Harrison’s Paint Assets Acquired; New Owners Resume Manufacturing
CANTON, OH — Two Ohio investors have purchased the assets of Harrison Paint Corp. from bankruptcy court and said the company has resumed the production of coatings products for various markets.
Harrison, based in Canton, had been sold to Cook & Dunn Paint Corp. of New Jersey in 1998, which in turn sold Harrison’s stores and industrial division to Perry & Derrick Inc. of Cincinnati in early 1999. In a news announcement, the new buyers said Cook & Dunn filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early 2000, while Perry & Derrick closed the former Harrison’s stores last year.