WESEL, Germany/POMPANO BEACH, FL — The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired the operating assets of the Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida. Within the ALTANA Group, the business will be integrated into the Instruments Business Line of the BYK Division (BYK-Gardner) and will continue to operate as Paul N. Gardner. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
The Paul N. Gardner Co. and BYK-Gardner have a common origin in the Henry A. Gardner Laboratory, founded in 1935 in Bethesda, Maryland. Both companies are leaders in the production and sale of physical testing instrumentation and supplies for paints, coatings and related markets. These devices effectively assess the quality of color, gloss and the physical properties of coated surfaces.