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The Carlyle Group Completes $4.9B Acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings

Company is being renamed Axalta Coating Systems

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. has completed its acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings for $4.9 billion and announced that the company is being renamed Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems is a global supplier of coatings to the transportation and industrial sectors. The investment was funded primarily with equity from Carlyle Partners V and Carlyle Europe Partners III. “We are excited to invest in Axalta Coating Systems and believe its strong market pos...

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