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LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Sept 1 PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet - Air Products (NYSE: APD) - a globally diversified gases and chemicals company, and a leading materials and services solution provider to the semiconductor industry - announced today that it has acquired the Electronic Chemicals business of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, a division of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), in a cash transaction valued at approximately million.
The acquisition has received the necessary regulatory approvals.
Ashland's Electronic Chemicals business now will be integrated with Air Products' $1 billion worldwide Electronics Division, one of the company's four major growth platforms along with Refinery Hydrogen and Energy Solutions, Performance Materials and Healthcare.
The USD $200 million Electronic Chemicals business of Ashland has a global network of sales and marketing offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and offers a suite of products, including:
- ACT(R) photoresist strippers, etch residue strippers, and low-k
dielectric and copper strippers;
Source: HighBeam Research, AIR PRODUCTS TAKES OVER ASHLAND FIRM FOR $US300MLN.