founded 2012 headquarters woking surrey key people peter hill chairman andrew heath ceo products performance materials revenue 644.8 million 2014 1 operating income 95.1 million 2014 1 net income 46.8 million 2014 1 number of employees 2 600 2014 subsidiaries fernox 2 website www.alent.com alent plc is a leading global supplier of advanced surface treatment plating chemicals and electronics assembly materials . the company was listed on the london stock exchange and was a constituent of the ftse 250 index until it was acquired by platform specialty products in november 2015 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 . 3 the business was demerged when cookson group split into two businesses alent and vesuvius plc in december 2012 . 4 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 5 while the alpha division will remain as a standalone business for the foreseeable future . 6 the transaction was completed in november 2015 . 7 operations edit the company makes performance materials for the electronics automotive industrial construction markets and comprises two business segments . 4 enthone inc. surface chemistries a global supplier of electro plating chemistry to electronic automotive and industrial end markets . alpha inc. assembly materials a global supplier of interconnect materials primarily into the electronics market . references edit a b c preliminary results 2014 fernox celebrates 50 years with a big 50k anniversary prize . expoclima . 30 january 2014 . retrieved 31 january 2015 . history . alent . retrieved 23 march 2014 . a b cookson unveils demerger plans the telegraph 1 november 2012 platform specialty products corporation announces closing of the acquisition of alent plc . retrieved 2 june 2016 . platform specialty products pah stock rises after 2.1 billion alent acquisition . finanzen.net . retrieved 14 july 2015 . macdermid performance acquisitions limited a wholly owned subsidiary of platform specialty products corporation . euroinvestor . retrieved 1 december 2015 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alent & oldid 732507729 categories companies established in 2012companies based in surreycompanies listed on the london stock exchange 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 1 august 2016 at 12 33 . 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