Acquisitions

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IMCD UK acquires Orange Chemical

IMCD announces that IMCD UK has acquired 100% of the shares of Orange Chemicals, a distributor of performance chemicals throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Heritage Color acquires Reitech

Effective February 8, 2023, Heritage Color, a subsidiary of Vivify Specialty Ingredients has acquired Reitech Corporation.

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Interview: “We believe in long-lasting and stable growth of the railway segment

Kansai Helios has announced the acquisition of two major European household names in powder and railway coatings. We spoke to Dietmar Jost, Executive Director and Member of the Board, Kansai Helios, about...

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Univar Solutions acquires Chem Sol

Univar Solutions has acquired Chem Sol Group, a leading ingredients and specialty chemicals distributor operating in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, and Honduras.

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Stahl to acquire ICP Industrial Solutions Group

Stahl has agreed to acquire ICP Industrial Solutions Group (ISG), a leader in high-performance packaging coatings. This transaction is expected to strengthen Stahl’s position in the field of specialty...

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Kansai Helios completes acquisition of CWS Lackfabrik

Kansai Helios has completed the acquisition of German powder coatings and resins manufacturer CWS Lackfabrik.

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Büfa acquires composites business from JKS

Büfa Composite Systems from Oldenburg, Germany, has taken over the distribution activities in the composites sector of Joh. Klinglhuber & Söhne (JKS) in Austria. The company now operates under the...

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Altana acquires stake in technology startup Saralon

The specialty chemicals group Altana has acquired a stake in the tech startup Saralon. The young company specialises in the development of inks for printing electronics.

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Sur Tec acquires Omnitechnik

Sur Tec International GmbH has acquired Omnitechnik Mikroverkapselungs GmbH. The company covers a wide variety of thread coating applications.

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Evonik sells TAA derivatives business to Sabo

With the sale of its TAA derivatives business to Sabo, Evonik is taking the next step in focusing its portfolio on specialty chemicals.

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Tiger Infrastructure Partners acquires International Aerospace Coatings

Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a middle market growth infrastructure investor, has announced the acquisition of International Aerospace Coatings ("IAC"), a market-leading aviation services provider headquartered...

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Azelis acquires Chemiplas Agencies

Azelis has signed an agreement to acquire Chemiplas Agencies, one of the leading distributors of specialty chemicals, plastic raw materials and ingredients in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands....

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Kansai Helios acquires Beckers’ global railway coatings business

Kansai Helios will, after completion of closing conditions, acquire all business assets of Beckers in the Railway Coatings segment, such as recipes and railway homologations and customer database – excluding...

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Weilburger Coatings takes over operational business from Paint Systems

As per January 01, 2023, Weilburger Coatings GmbH will take over the operational business of Paint Systems’ industrial coatings range focusing on the segments automotive and commercial vehicles.