Sidereal Capital Group LLC, Chatham, NJ, has partnered with Argosy Private Equity to acquire U∙C Coatings Corp., Buffalo, NY, a manufacturer and distributor of wood-protection products for the logging, lumber, furniture and woodworking industries.

Flint Group has purchased the remaining shares in Tintas Graficas Vencedor (TGV) from Corporacion Peruana de Productos Quimicos S.A. (CPPQ).

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced its intention to acquire Plastichemix Industries, a masterbatch business in India.

Delos Capital LLC, a recently launched private-equity firm based in New York City, has acquired California Products Corp. (CPC).

Excelitas Technologies has acquired Lumen Dynamics, a manufacturer of lamp and LED-based UV-curing and fluorescence illumination systems.

National Paint Industries, North Brunswick, NJ, has purchased the assets of the Petri Paint Co. of Newark, NJ.

Evonik Goldschmidt Corp., a provider of specialty surfactants, will merge into its parent company, Evonik Corp., on January 1, 2014.

Anton Paar GmbH has signed a contract to purchase CSM Instruments SA, a company that develops and produces laboratory instruments for the characterization of mechanical properties on material surfaces at the mirco- and nano-scales.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced plans to sell its Leather Services business to Stahl.

Hoover Container Solutions (Hoover), a subsidiary of Hoover Group Inc., has acquired the assets of Tote Systems LLC, Liquid Division, a provider of stainless steel intermediate bulk containers (IBC) in the United States.