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...
14.12.2016
- Japanese coatings company Kansai Paint has boosted its presence in Europe with the purchase of Slovenia’s Helios Coatings Group. The two companies signed a share purchase agreement...
12.12.2016
- Continued slow growth in global demand has prompted US coatings specialist PPG Industries to undertake global restructuring in a bid to save around $125 million a year. The board...
30.11.2016
- US coatings producer Axalta is planning to build a new plant in The National Chemical Industrial Park (NCIP) in Nanjing, China. The facility will manufacture a broad range of te...
22.11.2016
- US paints, coatings and materials company PPG Industries has purchased the remaining 50% stake in PP Univer, its Italian joint venture with Univer Italiana. Financial terms were...
09.11.2016
- US coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to buy leading Romanian paint and architectural coatings manufacturer Deutek for an undisclosed sum. PPG is buying the Bucharest...