Business & Tech
CF Industries Makes $6 Billion Acquisition
Combining with a Netherlands company will make CF one of the largest nitrogen fertilizer in the world.

A Deerfield-based company made a deal this week that will make them one of the largest nitrogen fertilizer companies in the world.
CF Industries closed on a $6 billion deal to acquire Netherlands-based OCI N.V. this week, according to the Daily Herald.
CF will get OCI’s nitrogen operations in the Netherlands, Iowa and a complex in Texas in addition to their distribution system in India.
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Upon completion of the deal, CF shareholders will own about 72.3 percent of the new company and OCI will own about 27.7 percent.
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