Rudlin Consulting

Mitsubishi Materials to acquire German tungsten powder producer H.C. Starck

This post is also available in: Japanese

Mitsubishi Materials is to acquire Germany tungsten powder producer H.C. Starck Holdings from its current owner, Vietnamese conglomerate Masan for $134m. Tungsten is used in carbide tools for making auto engine and aircraft components and is already a product line for Mitsubishi Materials in the USA and China. It will become one of the largest suppliers globally with this acquisition.

H.C. Starck employs 540 people at three production sites in Germany, Canada and China plus sales offices in the U.S. and Japan. MMC has several hundred employees in Europe in a range of companies including previous acquisitions such as Luvata.

Another subsidiary of H.C. Starck, in the ceramics sector, was acquired by Kyocera in 2019.

For more content like this, subscribe to the free Rudlin Consulting Newsletter.

最新の在欧日系企業の状況については無料の月刊Rudlin Consulting ニューズレターにご登録ください。

Written by

Pernille Rudlin

in

Comments

Leave a Reply

More posts

  • 10 Years on from Brexit – Japanese Nationals in the UK

    10 Years on from Brexit – Japanese Nationals in the UK

    This post is also available in: Japanese What do the trends in Japanese residents overseas tell us about Japan’s relations with the UK and the rest of the world? Headline findings Overview The headline number for Japanese nationals in the UK is deceptively stable: 63,011 Japanese nationals lived in the UK in 2011 and 62,270…

  • Japan – Europe business update Summer 2026

    Japan – Europe business update Summer 2026

    This post is also available in: Japanese Mitsubishi HC to invest in acquisitions of European wind and solar power plants The Japanese leasing company Mitsubishi HC (shareholders include Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) will take a 50% stake by August 2026 in a British company set up by Canadian company Brookfield. The first phase…

  • Japan and Europe business update May 2026

    Japan and Europe business update May 2026

    This post is also available in: Japanese Washin acquires UK company Foilco Japanese foil manufacturer Washin has acquired UK foil hot stamping company Foilco. Foilco employs 43 people in the UK. https://www.printweek.com/content/news/foilco-acquired-by-japanese-manufacturer UK’s Compass Group acquires Morinaga Shokken Morinaga Shokken is a medical and senior food services company primarily in the Kyushu region. UK-based Compass…