The K+S Group acquires Qemetica\u2019s salt business. The salt and fertilizer producer based in Kassel (Germany) is purchasing two evaporated salt production sites in Stassfurt (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) and Janikowo (Poland) from the Polish chemical company. Thereby, K+S is further expanding its own European salt business and opening up additional growth potential in Central and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n
The K+S Group signed an agreement today to acquire Qemetica\u2019s two evaporated salt sites. The purchase price was agreed at \u20ac350 million, plus a performance bonus of up to 30 M \u20ac, depending on the business performance of Qemetica\u2019s existing salt business in 2026 and 2027 (purchase price\/EBITDA: approx. 7-times). In 2025, the business unit employed about 400 employees. Revenues amounted to approximately 125 M \u20ac, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to just under 50 M \u20ac<\/p>\n
\u201cOur European salt business is operating in a market environment that has recently improved significantly. We are generating stable revenues that make a reliable contribution to K+S\u2019s business success,\u201d explains K+S CEO Dr. Christian H. Meyer. \u201cThe acquisition of Qemetica\u2019s two evaporated salt sites offers us an opportunity to further expand our salt business within Europe. At the same time, this opens up good additional growth potential for us in Central and Eastern Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two Qemetica sites focus on the production of specialty salts, for example for water softening and the food industry. \u201cThis represents an ideal expansion of our existing portfolio. We look forward to welcoming our new colleagues in Stassfurt and Janikowo to the K+S family soon,\u201d explains K+S CEO Meyer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are placing our salt business, which we have developed intensively and successfully over the past few years, in good hands,\u201d says Qemetica CEO Kamil Majczak. The transaction enables Qemetica to unlock capital and allocate it for strategic areas. Majczak: \u201cThis marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter, as we are establishing our new Resource Recovery unit, through which energy recovery from waste becomes one of the pillars of Qemetica Group\u2019s growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
K+S is evaluating various financing and capital market instruments to fund the purchase price for the acquisition and to optimize the Group\u2019s financing structure. The timing, implementation, and structure of such financing depend primarily on developments in the capital market environment and financing conditions. \u201cIf no financing has been secured at the time of the closing, which we expect in the first quarter of 2027, we can draw on existing liquidity and firmly committed credit lines and, if necessary, refinance at a later date,\u201d explains CFO Dr. Jens Christian Keuthen. \u201cIt was important to us that the multiple underlying the purchase price, that is, the ratio of purchase price to earnings contribution, and K+S\u2019s market valuation be closely aligned. We also ensured that the debt ratio, that is, net debt to EBITDA, remained largely unchanged, as the purchase price is offset by a correspondingly stable contribution to earnings.\u201d (K+S, MRG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The K+S Group acquires Qemetica\u2019s salt business. The salt and fertilizer producer based in Kassel (Germany) is purchasing two evaporated salt production sites in Stassfurt (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) and Janikowo (Poland) …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":21866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1076],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-21865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-brief-2026","tag-ks-aktiengesellschaft"],"yoast_head":"\n