28.07.2016
- US coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to sell its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Mexico’s Vitro for around $750 million. The agreement will...
26.07.2016
- US coatings company Axalta has acquired the automotive interior coatings business of Michigan-based United Paint and Chemical for an undisclosed sum. Steven Markevich, Axalta’s...
11.07.2016
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro, which has a sideline in coatings raw materials, has expanded production of HDI, an important feedstock for its coatings portfolio, in...
07.07.2016
- Chemical production in the 28 EU member states shrank by 0.7% year-on-year on average in the first four months of 2016 and thus remained 5.9% below the pre-crisis 2008 level, the...
30.06.2016
- Major US liquid and powder coatings company Axalta Coating Systems has agreed to acquire Dura Coat Products, a California, USA-headquartered manufacturer of coil and spray coatings...
20.06.2016
- BASF has announced plans to acquire German surface treatment chemicals specialist Chemetall from US fine chemicals producer Albemarle for $3.2 billion in cash. Albemarle said the...
15.06.2016
- US coatings giant PPG said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire MetoKote, a compatriot coatings services provider with sales of around $200 million in 2015. Financial...
13.06.2016
- Akzo Nobel is adding marine coatings for shipbuilding, maintenance and repair to its current offering of protective coatings for the regional oil and gas and mining at its...
