Keyword: PPG

News

PPG Takes Tikkurila for €1.1 Billion

20.12.2020 -

PPG has entered into an agreement to buy Finnish paints company Tikkurila. The US paints and coatings group has offered €25 per share, equal to a transaction value of...

News

PPG to Take Ennis-Flint for $1.15 Billion

03.12.2020 -

US paints group PPG Industries has agreed to buy Ennis-Flint, a manufacturer of specialized coatings for traffic safety solutions, for about $1.15 billion from private...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Krahn Chemie Benelux signs as new silica distributor for PPG

31.03.2020 - As of April 2020, Krahn Chemie Benelux will start distributing the precipitated silica products from PPG for ink, coating, adhesive and sealant applications in Benelux. This...

News

PPG to Retain Portfolio after Review

24.05.2019 - PPG Industries has decided to maintain its existing business portfolio following a strategic review in response to activist investor Trian Partners’ call for the US paintmaker to...

News

PPG Takes Germany’s Hemmelrath

11.01.2019 - Less than a month after agreeing to acquire US coatings company Whitford Worldwide, PPG has now pledged to buy German automotive coatings manufacturer Hemmelrath. Financial terms...

News

PPG Agrees Purchase of Whitford Worldwide

16.12.2018 - PPG has reached a definitive agreement to buy US coatings company Whitford Worldwide for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Elverson, Pennsylvania, privately owned Whitford...

News

Trian Calls for PPG CEO to Quit

30.10.2018 - Activist investor Trian wants PPG Industries to oust its CEO Michael McGarry and replace him with former chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, while also suggesting the US paintmaker...

News

Activist Investor Trian Targets PPG

10.10.2018 - US investment group Trian Fund Management has revealed in a recent regulatory filing that it has a 2.9% stake in paintmaker PPG Industries. In the filing, Trian said it owns...