Sika Acquires Waterproofing Company Landun

Swiss specialty chemicals company Sika recently announced that it has acquired Chinese waterproofing systems manufacturer Shenzhen Landun Holding Co., Ltd.

Safic-Alcan Acquires Rit-Chem

Last week, global specialty chemical distributor Safic-Alcan announced that it had acquired boutique chemical distributor Rit-Chem Co., Inc.

Axalta Completes Acquisition of U-POL

Last week, global liquid and powder coatings supplier Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. announced that it had completed its acquisition of U-POL Holdings Limited (U-POL) from Graphite Capital Mana...

Merger Mania, and Why It Matters

by Karen Kapsanis

Over the past 30 years in the coatings industry, mergers and acquisitions have affect...

True or false: Axalta Coating Systems purchased the Valspar Corporation's North American Wood Coatings business for $420 million.

How many joint SSPC/NACE standards are there?

Swiss chemicals company Sika is interested in buying a portion of BASF’s $3 billion construction chemicals business, which will reportedly be up for sale this month. Do you think this is a good move?

Some of the industry’s largest companies have merged or discussed merging in recent years. Will this trend continue in the years to come?

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