Emerald Performance Materials LLC has reached an agreement to sell its Emerald Specialties and Polymer Additives and Nitriles business groups to DyStar LP.
Evonik Industries AG is acquiring the Specialty & Coating Additives business (Performance Materials Division) of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. for $3.8 billion, strengthening its position in the specialty and coating additives market.
H.I.G. Capital, a private equity investment firm, announced that its portfolio company Valtris Specialty Chemicals has acquired Akcros Holdings Limited.
AMETEK Inc. has completed two acquisitions: Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, a leading manufacturer of viscometers and rheometers, and ESP/SurgeX, a leader in energy intelligence and power protection solutions.
Synthomer, Harlow England, has agreed to buy Hexion Performance Adhesives & Coatings (Hexion PAC), the adhesives and coatings business of Hexion Inc., Columbus, OH, for $226 million.
The Sherwin-Williams Co. and The Valspar Corp. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sherwin-Williams will acquire Valspar for $113 per share in an all-cash transaction, or an enterprise value of approximately $11.3 billion.
