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December 22, 2008
BASF Buys Admixture Business; Signs Tolling Deal for Coatings
BASF says it has acquired the concrete admixture business of Kejie Admixture Science & Technology Co. (Guangzhou, China), for an undisclosed amount. Kejie produces a wide range of...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/16018.html
December 22, 2008
AkzoNobel Buys European Paint JV
AkzoNobel says it has acquired the 25% share it did not already own in Akzo Nobel...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/16035.html
December 15, 2008
Kemira Buys Slovakian Paints Firm
Kemira’s paints and coatings business Tikkurila says it has agreed to acquire sales company Finncolor Slovakia (Martin, Slovakia). Tikkurila says it has agreed to acquire 100% of...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/15929.html
November 24, 2008
Charges Drag Down Valspar Earnings
Valspar reported net income for its fiscal fourth quarter ended October 31 down 20%, to $38.9 (42 cts/share), excluding a 13 cts/share charge related to restructuring actions, a...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/15582.html
November 10, 2008
Paints and Coatings
The troubled economic environment has heightened concerns among paintmakers that have been struggling with the slowdowns in the automotive and housing sectors, two of their biggest end...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/15244.html
November 10, 2008
Recreating Colonial History with the Help of Paint Analysis
Architectural paint analysts are using paint cross-sections on historical landmarks to learn about the past—from the status, wealth, and taste of the site’s owner to clues...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/15245.html
October 27, 2008
AkzoNobel Acquires Enviroline
AkzoNobel says it has acquired the Enviroline unit from Industrial Environmental Coatings (Pompano Beach, FL), for an undisclosed sum. The deal...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/15039.html
October 20, 2008
Inver Inks European Powder Coatings Business Deal
Inver (Bologna), an industrial liquid and powder coatings firm, has acquired the European powder coatings business of AB Wilh. Becker...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14861.html
October 20, 2008
Altana Completes USBP Unit Buy
Altana says it has completed the acquisition of United States Bronze Powders’ (USBP) effects pigments business, for an undisclosed sum. The acquired business...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14865.html
October 6, 2008
PPG Acquires Chinese Auto Refinish Coatings Business
PPG Industries says it has acquired the automotive refinish coatings business of Bonny Coating-Made Co. (Guangzhou, China). Terms were not disclosed. The deal includes customer lists...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14592.html
October 6, 2008
R&H Opens Singapore Lab
Rohm and Haas (R&H) says it has opened a technical laboratory...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14632.html
October 6, 2008
Asian Coatings Demand to Rise
Coatings demand in Asia keeps rising and totaled 21.4 million lbs last year, worth $29.5 billion, says a new study by Kusumgar, Nerlfi &...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14634.html
September 29, 2008
PPG to Close Several Coatings and Glass Plants
PPG Industries says it will close several Canadian, European, and U.S. manufacturing units as part of a reorganization plan that is expected to yield about $100 million in pretax...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14451.html
September 29, 2008
PPG Agrees to Buy BASF’s Coil and Extrusion Coatings Unit
PPG Industries says it has reached an agreement to acquire BASF’s North American coil and extrusion coatings business. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal includes...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14454.html
September 25, 2008
PPG Agrees to Buy BASF's Coil and Extrusion Coatings Business
PPG says it has reached an agreement to acquire BASF's North American coil and extrusion coatings (COEX) business. Financial terms were not disclosed.  BASF  operates...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14417.html
September 24, 2008
PPG Closing Several Coatings and Glass Plants
PPG says it will rclose several U.S., Canadian, and European manufacturing units in a reoganization plan that is expected to yield approximately $100 million in pretax annual cost...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14400.html
September 19, 2008
Bayer Material Science Declares Force Majeure at Baytown
Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products produced by its polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, specialties; polycarbonates; and inorganic chemicals business...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14296.html
August 25, 2008
Ciba Plans Restructuring to Focus on Coatings, Plastics Additives, and Water
Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it is evaluating options for its underperforming paper chemical and its publication ink businesses, including a sale, joint ventures, and marketing and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/13779.html
August 25, 2008
PPG Opens Coatings Plant in China
PPG Industries says it has opened an automotive coatings facility at Wuhu, China to...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/13795.html
August 20, 2008
AkzoNobel Confirms U.K. Paints Sale to Endless
AkzoNobel says it has agreed to sell its Crown Paints decorative paints business in the U.K. and Ireland to Endless Investments (Leeds, U.K.), a private equity house. AkzoNobel has...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/13714.html
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