Case study: US specialty chemical manufacturer: Post deal merger and restructuring

The issue

In order to reduce its operating costs in North America and Europe, the client— a US specialty chemical manufacturer—undertook a restructuring of its sales and administrative infrastructure. Shortly thereafter, the client merged with another Fortune 500 specialty chemical company. Following the merger, the client sought to combine the infrastructures of the two legacy companies taking into account its pre-merger sales and administrative restructuring.

Our approach

PricewaterhouseCoopers' environmental health & safety specialists:

• Assessed the client's environmental, product integrity, and toxicology functions from a variety of perspectives including organization, staffing, management system, compliance performance, and controllable costs
• Identified improvement opportunities for the merged entity at the corporate, regional, business unit and facility levels, considering cross-functional business processes and internal controls
• Developed the design and associated business case for the merged company

The outcome

PricewaterhouseCoopers provided the client with the facilitation, business process, and integration skills necessary to capture cost reductions, improve performance, and realize merger synergies.