Synthomer, Harlow England, has agreed to buy Hexion Performance Adhesives & Coatings (Hexion PAC), the adhesives and coatings business of Hexion Inc., Columbus, OH, for $226 million.
The Sherwin-Williams Co. and The Valspar Corp. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sherwin-Williams will acquire Valspar for $113 per share in an all-cash transaction, or an enterprise value of approximately $11.3 billion.
PPG Industries has partnered with ITECH Engineering School in Lyon, France, to help sponsor the first chemical engineering master’s degree program dedicated to paints and coatings in Europe.
General Motors named Axalta Coating Systems a GM Supplier of the Year during its 24th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held March 10 in Detroit.
P.T. Hutchins, an Azelis Americas company, has earned the 2015 Distributor of the Year Award from the Dispersions & Pigments division of BASF in North America.
Cromax®, one of the three premium global refinish brands of Axalta Coating Systems, recently revealed its renovated and modernized training headquarters for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, in Mechelen, Belgium.