Paint and anodize finisher Linetec, Wausau, WI, has built a 30,000-square-foot addition to its facility in Wausau, WI.

Dürr is expanding its capacities in the North American market with a new business location in Querétaro, Mexico.

Representatives of the powder coatings division of Axalta Coating Systems recently visited Imperial Metal Solutions in Cleveland and Kettle Moraine Coatings in Jackson, WI, as part of the company’s Star Coaters business exchange program.

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

AkzoNobel Specialty Finishes has opened a new Design Center in Offenbach, Germany, the business’ fourth specialist facility.

The Valspar Corp. and Maersk Container Industry announced a long-term supply agreement where Valspar will provide Valspar Aquaguard™ waterborne coating for shipping containers manufactured in Maersk Container Industry’s operations in Dongguan, China.

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

AkzoNobel has joined the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative, a move that will help drive improvements throughout the company’s global supply chain.

Hentzen Coatings Inc., Milwaukee, has founded Hentzen de Mexico, based in Queretaro, Mexico.

For the seventh year in a row, Dymax Corp. has been identified by Inc. magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country.