Investments

 

We deploy our capital into an alternative asset portfolio which includes credit and absolute return strategy funds together with equity investments. Current equity holdings include:

 

Aemetis

Aemetis Inc produces a range of biochemicals, renewable fuels and food and feed products. It is focused on the development and commercialization of its industrial biotechnologies that produce renewable chemical and fuel substitutes for traditional petroleum-based products.

 

Zero Technologies

Founded in 2002 and based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Zero Technologies LLC develops water filtration products for consumers. It offers ion exchange tap water filtration pitchers and dispensers; ion exchange water filtration systems that remove dissolved solids from tap water; five-stage ion exchange water filters; accessories for filtration products; and bottle filtration systems.

 

Experience

 

Over the years, the senior management team of Ennovance Capital has overseen the investment of over $20 billion through the execution of over 50 profitable transactions.  The companies listed below were involved in M&A transactions directly strategized and executed by Ennovance’s team.

 

Morton Salt

Since its inception in 1848 as a small sales agency in Chicago, Morton Salt has since developed into one of three of the largest salt producers in the US. Morton Salt offers a wide variety of salt products including table salts, gourmet and specialty salts, industrial salt, road and sidewalk salt and more. Morton Salt was acquired in 1998 by Rohm and Haas.

 

Freedom Chemical Company

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Established in 1992, Freedom Chemical Company is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of specialty and fine chemical products which are sold into several market segments for use in food and beverage products, household and industrial products, cosmetics and personal care products, pharmaceuticals, pet foods, textile and paper products and many other diverse applications. Over the years, Freedom Chemical Company made several acquisitions to increase its product lines and expand, including Freedom Textile in 1992, Hilton-Davis in 1993, Kalama Chemical in 1994 and both Reilly Whiteman and Diamalt in 1995; Freedom Chemical Company was acquired by BF Goodrich for $372 million in 1998.

 

Polimeri Europa

Polimeri Europa, a joint venture between Union Carbide and Eni, is a petrochemical company based in Milan, Italy, that has been in operation since 1994. The company manages the production and marketing of petrochemical products such as olefines, aromatics and intermediates, styrenes, elastomers and polyethylene.

 

Equate

Equate is a joint venture between Union Carbide and Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (a Kuwaiti government operated entity) that produces and markets a range of polyethylenes used in packaging films, grocery stacks, trash bags, and blow-molded bottles or containers. Furthermore, the company also manufactures ethylene glycol, a chemical intermediate for polyesters, used in a variety of products including fibers, films and bottles.

 

Optimal

Established in July of 1998 as a joint venture between Union Carbide and Petronas, the OPTIMAL Group of Companies developed an integrated petrochemical facility in Malaysia, where they were capable of producing ethylene, propylene, Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG), Di-Ethylene Glycol (DEG) and Re-Distilled Ethylene Oxide (RDO), butanol, isobutanol and other ethylene oxide derivatives.

 

AtoHaas

Founded in 1992 as a joint venture between Rohm & Haas and Elf Atochem, AtoHaas was formed in order to produce and sell acrylic and polycarbonate sheet products as well as acrylic molding resins on a global scale.

 

Univation Technologies

Univation was initially formed in 1997 as a joint venture between Union Carbide and Exxon Chemical. Through combining years of independent chemical research, Univation was able to establish itself as the leading technology licensor to the polyethylene industry and the world’s largest supplier of catalysts for polyethylene production. Their products allow polyethylene to be produced in a wide range of densities, melt indices and molecular weight distributions for applications including packaging films, hose and tubing, pipes, bottles and containers.

 

Viance

Viance, based in Charlotte, N.C., commenced operation on January 1st 2007 in the wood treatment industry. The joint venture between Rohm & Haas and Chemical Specialties Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, combines the wood biocides and the wood protection chemicals businesses to provide an extensive range of advanced wood treatment technologies and services to the global wood treatment industry. Viance offers a portfolio of established products such as Ecolife, Preserve, Preserve Plus, D-Blaze, Ultrawood, Quantim, SupaTimber, Moldex, and TimberSaver.

 

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