Soluol Inc., a privately held manufacturer of water- and solvent-based polyurethane resins and coatings, has acquired Noveon Inc.'s solvent-based polyurethane resin product line. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
- J.M. Huber Corp.'s Huber Engineered Materials business unit has acquired a calcium carbonate processing facility in Quincy, IL, formerly owned and operated by Omya Quincy Inc.
- Polymer Solutions Inc. completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Alternative Materials Technology, to Chemcraft Holdings Corp., a subsidiary of Chemcraft International Inc.
BASF Coatings AG and the Treffert Group of Germany announced agreements under which BASF Coatings will acquire Treffert's Foil Coatings business and Treffert will purchase BASF's Fibre Board Coatings affiliates in Spain and Italy.
DuPont Co. has boosted its ownership stakes in the DuPont Red Lion joint-venture automotive-coatings businesses in China in moves the company said "reinforce its position as the leading coatings supplier in the growing Chinese automotive industry."