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PPG CEO‘s issues open letter to Akzo Nobel shareholder and a third offer

The struggle between Akzo Nobel and PPG enters another round. PPG submitted a third offer to buy Akzo Nobel worth almost EUR 27 billion. Simultaneously PPG ...

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Akzo Nobel unveils new strategy to split up

Akzo Nobel has outlined a new strategy to accelerate growth with two high-performing businesses - Paints and Coatings and Specialty Chemicals - which shall lead to ...

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Milliken acquires Keystone Aniline Corporation

Milliken & Company, a leading supplier of polymer-bound colourants and additives, has acquired Keystone Aniline Corporation, a global leader in dyes, pigments,...

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Axalta Coating Systems to acquire Valspar’s North American industrial wood coatings business

Axalta will buy Valspar’s business for USD 420 million in cash. Valspar is not selling entirely voluntary.

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Hubergroup acquires Alden & Ott Printing Inks

Hubergroup, Inc. and Alden & Ott Printing Inks have announced that Hubergroup has acquired substantially all of the assets of Alden & Ott in a private deal. ...

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PPG reiterates invitation to Akzo Nobel to discuss combination of the two companies

PPG has reiterated its invitation to Akzo Nobel to enter into discussions to explore PPG’s proposal to form a combined company.

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With the closing of Helios acquisition, Kansai Paint enters European coating industry

With the closing of transaction on March 31, 2017 Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. acquired all shares of European coating manufacturer Helios Group.

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Akzo Nobel rejects takeover bid from PPG

Dutch paints and chemicals maker Akzo Nobel NV said Thursday it had rejected a EUR 21 billion offer from U.S. coatings producer PPG as it undervalued the business....

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Sun Chemical acquires RJA Dispersions business

Sun Chemical Corporation has acquired the assets and business of RJA Dispersions LLC, effective March 1, 2017.

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Henkel submits offer to acquire Darex Packaging Technologies

Henkel has entered into negotiations with GCP Applied Technologies to acquire their global Darex Packaging Technologies business for around EUR995 million.

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Perstorp sells Belgian site with its coating additives activities to Synthomer

The specialty chemicals innovator and supplier Perstorp has announces the sale of its additives activities primarily serving the paints and coatings industry ...

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Siegwerk purchases UK-based supplier of water-based inks and coatings

Siegwerk has signed a contract to purchase UK-based Hi-Tech Products Ltd. The supplier of water-based inks and coatings develops and manufactures high-quality ...

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Siegwerk acquires plastic packaging business from Schekolin AG

The international ink manufacturer Siegwerk acquires Schekolin’s business unit "Plastic Tubes and Laminates” and further expands its portfolio of UV inks and ...

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Tronox acquires Cristal’s titanium dioxide business

Tronox Limited has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the TiO2 business of Cristal, a privately held global chemical and mining company, for EUR1.583...