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Carlyle Starting Work on IPO of Chemical Firm Nouryon

  • Buyout firm picks Solebury Capital to work on IPO plans
  • Listing of Nouryon could come as soon as second half

    

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Carlyle Group Inc. is starting preparations for an initial public offering of specialty chemicals producer Nouryon, according to people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. private equity firm has begun internal work on a possible IPO of the business, the people said. A listing could come as soon as the second half of this year, one of the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information.