MOSCOW (MRC) -- S&P Global Ratings announced on 23 July 2018 that it has upgraded its long-term issuer credit rating for Perstorp Holding AB to B-. The outlook is stable, as per the company's press release.
Concurrently, S&P announced that it is raising the issue rating on Perstorp’s Euro and USD Senior Secured Notes to B and that it is raising the issue rating on the company’s Second Lien Secured notes to CCC and the issue rating on Prague CE Sarl’s Subordinated Notes to CCC.
According to S&P, the upgrade reflects Perstorp’s sustained EBITDA growth and deleveraging, having seen strong volume growth in its main business lines over the past several quarters.
"We are pleased to see our investment discipline and performance reflected in this upgrade decision. This should further increase our financial flexibility and the potential to lower our future cost of capital", says Magnus Heimburg, Chief Financial Officer of Perstorp.
As MRC informed earlier, in May 2018, Perstorp AB, global leading specialty chemicals company, and 3D4Makers, a high performance 3D printing filament producer, joined forces with a new Joint Venture: ElogioAM, to bring new material solutions in order to advance the additive manufacturing industry. By combining the deep insights of both companies into chemicals and polymers, ElogioAM is bringing the world’s first fifth-generation 3D filament, Facilan, which enables applications previously unobtainable with other 3D printing materials.
Perstorp is one of the world leaders in various sectors of the specialty chemicals market, it's pioneer in formalin chemistry, plastics and surface materials. Perstorp was founded in 1881 and is controlled by PAI partners,a major European private equity company. The company has around 1,500 employees in with 22 production plants in Europe, Asia and North America.
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