General Electric Co.'s GE Specialty Materials completed the acquisition of the water-treatment services business of BetzDearborn from Hercules Inc. for $1.8 billion in cash.
Palmer Supplies Co., located in Cleveland, announced a merger with Harry Holland Co., based in Detroit, in a deal that combines two Midwestern regional distributors.
appointed L.V. Lomas Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, exclusive distributor of EM Industries' Afflair effect pigments to the coatings, plastics and printing industries in Canada
announced the introduction of a major new color palette, the "Serenity Collection," featuring some of the company's most popular colors of the past several decades.