PPG Industries

PPG Industries is a leading global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiberglass, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, the company operates in over 70 countries and is recognized as the world's largest producer of coatings. PPG serves a diverse range of markets, including automotive, aerospace, construction, and industrial sectors, with a significant portion of its sales coming from outside North America. The company has expanded its portfolio through strategic acquisitions, notably the SigmaKalon Group and AkzoNobel's North American architectural coatings business, which enhanced its capabilities in paint and specialty coatings. PPG is committed to delivering high-quality solutions that meet stringent performance requirements, focusing on technology and innovation to support growth in targeted market segments.

Lyndee Brassieur

Vice President of environment, health and safety

23 past transactions

Worwag Coatings

Acquisition in 2021
Worwag Coatings provides powder and liquid coatings for industrial and automotive applications. They develop and produce high-quality, environmentally friendly liquid and powder coatings as well as lacquer films for the industry.

Tikkurila

Acquisition in 2020
Tikkurila develops premium products and services that provide its customers with quality that will stand the test of time and weather.

Ennis-Flint

Acquisition in 2020
Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions and Flint Trading, Inc. merged to become Ennis-Flint, a worldwide leader in the traffic safety and pavement marking industry. By combining the knowledge, experience and expertise of two dynamic market forces into a single company, Ennis-Flint provides the most comprehensive lineup of pavement marking solutions on the market today. Together as one, we provide the best, most reliable and longest-lasting pavement marking and traffic safety solutions anywhere on the globe without losing sight of the fact that our local relationships are what make and keep us strong.

PPG Aerospace

Venture Round in 2019
The PPG Aerospace portfolio is comprised of a unique group of products and services.Through a series of strategic acquisitions, PPG has assembled a team of industry leaders that builds on its own long history as a transparencies aviation leader, with PRC-DeSoto International for sealants, coatings, and packaging and application systems; Sierracin/Sylmar Corp. for advanced composite transparencies; and Eldorado Chemicals for paint removal and cleaning. Through this exceptional team, PPG is able to deliver what is key to the aviation industry: innovation.

Dexmet

Acquisition in 2019
Dexmet Corporation manufactures precision expanded metal foils and polymers with exacting mechanical and electrical properties to meet very tight conductivity, weight and dimensional tolerances. The company maintains a continuous commitment to quality control and process improvement, including SPC implementation. Ongoing innovations include their unique strand annealing furnace as well as a host of other highly specialized proprietary equipment. Dexmet’s solid customer base is predicated upon its reputation as the premier, quality supplier of precision-expanded metal foils. Many of their customers are among the world’s most recognized brands. When they need quality expanded material for their end products and applications they come to Dexmet. They welcome you to the family of Dexmet customers.

PaintZen

Acquisition in 2018
Paintzen Inc. offers residential painting services for various projects, specializing in both interior and exterior painting. The company provides a range of services, including decorative murals, wallpaper installation, chalkboard painting, and cabinet refinishing. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, Paintzen serves a diverse clientele, including homeowners, renters, interior designers, and property managers. The firm aims to simplify the painting process through an online platform that connects clients with licensed and insured painting crews, ensuring quality and professionalism. Their project management team assists customers from the initial color selection to final touch-ups, emphasizing a convenient and efficient experience. With locations across major cities in the United States, Paintzen strives to enhance spaces by uncovering their inherent beauty through expert painting services.

ProCoatings

Acquisition in 2018
ProCoatings is a wholesaler and distributor of architectural paints and coatings based in Almere, Netherlands. The company operates a network of 23 multi-brand stores, offering a diverse portfolio of well-known professional paint brands. ProCoatings provides a wide range of products, including construction paints, furniture lacquers, industrial coatings, floor systems, and various painting tools such as brushes, rollers, abrasives, and glass tissue. With a dedicated workforce of nearly 100 employees, ProCoatings serves as a key player in the paint and coatings industry.

Deutek

Acquisition in 2016
Deutek SA is a Romanian company engaged in the manufacture and marketing of a diverse range of decorative paints and related products. The company produces various items, including dispersion paints, adhesives, gypsum, plasters, coatings, primers, pigments, and mortars. Deutek is known for its well-established brands, Oskar and Danke, which cater to both professional and consumer markets. In addition to its core paint products, the company also provides tools and accessories for painting, enhancing its offerings in the home improvement sector.

Chemfil Canada

Acquisition in 2015
Chemfil Canada Limited, a subsidiary of PPG Industries, specializes in a wide range of industrial chemicals and products. Its offerings include metal forming lubricants and coolants, wire drawing agents, and solutions for water and wastewater treatment. The company also provides laboratory chemicals, general cleaning products, biological products, paint strippers, textiles, custom robot covers, and toll manufacturing and packaging services. Chemfil serves a diverse clientele, including automotive original equipment manufacturers and various industrial customers throughout Canada. With nearly 50 years of experience, Chemfil is committed to delivering high-quality products and services, supported by a team of dedicated Technical Service Representatives. The company emphasizes environmentally friendly solutions and aims to innovate the industrial chemical marketplace through a combination of service and competitive pricing.

