PPG Industries has closed the separation of its commodity chemicals business and merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Spinco Inc., with a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf Corp.
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has created a dedicated electronic materials group to integrate products and technologies acquired from Spraylat Corp., Mt. Vernon, NY.
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. has completed its acquisition of paint and coatings manufacturer DuPont Performance Coatings for $4.9 billion.
Coatings manufacturer Teknos Group Oy, Helsinki, Finland, has acquired the entire share capital of Estonia-based Kemiflora Kaubandus OÜ from AS Kemiflora.
The Protech-Oxyplast Group of Montreal, Canada, has reached an agreement to purchase the thermoplastic powder and liquid coatings businesses of the Thermoclad Co., Erie, PA.
On a consolidated basis, Asian Paints, Mumbai, reported income from operations grew by 19 percent to Rs 3052.9 crores for the three months ended Dec 31, 2012.
Paint and coating manufacturer AkzoNobel and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have named Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D., the winner of the inaugural AkzoNobel North America Science Award for his cutting-edge polymer chemistry research.
RPM International Inc. has appointed Salvatore D. Fazzolari to its board of directors to replace James A. Karman, who retired after 50 years of service.