New York: Dow Chemical and DuPont said on Friday that they will merge to create the world’s biggest chemical company. The all-stock deal would create a merged company valued at $130 billion.
The new group will be split into three separate entities: agriculture, specialty chemicals and materials, they said. DuPont said it will cut staff by 10 per cent following the merger.
Dow chief executive Andrew Liveris will become executive chairman of the new company, DowDuPont, while DuPont’s CEO Ed Breen will be his CEO. “This transaction is a game-changer for our industry and reflects the culmination of a vision we have had for more than a decade to bring together these two powerful innovation and material science leaders,” Mr Liveris said in a statement.
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