Synthomer
#6060
Rank
$602.19M
Marketcap
United Kingdom
Country
Mr. Michael Willome lic. oec. HSG (CEO & Exec. Director)
Ms. Lily Liu (CFO & Director)
Mr. Philip Wrigley (Pres of Operations & SHE)
Summary
History
The company traces its roots back to 1863, when Andrew Yule founded a trading house known as Andrew Yule & Co. in Calcutta. At the same time Andrew's brother, George Yule, set up George Yule & Co. in London, which acted as British agency arm of Andrew Yule & Co.When in 1919 Andrew Yule & Co. and George Yule & Co. were sold to the US banking group J.P. Morgan & Co. and its British merchant banking affiliate Morgan Grenfell & Co., both were turned from a partnership into a private limited company. That same year Thomas Catto was sent to India to take over the management of the firm from Sir David Yule , a nephew of Andrew Yule. David Yule continued to hold the title of Chairman but had no active part in the operations of the business.In 1920 Thomas Catto and David Yule changed the name of the British purchasing arm of Andrew Yule & Co., George Yule and Company, to Yule, Catto & Company Ltd. Due to increased taxation, the devaluation of the Indian rupee and the abolition of the managing agency system, Yule, Catto & Co decided in 1969 to sell its shareholding in Andrew Yule & Co. to the Indian government.With the acquisition of Revertex Chemicals in 1980, Thomas Catto's son, Stephen started to turn Yule Catto & Co. into an international speciality chemicals and building products manufacturer. Since 2007 the group has been transformed from a diversified chemical business to a focussed speciality polymer business. In 2012 the company changed its name to Synthomer on the basis that the majority of its business already traded under that name.In July 2019, Synthomer announced that it was going to buy OMNOVA Solutions for an enterprise value of $824 million; the transaction was completed on 2 April 2020.In October 2021, Synthomer announced the acquisition of Eastman Chemical adhesive activities for $1 billion.
Mission
Vision
Key Team
Mr. Marshall D. Moore (CTO & Pres of Americas)
Mr. Anant Prakash (Chief Counsel & Company Sec.)
Mr. Tim Hughes (Pres of Corp. Devel.)
Ms. Alice L. M. Heezen-Dokianos (Chief HR Officer)
Mr. Richard Collier Atkinson (Exec. Officer)
Mr. Neil Whitley (Pres of Performance Elastomers Division, Asia, M&A and HR)
Mr. Rob Tupker M.B.A., M.Sc. (Pres of Functional Solutions & Europe)
Recognition and Awards
References
Mr. Michael Willome lic. oec. HSG (CEO & Exec. Director)
Ms. Lily Liu (CFO & Director)
Mr. Philip Wrigley (Pres of Operations & SHE)
