AkzoNobel Invests in US Aerospace Coatings
AkzoNobel is investing €50 million to upgrade its Waukegan, Ill. facility– the company’s biggest aerospace coatings production site. Read More…
Helix Kapital Acquires NCS Colour
NCS Colour announced a partnership with Helix Kapital, which is acquiring an ownership stake from Sobro after 15 years. The acquisition marks the beginning of a new growth phase in which NCS Colour intends to accelerate its international expansion, strengthen its global position and continue investing in both digital and physical color-communication tools. Read More…
Borchers Announces New Distributor in France
Borchers announced that Keyser & Mackay is now the official French distributor of Borchers coating additives, a Milliken brand. Read More…
Barentz Expands Distribution Agreement with Huntsman
Barentz announced an extended distribution partnership with Huntsman, a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals. In addition to being a long-time distribution partner of Huntsman’s polyurethane product line, Barentz will now expand distribution to the Performance Products’ division of Huntsman and is now responsible for the JEFFCAT® line of catalysts across the United States and Canada. Read More…
Wesco Group to Acquire National Coatings & Supplies
Wesco Group (Wesco) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire National Coatings & Supplies (NCS), a distributor of coatings and related solutions to aftermarket automotive refinish and specialty industrial customers. Read More…
Graco Inc. Acquires Radia Products
Graco Inc. (Graco) has acquired Red Devil Equipment Company (Radia) in a transaction valued at $69 million. Radia is a manufacturer of mixing, shaking, and automated material handling equipment for the growing paint and coatings industry headquartered in Plymouth, Minn., with annual revenue of more than $30 million. Read More…
CHASM and Ingevity Expand Partnership
CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc. (CHASM) has signed a license agreement with Ingevity Corporation (Ingevity) for CHASM's patented carbon nanotube (CNT) production technology. The agreement grants Ingevity the rights to manufacture CHASM's NTeC®-E CNT conductive additives for battery applications in North America and select European countries. Read More…
DuPont Breaks Ground in China
DuPont held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new MOLYKOTE® specialty lubricants manufacturing plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province in East China. The manufacturing unit is being built at the Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone and is expected to be operational by early 2027. Read More…