W. R. Grace & Co. has acquired Chemind Construction Products, a privately held specialty manufacturer and distributor of waterproofing coatings technologies and materials for the design and construction industry.
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has agreed to sell its global powder polyester resins business and its U.S.-based liquid polyester resins merchant business to Stepan Co. of Northfield, IL.
In the course of its expansion in the American market, Plasmatreat US, Elgin, IL, a subsidiary of Plasmatreat GmbH, Germany, has acquired the low-pressure plasma specialist 4th State Inc., Belmont, CA.
Dusatec Inc., Ramsey, NJ, has purchased the entire lines of TURBULENT™ mixers, reactors and dryers, Superflushers™, both of batch and continuous designs, and the GELIMAT™ thermo kinetic compounding machines, both of batch and semi-continuous designs, from Buhler AG, Switzerland.
PPG Industries has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Deft Inc., a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, CA.
Swiss specialty chemicals group Clariant International AG acquired the nano-silver ink technology platform developed under the trademark Bayink® from Bayer Group, Germany.
The coating resins business that was formerly part of Cytec Industries Inc. has become an independent company with the completion of the previously announced sale from Cytec to funds affiliated with Advent International, a global private equity firm.