 In 1997, Dynamit Nobel took over Phoenix Kunststoff GmbH in order to reinforce its position in the plastic equipments market.In 1999, Dynamit Nobel and the chemical company Solvadis were united within the MG chemical group.The scope of chemical activities within Chemetall was optimized by the acquisition of C"yprus Foote" (1998) and "Brent" (1999), followed by the sale of two subsidiaries namely, "Chemson GmbH" (1999) et "Coventya GmbH" (2000).