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PPG Meets Dutch Officials but not Akzo Nobel

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...

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AkzoNobel Rejects PPG's Second Bid

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...

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AkzoNobel Rejects PPG Bid, Eyes Spin-off

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...

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PPG Buys China’s Futian Xinshi

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...

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PPG Undertakes Global Restructuring

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...

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PPG Takes Control of Italian Coatings JV

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...

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PPG Industries Buys Romania’s Deutek

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...

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PPG Sells Flat Glass Operations to Mexico’s Vitro

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...