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A group of acid salts businesses that produces and distributes organic salts used in the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries. Headquartered in Tiel, the Netherlands, Verdugt operates principally in Western Europe, where many of its products are market-leaders. CHPIII led a group of investors in purchasing Verdugt in February 1999. Company employees, including the existing management team, were retained as part of the transaction.

April 20, 2004
Investment Group Led By Castle Harlan Completes Sale of Verdugt Salts Business To CVC Capital

NEW YORK, April 20, 2004 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private-equity investment firm, said today that an investment group it led had completed the sale of Verdugt, B.V., the world's largest manufacturer and global marketer of organic acid…

February 17, 2004
Investment Group Led By Castle Harlan Agrees To Sell Verdugt Salts Business To CVC Capital Partners

NEW YORK, February 17, 2004 - Castle Harlan, Inc., a leading New York private-equity investment firm, announced today that it and other investors had agreed to sell Verdugt B.V., the world's largest manufacturer and global marketer of organic acid salts…

March 01, 1999
Investment Group Led by Castle Harlan of the U.S. Acquires Acid Salts Businesses From BP Amoco

The Verdugt B.V. group of acid salts businesses, headquartered at Tiel, the Netherlands, has been sold by BP Amoco to a group of investors led by New York merchant bank Castle Harlan in conjunction with principals of US Salt and…

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