Hughes Hubbard represented Advantis Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, Inc., in the sale of its pool and spa treatment chemicals and water treatment chemicals business to Arch Chemicals, Inc.
Advantis’s pool and spa division produces some of the most popular pool and spa water care products on the market while the surface water division manufactures a range of products for controlling algae and nuisance aquatic vegetation in lakes, ponds, reservoirs, irrigation and drainage canals.
Rockwood Holdings is a leading global specialty chemicals and advanced materials company. Rockwood employs approximately 9,500 people and has annual net sales of approximately $3 billion.
Arch is a global Biocides company with annual sales of approximately $1.5 billion. Together with its subsidiaries, Arch employs approximately 3,000 employees.
The HHR team representing Rockwood included: Jim Modlin, Andy Braiterman, Jerry Harrison, Kristy Chattaway, Damon Rowe and Erin DeCecchis.