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Walled Lake, MI. - Dec 1, 2009
Quest Specialty Chemicals (QSC) is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Caporuscio as Director of Business Development. (continue)


Menomonee Falls, WI. - Aug 24, 2009
Raabe Company, LLC, a leader in the supply and manufacture of custom color touch-up paints for a multitude of industries, announces the acquisition of the assets and customer base from Custom Finishes, Inc. (continue)



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12/01/2009 Quest Specialty Chemicals (QSC) is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Caporuscio as Director of Business Development. Complete Story
 
09/24/2009 Raabe Company, LLC, a leader in the supply and manufacture of custom color touch-up paints for a multitude of industries, announces the acquisition of the assets and customer base from Custom Finishes, Inc. Complete Story
 
09/13/2009 Matrix System Automotive Finishes is pleased to announce the appointment of David Brunori to the position of Vice President and General Manager. Complete Story
 
06/08/2009 Matrix System Automotive has been selected for the 2009 Best of Walled Lake Award in the Paints category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). Complete Story
 
06/02/2009 Business colleagues David Brunori and W. Kent Gardner talked about everything: sports, family, even their health. But the one thing they failed to discuss was a succession plan for Matrix System Automotive Finishes, the Walled Lake-based manufacturing company Gardner founded and Brunori helped manage. Complete Story
 
04/21/2009 Matrix System Automotive Finishes said this week it is proud to be one of the first automotive paint manufacturers in the U.S. to equip its facilities and develop water-based paint in its own backyard -- Michigan. Complete Story
 
03/31/2009 Zolatone Automotive, Industrial & Marine is proud to announce the launch of their new and improved web site, which makes information about the company easier to access and offers additional ways to keep updated on current events. Complete Story
 
03/03/2009 Matrix System Automotive Finishes sadly announces the passing of the company's president and founder, W. Kent Gardner. Complete Story
 
12/03/2007 Huron Capital Partners LLC announced today that, through its portfolio company, Quest Specialty Chemicals, Inc. ("Quest"), it has acquired Hydro-Stop, Inc. ("Hydro-Stop" or the "Company"). Hydro-Stop will be managed under Quest's Architectural & Construction Coatings Unit, United Coatings LLC. Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Hydro-Stop is a manufacturer of sustainable water-based roofing and waterproofing systems for the building envelope. The Company's products provide fully reinforced systems with tough non-woven polyester fabric designed for roofing and flashing applications of all types. The Company's product technologies form a flexible, ultra-violet resistant elastomeric compound ideal for maintaining "cool roof", energy-saving environments. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Complete Story
 
02/15/2007 United Coatings, a leading manufacturer of protective coatings for the construction industry, recently announced that is has been acquired by Quest Specialty Chemicals, Inc., and its equity partner Huron Capital Partners LLC. According to officials from Quest, the acquisition will provide United Coatings with more capital resources and allow them to increase their presence in the construction coatings industry. Complete Story
 
08/09/2006 Matrix System Automotive Finishes, Inc. has announced that it has combined with Quest Specialty Chemicals Inc. ("Quest") and will continue under the name Matrix System Automotive Finishes, LLC ("Matrix") and with current operations in Michigan. Complete Story
 
07/13/2005 Raabe Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quest Specialty Chemicals, Inc., announced today the acquisition of Foxcolor Inc., located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Raabe is a leading manufacturer of branded custom matched touch-up paint and provider of private label aerosol paint filling services. Raabe's touch-up products consist of ready-to-apply paints that closely match original equipment coatings and are used to repair the surfaces of industrial and commercial products along all points of the supply chain. Complete Story
 
11/30/2004 Huron Capital Partners LLC, a Michigan-based private equity firm, announced today that it has funded its specialty chemicals initiative in Quest Specialty Chemicals in order to acquire Raabe Corporation. Raabe fit squarely in Quest's coatings strategy to acquire companies that have developed unique solutions to the challenges of coatings application, surface protection and the bonding of flexible and rigid substrates. Based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Raabe is a leading manufacturer of custom matched branded touch-up paint and provider of private label aerosol paint filling services. Raabe's touch-up products consist of ready-to-apply paints that closely match original equipment coatings and are used to repair the surfaces of industrial & commercial products along all points of the supply chain. Complete Story
 
06/16/2003 Huron Capital Partners LLC, a Michigan-based private equity firm, announced today that it has formed a partnership with veteran chemicals executives and investors, Frederick A. Quinn and Carol E. Bramson, to build a platform company in the specialty chemicals industry. Through their holding company, Quest Chemical Holdings LLC, the group plans to acquire companies that have developed unique solutions to the challenges of surface protection and the bonding of flexible and rigid substrates. These products include coatings, adhesives, polymers and thermoplastic films designed for a wide range of industrial markets. Complete Story
 

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