SHANGHAI: China’s biggest state-owned chemical firm on Monday announced it will buy Germany’s KraussMaffei Group, which makes machinery for producing plastics and rubber, for 925 million euros ($1.0 billion).

China National Chemical Corp., also known as ChemChina, said the planned acquisition would mark the largest investment ever in Germany by Chinese companies.

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