3M and Avery Dennison Corp. recently issued a statement in response to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding 3M’s proposed acquisition of Avery Dennison’s Office and Consumer Products business.

Henkel recently announced it has acquired the high-performance pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) product range from Cytec Industries Inc.

H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced it has completed the sale of its Central America Paints business to Compania Global de Pinturas S.A., a company of Grupo Mundial, for $120 million.

Nordson Corp. recently announced it has acquired Sealant Equipment & Engineering Inc., a manufacturer of meter, mix, and dispense equipment and valves.

AkzoNobel recently announced it has reached an agreement to sell its 75.81% shareholding in ICI Pakistan Ltd. to the Yunus Brothers Group for $152.5 million.

Clariant recently announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 40% share of a joint venture between the holding company Alvigo AS, based in Tallin/Estonia, and Süd-Chemie AG, in the meantime acquired by Clariant AG.

Mondi Group, an international paper and packaging company, has agreed to acquire 93.4% of the outstanding share capital of Nordenia International AG.

Bostik recently announced it has acquired Usina Fortaleza, a manufacturer of tiling adhesives for the construction industry in Brazil.

Applied Products and Ward Adhesives are both distributors of specialty adhesives and technology for the packaging, industrial, and printing industries.

BASF and ITWC Inc. recently announced BASF’s acquisition of ITWC, based in Malcom, IA.