufacturing subsidiary, as part of a strategy to focus Mg on engineering and technology (CW, June 11, p. 7). The decision follows a review which concluded that chemicals and engineering are "unrelated industries," Mg says. "Dynamit Nobel will have more scope to realize fully its potential under different ownership," says Mg CEO Udo Stark. "Mg does not have the option to expand in two business areas at the same time."
Mg says it will divest Dynamit Nobel "as a whole or in parts, to optimize the outcome for shareholders." Analysts expect Mg to sell ...