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Specialty chemicals digital transformation: what is actually deployed

Across BASF, Lanxess, Solvay, Syensqo, and Wacker, only Solvay and Syensqo published 2025 plant counts and outcomes against named digital platforms. The others restructured, paused, or went quiet.

Daniel Marsh Jun 28, 2026

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Specialty chemicals M&A: carve-outs and corporate refocus dominate H1 2026

Specialty chemicals dealmaking through May 2026 leans on carve-outs and bolt-ons rather than transformative consolidation - BASF Coatings to Carlyle, an amended Honeywell-Johnson Matthey deal, Element Solutions on EFC.

Daniel Marsh May 13, 2026