Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, has acquired Eliokem, the former North American and European specialty chemicals businesses of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
The Valspar Corp. named John Ballbach president and chief operating officer and announced the appointment of Steve Erdahl and Bill Mansfield to top executive positions.
Degussa AG, D¿sseldorf, Germany, announced a production-capacity expansion for the polyamide 12 powder VESTOSINT(r) at the company's Marl, Germany, chemical complex.
ASTM announced a name change to ASTM International, a move the organization said reflects the increasingly global application and use of ASTM standards.
OM Group Inc. has acquired the metal organics division of Rhodia in a deal that includes Rhodia's Metal Organics businesses and two manufacturing plants, in Manchester, UK, and Bethlehem, PA.
PPG Industries Inc. has acquired 27 Duron Inc. paint stores in the Chicago, Indianapolis and Columbus, OH, markets in a move that continues an expansion of PPG's retail architectural-coatings operations in North America.
The Valspar Corp.'s Pittsburgh plant has been accepted into the U.S. EPA's National Environmental Performance Track program, becoming only the second paint and coatings manufacturing facility to earn the designation, the company said.
Klaus Peter Lobbe will assume responsibility for BASF AG's newly created Ressort IX, based in Mount Olive, NJ, on March 1, the company announced. BASF's Coatings and North America divisions will become part of Ressort IX.
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