Cuming Microwave

Acquisition in 2015
From thin resonant absorption sheets to 12 foot pyramids to radar reflectors for mach speed aircraft; from do-it-yourself anechoic test chambers to turnkey anechoic chambers, Cuming Microwave’s engineering staff can support your efforts.

REVOCOAT

Acquisition in 2015
REVOCOAT is a global supplier specializing in sealants, adhesives, and damper products tailored for the automotive industry. The company, part of the AXSON Group, provides a diverse range of products including epoxy-based solutions, polyurethanes, and water-based emulsions. Through its offerings, REVOCOAT addresses the specific needs of automotive manufacturers, ensuring high-quality materials that enhance vehicle performance and durability.

Masterwork Paint

Acquisition in 2014
In 1939, John J. Gruene, an immigrant from Europe, founded the Masterwork Paint Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His vision was to create a true, full service source, of premium quality paints and sundries to serve professional painters and homeowners in the region. Today, John's vision and his business continue to thrive. Now in its fourth generation, John's family continues to both own and directly manage every aspect of his business. Masterwork's 11 locations now span throughout Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. As an acknowledge industry leader, Masterwork continues to offer superior products and services to a myriad of clients. As master distributors, Masterwork provides coatings and related sundry products to a wide range of end users. Consumer, Contractor, Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial clients; whatever their coating needs, Masterwork has the solution. For Consumers, we offer our in-store design centers, where our on-staff decorators feature the latest in decorative coatings, wall coverings, and window treatments. If you can't come to us, we offer our new ASID Designer, in-home color consulting program. Partnering with Pittsburgh Paints and ASID, for a small, totally refundable fee*, Masterwork will have a certified ASID Designer visit your home and assist in both color and product selection.

Comex

Acquisition in 2014
Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. is a Mexico City-based manufacturer and distributor specializing in paints, coatings, and waterproofing products across North America. The company offers a diverse range of products, including architectural, decorative, commercial, industrial, and government specification coatings. Additionally, Comex provides maintenance finishes, performance coatings, sundries, commercial wall coverings, automotive finishes, adhesives, and specialized wood and concrete coatings. Through its extensive portfolio, Comex caters to various sectors, ensuring a comprehensive approach to meeting customer needs in the paint and coatings industry.

The Homax Group

Acquisition in 2014
The Homax Group is a consumer products company offering top home care brands such as Homax® and Tile Guard®. We deliver our products through retail channels across North America. The Homax Group is wholly owned by Olympus Partners, a private equity firm that’s devoted to long-term growth. We bring innovative solutions to the consumer and growth opportunities to our retail partners. Our success has come organically, with great ideas turned into great products. It has also come from striking key relationships with long-term partners and making sensible growth decisions. Today, we retain and nurture the innovative entrepreneurial spirit and drive that was originally embodied in the individual companies from which we were born.

Homax Products

Acquisition in 2014
Homax® has been providing home improvement solutions for Professional Contractors and Do-It-Yourselfers for more than 25 years. Our extensive line of innovative products make complicated, time-consuming projects faster and easier without compromising results.

Painter's Supply

Acquisition in 2014
At Painter's Supply, we are proud to provide a wide selection of paint, stains, and other ways to beautify your home in Connecticut or Massachusetts. Whether you are looking for high-quality interior paint or are shopping for today's trendiest styles of home décor, you’ll find exactly what you need in our expansive showroom. Stop by your local Painter's Supply location to discover an easy way to transform your home at an affordable price. We Do Whats Right For You!!!! 1225 Thomaston Avenue, Waterbury, CT 06704 Fax: 203-753-6356

AkzoNobel North American architectural coatings business

Acquisition in 2013
AkzoNobel North American architectural coatings business - acquired by PPG

Spraylat International Ltd

Acquisition in 2013
A manufacturer and supplier of protective peelable coatings for multiple applications. We help companies save time and money by reducing the amount of damage and dirt on their surfaces. We offer protection on-site but also factory applied protection that fits within a production line without the need of slowing productivity down

SigmaKalon Group

Acquisition in 2008
SigmaKalon Group BV provides paint and coatings. It designs and manufactures a wide range of decorative, marine, protective, and industrial coatings. SigmaKalon markets their products in Europe.

ChemConnect

Private Equity Round in 2000
ChemConnect, Inc. operates as an electronic exchange for trading midstream energy, feedstocks, chemicals, and related products. It is a third party commodity exchange, auctions provider, bulletin-board, back-end fulfillment service, and market information source for NGL's, chemicals, feedstocks, polymers, and fuel oil. The company’s products include natural gas liquids, refined and intermediate fuel products, aromatics, olefins, and commodity polymers. It also offers supply chain solutions, such as negotiation solutions and collaboration hubs. ChemConnect, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with operations in North America, the United Kingdom, and Belgium.
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