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May 15, 2012
Valspar’s second-quarter 2012 net earnings grew 36% year-on-year, to $76.5 million. Adjusted earnings were $111 million, increasing 32% and exclude restructuring charges...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Valspars-Earnings-and-Sales-Increase_43476.html May 11, 2012
Arkema has sold its Peninsula Polymers (North Kansas City, MO) business, a coatings raw materials distributor, to an investment group led by the current management team. Terms of the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Arkema-Sells-Peninsula-Polymers_43407.html May 11, 2012
Celanese announced a price increase of its polymer emulsions sold in Europe, Africa, and the Mideast to €80/m.t. ($104/m.t.)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Celanese-Announces-Price-Increase-in-Polymer-Emulsions_43405.html May 8, 2012
H.B. Fuller says it will sell its Central American paints business to Grupo Mindial subsidiary Compania Global de Pinturas for $120 million. Fuller says business is no longer core to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Fuller-Sells-Central-American-Paints-Business_43281.html May 3, 2012
Protex International (Paris), a privately owned global specialty chemicals company, predicts it will drive up sales by a double-digit percentage level this year despite the mixed...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Protex-International-On-a-Path-to-Growth_43194.html May 2, 2012
The previously announced sale of Evonik Industries' colorants business to private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners (New York) has been completed after approvals from Evonik's...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Evonik-Completes-Sale-of-Colorants-Business-to-U-S-Private-Equity-Firm_43166.html April 26, 2012
Tikkurila (Vantaa, Finland), a paints and coatings company, recorded net losses of €500,000 ($660,738) in the first quarter of 2012, compared with net profits of €1.5...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Tikkurila-Records-Losses-but-Increased-Prices-Boost-Sales_43005.html April 19, 2012
Sherwin-Williams reported first-quarter net income up 47%, to $100.2 million, on net sales up 15%, to $2.1 billion. Net income totaled 95 cts/share, in line with increased guidance...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Sherwin-Williams-Net-Income-Rises-47-percent-Increases-Full-Year-EPS-Guidance_42795.html April 16, 2012
RPM has acquired HiChem Paint Technologies (Hallam, Australia), an automotive aftermarket coatings maker. The company also makes coatings for...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/RPM-Acquires-Australian-Auto-Coatings-Firm_42651.html April 9, 2012
Sherwin-Williams has raised its first-quarter earnings guidance to 92-95 cts/share from 56-74 cts/share on higher sales in the company’s paint stores segment. Net...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Sherwin-Williams-Raises-Earnings-Guidance_42598.html April 5, 2012
RPM International reported fiscal third quarter earnings up five-fold from the year-ago period, to $6.6 million, or 5 cts/share, on sales up 14%, to $774 million. Earnings beat analyst...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/RPM-Earnings-Soar-Beat-Estimates_42514.html April 3, 2012
J.M. Huber (Atlanta) has purchased the hydrate flame retardant business of Almatis, Inc. (Bauxite, AR) for an undisclosed sum, the company says...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/J-M-Huber-Buys-Flame-Retardants-Business_42455.html March 26, 2012
Dow Chemical says it plans to invest in a new manufacturing facility for its Dow Coating Materials business unit at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The planned facility will manufacture a range...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Dow-to-Build-Coatings-Facility-in-Saudi-Arabia_42278.html March 14, 2012
Evonik Industries says it has agreed to sell its global colorants business to private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners (New York). The transaction is expected to close in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Evonik-to-Sell-Its-Global-Colorants-Business-to-Arsenal-Capital-Partners_41810.html March 1, 2012
Paints and coatings company Tikkurila (Vantaa, Finland) says that a management buyout of its sales subsidiaries in Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia has been finalized, and that...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Tikkurila-Divests-Four-of-Its-Subsidiaries-in-Eastern-Europe_41708.html February 29, 2012
The Hellenic Association of Chemical Industries (HACI; Athens), Greece's chemical industry association, says it is confident the Greek chemical industry will overcome the challenging...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Greek-Chemical-Industry-Can-Overcome-Economic-Challenges-Through-Collaboration_41670.html February 23, 2012
AkzoNobel says it will break ground on a previously announced £100 million ($157 million) decorative paints manufacturing facility at Ashington, U.K. in June or July of this year...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/AkzoNobel-to-Start-Building-Large-scale-Paints-Plant-in-the-U-K-_41532.html February 21, 2012
Paints and coatings company Jotun (Sandefjord, Norway) says sales increased 9.2% in full-year 2011, to NK10.7 billion ($1.9 billion) compared with NK 9.8 billion in 2010. Operating...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/High-Raw-Material-Prices-Impact-Jotuns-2011-Results_41503.html February 21, 2012
BASF says it plans to phase out the production and sale of lead chromate pigments by the end of 2014. The move follows the European Union’s (EU) evaluation of the substance under...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Reach-Legislation-Drives-BASF-to-Phase-Out-Lead-Chromate-by-2015_41493.html February 16, 2012
Huntsman’s fourth-quarter net income rose 350% year-on-year, to $105 million, or 44 cts/share, on revenues up 9%, to $2.6 billion. However, results in both quarters were...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Huntsman-Adjusted-Earnings-Rise-13-percent-on-Price-Increases_41401.html |
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