Acerinox S.A. (Spain) in its €532m acquisition of 100% of the shares in VDM Metals Holding GmbH from Falcon Metals B.V. and Lindsay Goldberg Vogel GmbH.
Aperam S.A. (Luxembourg) in its US$537m acquisition of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., a producer and marketer of semi-finished and finished specialty steel products.
CJ Cheiljedang (South Korea) in its acquisition of a majority interest in Batavia Biosciences B.V.
Covestro AG (Germany) in its €1.6bn acquisition of the resins and functional materials business of Royal DSM.
Daimler AG (Germany) in its spinoff of its trucks and buses businesses to Daimler Truck Holding AG.