Element Solutions

Short description: American chemicals production company

Element Solutions Inc

Formerly| Platform Specialty Products Corporation (2013–2019)
Type| Public company

Traded as

* NYSE: ESI
* Russell 1000 component

Founded| 2013; 13 years ago (2013)
Founder| Martin E. Franklin
Headquarters| 500 East Broward Blvd.,

Fort Lauderdale, Florida[1]

U.S.

Key people

| Benjamin Gliklich[2]
Products| Specialty Chemicals, technical services[1]
Revenue|

* US$1.961 billion (2018)[3]

Number of employees

| 4,450[3] (2018)
Website| elementsolutionsinc.com

Element Solutions Inc is an American specialty chemicals production corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange.[4][5]

## History

The corporation was founded in 2013 by Martin E. Franklin, with financial backing from Bill Ackman.[6] The company manufactures and supplies specialty chemicals for consumer electronics, communication infrastructure, automobile, industrial surface finishing, consumer packaging and offshore oil production and drilling.[7][8]

Additionally, the corporation purchased several highly complementary specialty chemicals companies from 2013 through 2015: MacDermid Incorporated in October 2013, the electronic chemicals and photomasks businesses of OM Group Inc. in October 2015, and Alent plc in December 2015. After the final acquisition became effective, in 2016, Platform Specialty Products launched a new division in order to combine the operations of the acquired businesses.[9]

In July, 2018, United Phosphorus Limited announced acquisition of Arysta Life Sciences, the Crop business of Platform Specialty Chemicals for a total sum of $4.2 billion, with the latter exiting the crop business entirely.[10] In 2019, the company changed its name to Element Solutions Inc. from Platform Specialty Chemicals.[11] It is now listed as ESI on the New York Stock Exchange.[2][5]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Element Solutions Inc". https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/ESI:US.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hammond, Ed (28 January 2019). "Platform Shakes Up Management After Sale of Its Agriculture Unit". Bloomberg News. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-28/platform-is-said-to-be-shaking-up-management-after-ag-unit-sale. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Element Solutions Inc, Form 10-K, Filing Date February 28, 2019". ir.elementsolutionsinc.com. https://ir.elementsolutionsinc.com/annual-reports/content/0001590714-19-000040/0001590714-19-000040.pdf. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
4. ↑ "Element Solutions Inc.". https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/esi.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Opening Bell, February 1, 2019". 1 February 2019. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/02/01/opening-bell-february-1-2019.html.
6. ↑ Raice, Shayndi; Walker, Ian (July 13, 2015). "Martin Franklin Expands Chemicals Empire With $2.1 Billion U.K. deal: Acquisition is latest in deal-making spree by founder of Jarden and Nomad groups". The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-chemical-firm-platform-to-buy-u-k-rival-alent-in-2-1-billion-deal-1436774042.
7. ↑ "Element Solutions Inc". https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/PAH:US.
8. ↑ "Key Markets". https://www.elementsolutionsinc.com/key-markets.
9. ↑ "Platform Specialty Products Corporation Announces Closing of the Acquisition of Alent plc". http://ir.platformspecialtyproducts.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=945053. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
10. ↑ "UPL completes acquisition of Arysta LifeScience for $4.2 billion". The Economic Times. 2019-02-04. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/earnings/upl-completes-acquisition-of-arysta-lifescience-for-4-2-billion/articleshow/67836964.cms.
11. ↑ "Platform Specialty Products launches as Element Solutions" (in en). https://cen.acs.org/business/specialty-chemicals/Platform-Specialty-Products-launches-Element/97/i5.

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