DuPont, Wilmington, Del., and Russkie Kraski Corp. have created a joint venture aimed at supplying automotive coatings to manufacturers of automobiles and commercial vehicles in Russia and former Soviet republics in Eastern Europe.
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, Malaysia, announced that the transfer of Cognis' global oleochemicals and plastics technology businesses to the existing 50:50 joint venture between the two companies, Cognis Oleochemicals (M) Sdn. Bhd., has now been completed.
H.B. Fuller Company and Roanoke Companies Group, Inc., have entered into an asset purchase agreement under which a subsidiary of H.B. Fuller will acquire substantially all the assets of Roanoke and assume certain operating liabilities.
Akzo Nobel has signed an agreement to divest its Polymerization Catalysts & Components Business in the United States to Basell Polyolefins, producer of polypropylene and advanced polyolefin products.
Kemira follows its strategy of strengthening its market position in Eastern European paint markets with the transaction by which Tikkurila, the company responsible for the paints and coatings business of the Finland-based chemicals company Kemira, has acquired KRASKI TEKS, one of the biggest players in the Russian decorative-paints market.
X-Rite, Inc., and Amazys Holding AG, Regensdorf, Switzerland, two leading providers of color-measurement solutions comprising hardware, software and services for the verification and communication of color data, have entered into a definitive agreement under which X-Rite will offer to purchase all of the outstanding registered shares of Amazys Holding AG.
International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP), through one of its subsidiaries, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the biocide business of Milker & GrĂ¼ning GmbH (M&G).