Dow buys Rohm and Haas for $19 billion

Rohm & Haas is an excellent fit for Dow In Specialty Chemicals. Gow improves its position in target markets and brings raw material synergies.

One key reason for the purchase of Rohm nd Haas is the acrylic acid and derivative esters such has butyl acrylic acid. The acylic acid is used by superabsorbent(SAP) polymer customers for applications such as diapers made by Proctor and Gamble and Kimberly Clark. This is a huge market. The acylic acid is also to a smaller degree used in water treatment by companies such as Nalco and others. The derivative...

Is the proposed $19 Billion purchase of R&H by Dow is starting to raise questions in the minds of some regulators? Could this lead to the forced divestiture of certain business activities and assets? If this happens would it breach Dow's limit on divestiture level stated in the bid documents?

DOW and  rohm & hass   existence competes  in Water treatment field and other field ,after DOW buy rohm and hass ,DOW will have competitive power more in water treatment field and the coating material field. For answering the sources of energy problem,Gain the raw material having cost competition being unable to become one of the important cause that the agreement reaches...

Dow will acquire Rohm and Haas for $78/share, $18.8 billion (other reports list the deal as $15.3 billion). This acquisition will make Dow the world’s leading specialty chemicals and advanced materials company.