Paints, Inks, Coatings & Adhesives M&A
Paints, Inks, Coatings & Adhesives are widely used in a variety of industries such as automotive, marine, aerospace, architectural, stationery and consumer goods. Whilst mainly being associated with their decorative purpose, these chemicals can also have other properties such as resistance to biological factors and corrosion, leading to their use in protective coatings.
PAINTS, INKS, COATINGS & ADHESIVES INDUSTRY SUB-SECTORS
These are some of the key product and market sectors of the Paints, Coatings, Inks & Adhesives industries. Natrium Capital has extensive experience of the whole sector. Many sectors for Coatings have two subsets; new (OEM, new build, new construction etc.) and repair, renovation & maintenance; the latter is normally the largest (click to expand each section):
- Trade (professional painters & contractors)
- Exterior & Interior
- Retail
- Wall paints
- Masonry paints
- Trim paints
- Woodcare
- Specialist products such as corrosion protection, floor coatings, anti-fungal
- Pre-decoration materials such as fillers
- Passenger cars, light trucks & SUVs (OEM)
- Refinish (after market for all vehicles)
- Heavy truck, bus and specialist vehicles
- Railways
- Parts & components
- Electro-coat
- Pre – treatment systems
- Civil – airlines, aircraft manufacturers, small aircraft
- Military
- Space vehicles
- Commercial fleets
- Coastal & inland vessels
- Navies
- Pleasure boats & yachts
- Anti-fouling paints
- Tank coatings
- Anti- corrosion coatings
- Oil & gas, onshore & offshore
- Petrochemical
- Chemical
- Power & energy
- Food processing
- Other industrial
- Infrastructure
- Fire protection
- Tank linings
- Metal
- Plastic
- Paper, board, film & foil
- Coatings for metal coils
- Sheet & strip coatings
- Extrusion coatings
- Primers
- Backers
- Top coats
- Furniture, cabinets
- Wood & composite board
- Electrical insulating coatings
- Heavy machinery & equipment
- Agricultural, construction and earth moving equipment (ACE)
- Motor cycles and leisure vehicles & equipment
- Metal furniture
- Home appliances
- Assembly operations
- Building construction
- Civil engineering
- Consumer/DIY
- Electronics
- Flexible packaging
- Footwear & leather
- Paper, board and related products
- Transportation
- Woodworking & joinery
- Craftsmen
- Hot melt
- Natural polymers
- Polymer dispersions & emulsions
- Reactive
- Solvent-based
- Water-based
- Assembly
- Construction
- Consumer/DIY
- Transportation
- Butyl
- Latex
- Modified silicones
- Oil-based caulks
- Polyvinyl acetate caulks
- Polysulfides
- Silicones
- Solvent acrylics
- Urethanes
Substrate-focused Sectors
- All sectors for metal substrates
- Automotive, exterior & interior
- Consumer durables
- Electronic devices
- IT
Inks
- Packaging
- Print media
- Solvent-based
- Water-based
- Gravure
- Flexographic
- Heat-set
- Newsprint
- Letterpress
- Sheet-fed
- UV offset
- UV screen

Natrium Experience
The team at Natrium Capital have been significantly involved in the restructuring of the Paints, Coatings, Inks & Adhesives industries over the last twenty years. In this sector, we have unsurpassed experience of managing a substantial transaction both from the point of view of the company and of the market place. The team has been responsible for a number of transactions that have transformed the industry, including the acquisition of ICI by AkzoNobel, and of SigmaKalon by PPG. We have an unrivalled understanding of the Coatings industry, enabling us to anticipate and solve issues, thereby ensuring negotiations run smoothly.
Many sectors of the Coatings industry have two subsectors – new (OEM, new build, new construction etc.) and repair, renovation and maintenance; the latter is normally the largest. Natrium Capital has extensive experience of the entire sector.
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