type public lse azem industry chemicals founded 1950s headquarters luxembourg key people john whybrow chairman geoff wild ceo revenue us 730.3 million 2013 1 operating income us 120.8 million 2013 1 net income us 57.3 million 2013 1 website www.azem.com az electronic materials plc is a specialty chemicals company . on 2 may 2014 merck kgaa announced the successful acquisition of az electronic materials . history edit the company was established in the 1950s as a division of hoechst now sanofi . 2 the name of the company is derived from the organic compound diazo . 3 in 1997 it was acquired by clariant a swiss specialty chemicals business and in 2004 it was bought with funds controlled by the carlyle group . 2 vestar capital partners took a stake in the company in 2007 . 2 in october 2010 it was first listed on the london stock exchange . 4 on 2 may 2014 merck kgaa announced the successful acquisition of az electronic materials . 5 operations edit the company produces and sells specialty chemical materials used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays . 2 references edit a b c preliminary results 2013 archived march 15 2014 at the wayback machine . a b c d az electronic materials plc prospectus az electronic materials history archived july 7 2011 at the wayback machine . ipad chemical maker az electronic materials to list in london daily telegraph 2 october 2010 merck kgaa says completes acquisition of az electronic . 2 may 2014 . retrieved 7 may 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title az electronic materials & oldid 742058875 categories chemical companies of the united kingdomcompanies listed on the london stock exchangehidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 12 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view