International Paint LLC has hired Jose Luna to serve as Oil and Gas Market Manager, Americas. The company has also hired David Hood to serve as Marketing Analyst for the company’s Houston-based Protective Coatings Division, North Americas.
Bayer MaterialScience LLC, part of the global Bayer MaterialScience business, has purchased the pour-in-place, spray and molded polyurethane-foam-systems business of the Stepan Co. in the United States, Canada, South America and Mexico.
The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal, Canada, has reached an agreement to purchase the powder coatings business and all the assets of Enviro-Powder Co. of Grand Rapids, MI, and the powder coatings business of Atomized Powder Coatings LLC of Terre Haute, IN.
Specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has signed an agreement to sell its Pulcra Chemicals subsidiary to Germany-based Fashion Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG (Fashion Chemicals) for €26.3 million.