18.04.2017
- US coatings specialist Axalta has agreed to buy Valspar’s North American industrial wood coatings business for $420 million in cash, a move that should appease regulators...
12.04.2017
- US paints and coatings giant PPG has opened additional production capacity for food-can coatings at its plant in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA. It said the investment of nearly $3...
03.04.2017
- German specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has signed two new agreements, both with US-based producers. Financial details were not disclosed. Under the first deal, it will...
28.03.2017
- An executive delegation from US coatings major PPG returned to headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from the Netherlands on Mar. 24 without having met management of takeover...
23.03.2017
- US paints and coatings giant PPG Industries is doubling down on its efforts to bring AkzoNobel to the negotiating table. After the Dutch rival rejected its first bid, the...
10.03.2017
- All in one day, Dutch coatings specialist AkzoNobel revealed on Mar. 9 that it had received an unsolicited takeover offer from US rival PPG and was looking at spinning off its...
07.03.2017
- Specialty chemicals supplier Perstorp has announced it will sell its additives business aimed primarily at the paints and coatings industry to Synthomer for around €78 million. The...
06.03.2017
- Cascades Sonoco, a manufacturer of coating and laminating technologies for the paper industry, will invest approximately $16 million to expand its facility in Birmingham, Alabama...
