Jul 24, 2018
Ingevity to acquire remaining interest in Purification Cellutions activated carbon joint venture
PRESS RELEASE
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., July 24, 2018 – Ingevity Corporation (NYSE:NGVT) has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 30 percent interest in the joint venture Purification Cellutions, LLC, Waynesboro, Georgia, from its partner Applied Technology Limited Partnership, Doraville, Georgia. The purchase price is approximately $80 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter.
Ingevity currently owns 70 percent of Purifications Cellutions. The joint venture manufactures “honeycomb” scrubbers which are key components of Ingevity’s technology used by the automotive industry to comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier 3 and California LEV III gasoline vapor emission control standards.
“This acquisition of the remainder of Purifications Cellutions is further evidence of our strong commitment to serving our automotive customers,” said Michael Wilson, Ingevity’s president and CEO. “We remain confident in the long-term prospects for gasoline vapor emission control applications. We are excited to complete this acquisition which will strengthen our operational control and flexibility and give us full value for our investment in new technologies.”
Purifications Cellutions has been rapidly expanding its production capacity at Waynesboro. The plant began operations in 2002, and currently employs approximately 200 people.
Ingevity: Purify, Protect and Enhance
Ingevity provides specialty chemicals and high-performance carbon materials and technologies that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. Through a team of talented and experienced people, Ingevity develops, manufactures and brings to market products and processes that help customers solve complex problems. These products are used in a variety of demanding applications, including asphalt paving, oil exploration and production, agrochemicals, adhesives, lubricants, publication inks and automotive components that reduce gasoline vapor emissions. Headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, Ingevity operates from 25 locations around the world and employs approximately 1,600 people. The company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NGVT). For more information visit www.ingevity.com.
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