Alent
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| Public | |
| Traded as | : |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Woking, Surrey |
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Key people
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Peter Hill, Chairman Andrew Heath, CEO |
| Products | Performance materials |
| Revenue | £644.8 million (2014) |
| £95.1 million (2014) | |
| £46.8 million (2014) | |
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Number of employees
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2,600 (2014) |
| Subsidiaries | Fernox |
| Website | www |
Alent plc is a leading global supplier of advanced surface treatment plating chemicals and electronics assembly materials. The Company was listed on the and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until it was acquired by Platform Specialty Products in November 2015.
The company was established as a supplier of interconnect materials to the electronics business and remained under the ownership of Alpha Inc until that group was acquired by Cookson Group in 1984. The business was demerged when Cookson Group split into two businesses (Alent and Vesuvius plc) in December 2012.
On 13 July 2015, it was announced that Platform Specialty Products would acquire Alent in a $2.1 billion deal. Following the acquisition the Enthone business (in addition to recently acquired businesses from OM Group, Inc.) will be merged with MacDermid to create a new market leader, while the Alpha division will remain as a standalone business for the foreseeable future. The transaction was completed in November 2015.
The company makes performance materials for the electronics, automotive, industrial/construction markets and comprises two business segments.
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