The Valspar Corp. named William L. Mansfield executive vice president and chief operating officer and Steve Erdahl executive vice president - Coatings, and announced other key management appointments.
Akzo Nobel announced plans to divest the company's industrial polyurethane (PUR) adhesives and systems business with a sale to the Sika Group. Terms were not disclosed.
Akzo Nobel formally opened a new non-stick coatings facility in São Paulo, Brazil, a facility that will produce coatings for the Brazilian cookware industry and a range of other specialized industrial applications such as automotive pistons and copier rolls.
RPM International Inc. said its European development office, RPM Europe S.A., has acquired Ecoloc N.V./Lock-Tile Belgium N.V. and Compakta/Pactan, a division of Heidelberger Bauchemie GmbH. Terms of the cash transactions were not disclosed.
BASF Coatings opened a new production plant in São Paulo, Brazil, for the company's Suvinil architectural-coatings brand, a 6,000-square-meter facility built at a cost of 2 million euros, the company said.
Colwell Industries Inc., a supplier of color-sampling materials, has acquired the color-card operations of Communisis plc, also known as McCorquodale Color Card Co.
Akzo Nobel announced plans to separate its recently launched Nobilas Claims & Fleet Solutions, a business that manages the total auto accident-repair cycle, as a new, stand-alone business unit, effective April 1.
Akzo Nobel announced that Bill McPherson, general manager of the company's Powder Coatings business unit, will be appointed general manager of the Marine & Protective Coatings business unit.