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Lubrizol Acquires Nalco Personal Care Business

Strengthens Noveon Consumer Specialties product portfolio.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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The Lubrizol Corporation has acquired Nalco Performance Products Group, a supplier of value-added specialty polymers and formulation additives marketed to the global personal care and household care industries. This acquisition, structured as an asset sale, will expand the strategic portfolio of Lubrizol’s Noveon Consumer Specialties Home and Personal Care product line, according to the company.

For the 12 months ended December 2010, estimated sales of the Nalco personal care business are $45 million. The deal closed on Jan. 21, 2011.



Headquartered in Naperville, IL, Nalco’s personal care product portfolio includes performance polymers sold under globally recognized brand names, including:
  • Merquat Conditioning Polymers
  • Sensomer Naturally Derived Conditioning Polymers
  • Fixomer Styling Polymers
  • Solamer UV Absorbers
  • Merguard Preservatives

These specialty ingredients are used by leading multinational cosmetic and consumer product companies to improve the performance of hair, skin and home care products consumers use on a daily basis.


The Noveon Consumer Specialties product portfolio includes rheology modifiers and thickeners, fixative polymers, specialty surfactants, emollient esters, unique sensory modifiers and cationic cassia conditioning polymers. Its claims-driving and enabling ingredients, including the industry leading brand Carbopol polymers, are designed to provide product formulators with a strong range of technologies that enhance the visual and tactile appeal, functional performance and convenience of fast-moving consumer goods.

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