H.B.
Fuller Co. has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the
entire stake in its automotive joint venture to the principal joint venture
partner, EMS CHEMIE Holding AG of Switzerland, for a purchase price of $80
million.
Syrgis
Performance Products has announced the acquisition of the organic peroxides
business from Norac Inc., a specialty chemical company with annual revenue of
more than $50 million.
Thermo
Fisher Scientific Inc. has signed an agreement with Edax, a business unit of
the Ametek Materials Analysis Division, to distribute its Electron Backscatter
Diffraction (EBSD) Systems.
Specialty chemicals supplier Cognis announced that it
has invited mergers and acquisitions specialist Lincoln International to
conduct a review of the strategic options for its Pulcra Chemicals subsidiary.
Huron
Capital Partners LLC has announced that through its portfolio company, Quest
Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Quest), it has acquired Zolatone Automotive
(Zolatone).
Dow
Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), announced the
signing of definitive agreements to acquire UPPC AG in Germany, and POLY-CARB
Inc. and GNS Technologies in the United States.
Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of The Dow
Chemical Company, will move forward with the detailed engineering phase of the
nameplate capacity expansion of its polyols plant in Terneuzen, the
Netherlands.
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