Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) for $4.9 billion in cash.
Following the overall review of the group’s use of sales channels, specialty chemicals company Perstorp announced a new collaboration between Perstorp and Innovia Solutions Ltd. in the third quarter of 2012.
A proposed new ASTM International test method will combine existing in-house methods for dirt pick-up resistance for architectural paints and stains in an effort to standardize testing for dirt repellency throughout the industry.
H.B. Fuller Co. has completed the sale of its Central America Paints business to Compania Global de Pinturas S.A. (Pintuco), a company of Grupo Mundial, for $120 million.