PITTSBURGH - PPG Industries Inc. has acquired 27 Duron Inc. paint stores in the Chicago, Indianapolis and Columbus, OH, markets in a move that continues an expansion of PPG's retail architectural-coatings operations in North America.
For Duron, meanwhile, the move represents a pause in the company's expansion into new geographic markets in recent years. Duron, a major regional coatings manufacturer and retailer based in Beltsville, MD, had ventured from its core eastern and southeastern U.S. markets with stores in the Midwest over the past several years.