MOSCOW (MRC) -- Lotte Group said that it changed the name of a chemical unit that it took over from Samsung Group, the latest in its steps to wrap up the 3-trillion won (USD 2.41 billion) merger, as per GV.
Retail and chemicals giant Lotte Group took over Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Samsung BP Chemicals Co. and Samsung SDI Co.'s chemical unit, as part of an effort to further strengthen its chemicals business.
Samsung Fine Chemicals was renamed Lotte Fine Chemicals Co., according to the group. The deal came around a year after Samsung sold four of its defence and chemical units to Hanwha Group in 2014 through a deal estimated at 1.9 trillion won.
Samsung, the country's top conglomerate, has been making efforts to reorganize and streamline its business structure, especially after the family-controlled conglomerate's de facto head Lee Kun-hee has remained bedridden since May 2014. The group has been making various efforts to pave the way for the management inheritance to his only son Jae-yong.
As MRC informed previously, in October 2015, Samsung Group agreed to sell its chemical assets to Lotte Group for about 3 trillion won (USD2.5 billion). Following the spin-off, Samsung SDI, the battery and chemical arm of South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group, will focus on its electric vehicles and battery businesses.
Besides, in 2014, Samsung also sold four of its defense and chemical units to the Hanwha Group, a deal estimated at around 1.9 trillion won.In March 2015, South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) gave conditional approval to Hanwha's proposed acquisition of Samsung General Chemicals.
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