Uni-World Capital L.P., a private equity firm, and Brightwood Capital Advisors LLC, a private investment firm, have acquired VanDeMark Chemical Inc., Lockport, NY, a global producer of specialty, intermediate and catalyst chemicals based on phosgenation chemistry.
Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, agreed to buy Dash Multi-Corp., a manufacturer of formulated polyurethane, vinyl plastisol, specialty coatings and recycled rubber products.
Royal Holdings Inc., a holding company of Arsenal Capital Partners, has acquired, through its Royal Packaging Specialties subsidiary, the stock of Adhesives Packaging Specialties Inc. (APS).
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has signed a contract to acquire the business of Chemical Corp. of America Inc. (ChemCor), a U.S. manufacturer of specialty wax additives.
Watson Standard, Pittsburgh, has acquired certain assets of Delta Coatings Corp., Melrose Park, IL, a privately owned coatings company that specializes in coatings for the general industrial and packaging industries.
The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal, Canada, has reached an agreement to purchase the thermoplastic powder and liquid coatings businesses of the Thermoclad Co. of Erie, PA.
Spectris plc (Spectris), an instrumentation and controls company, has signed an agreement to acquire Analytical Spectral Devices Inc. (ASD), a manufacturer of near-infrared instrumentation solutions and applications for materials measurement and research.
X-Rite Inc. has entered into a long-term relationship with the University of Bonn that will establish a graduate school in the field of digital appearance. Additionally, X-Rite has acquired Sensible Graphics GmbH, a company providing digital appearance solutions.
