The Valspar Corp. announced the acquisition of certain assets of the coil, spray-applied door and rigid-packaging businesses of Benjamin Moore & Co.'s Technical Coatings Co.
The Henkel Group completed the sale of Cognis, the company's specialty chemicals business, to an investment consortium that includes Permira, GS Capital Partners and Schroder Ventures Life Sciences.
Chemcentral Corp. has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Southwest Solvents & Chemicals, a distributor of chemicals with facilities in Texas and Los Angeles.
Engineered Polymer Solutions and Color Corp. of America, both of which are units of The Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, announced a merger of their operations in a move the businesses said would improve efficiencies in their sales, marketing and technical functions.
- Elementis plc has sold Harcros Chemicals, the company's U.S. chemical-distribution business, for approximately ¿23.0 million, or $32.4 million, to HCI Acquisitions Inc.