28.02.2017
- In what was called a vote of confidence for a post-Brexit Britain, Dutch chemicals and coatings group AkzoNobel said it plans to spend €12.6 million on a new research and...
21.02.2017
- Azelis has extended its distribution agreement with Allnex for their range of liquid resins and additives (LRA) in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. The two companies have...
03.02.2017
- US liquid and powder coatings company Axalta Coating Systems has acquired two firms since the beginning of 2017. The most recent deal, announced on Feb. 1, is with Century...
24.01.2017
- US coatings giant PPG Industries said it has bought “certain assets” of Chinese automotive refinish coatings company Futian Xinshi for an undisclosed sum. The assets include Futian...
27.12.2016
- IMCD has acquired Turkey’s Feza Kimya, boosting the Dutch specialty chemical distributor’s existing operations in the country. Financial details were not disclosed. Feza Kimya is...
22.12.2016
- US packaging products group Avery Dennison has agreed to pay $75 million to buy Hanita Coatings, an Israeli manufacturer of pressure-sensitive materials, from Kibbutz Hanita...
20.12.2016
- Rosneft and ChemChina have signed a Heads of Agreement to build a joint venture polymer coatings and paints plant in Russia. The companies will set up the jv in the Bolshoy Kamen...
15.12.2016
- BASF has completed its acquisition of Chemetall from US chemicals and catalyst group Albemarle. The company based at Hamm, Germany, with sales of $845 million in 2015, specializes...
