Covestro has signed an agreement to acquire the Resins & Functional Materials business from Royal DSM.

Italy-based Inkmaker srl has acquired the German company SWESA Dosiersysteme GmbH, a specialist in customized dosing systems.

As part of its global growth strategy, Ascend Performance Materials has completed its acquisition of Italian firms Poliblend and Esseti Plast.

AkzoNobel has completed the acquisition of Stahl Performance Powder Coatings and its range of products for heat-sensitive substrates.

Maroon Group LLC has acquired Holland Chemicals, a distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients to the personal care, household and industrial cleaning, food, and industrial markets.

Nouryon has completed its previously announced acquisition of the carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) business of J.M. Huber Corp.

MicroCare announced that Capital Partners™, Norwalk, Connecticut, completed a control investment in MicroCare LLC in partnership with the company's co-founder and senior management.

INX International Ink Co. announced that it has finalized its acquisition of RUCO Druckfarben, a printing ink manufacturer in Eppstein, Germany.

Metal effect pigments provider SCHLENK has acquired the industrial company API Americas, Lawrence, Kansas.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. announced that its subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Gelest Intermediate Holdings Inc., the parent of Gelest Inc. and a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital LLC.