US: W.W. HENRY BOUGHT BY GERMAN ARDEX

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Witten-based Ardex GmbH, producer of specialist building materials , is strengthening its position on the US market, where it is already represented through a subsidiary in Pennsylvania . The German company has taken over W.W. Henry Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the US market leader for floor covering adhesives, floor fillers and floor care products. The company claims a 25% market share in adhesives. W.W. Henry employs about 160 staff at factories in Bourbonnais, Illinois; Arlington, Texas; and Dallas, Georgia. and generates an annual turnover of about US$ 70mn. W. W. Henry was sold by Armstrong World Industries.

Asset sales & divestitures, Adhesives & Sealants, Household Detergents & Cleansers, Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing, Soap, Cleaners, and Toilet Goods, Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing, Soaps, Detergents & Toiletries, Adhesives and sealants industry, Cleaning agents, Consumer goods industry, Ardex GmbH, Armstrong World Industries GmbH, W.W. Henry Co.

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US: NEW FACTORY FOR ADEX

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Adex Inc., a US subsidiary of German Witten-based Ardex, has inaugurated a new building at its site in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, which accommodates production, shipment, warehouse and R & D facilities as well as a training centre. In July 2000 Adex took over W.W. Henry, the US market leader for flooring adhesives, flooring fillers and floor care products. Between them Adex and W.W. Henry employ 240 staff at four production sites in the US.

New capacity, new plant construction, Caulking Compounds & Sealants, Adex Inc.

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LITHUANIA: TEX-COLOR MOVES BRANCH

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The German Erfurt-based company Tex-Color has moved its Lithuanian sales subsidiary UAB Tex-Color Vakarai to Klaipeda. The new location is closer to the company's clients .

Lithuania, Foreign operations, Roofing Tile, Other Structural Clay Product Manufacturing, Paints & Allied Products, Paint and Coating Manufacturing, Anti-Corrosion Coatings, Paints and allied products, Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing, Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing, Plastering, drywall, and insulation, Plastering, Drywall & Insulation Work, Drywall, Plastering, Acoustical, and Insulation Contractors, Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials, Asphalt felts and coatings, Structural clay products, not elsewhere classified, Paving & Roofing Materials, Asphalt Felts, Coatings & Roofing, Marine Paints, Roofing tiles, Coatings, Paints, Anticorrosion coatings, Metal finishes, Building materials, Marine coatings

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