They wouldn't be able to get Dyesol outright, too much of it is...

They wouldn't be able to get Dyesol outright, too much of it is owned by the founders/scientists.
And if they made a move to buy it, all the institutions would see right through their game and charge a very large premium for their piece. As would the small holders like us.
So they would be up for atleast a multiple or two of the current price.
Lot of money to put into grabbing the extra xx% (no ieda what the revensue split is) of sales from a product you haven't even launched.

At the end of the day, a company like Tata/Corus has a lot of suppliers, you can't own them all. They have dyesol locked up in the steel business and that is all that counts, we are not going to work with their competitors.