Merck acquires Chinese effect-pigments producer
| By Gerald Ondrey
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merck.de) has acquired Suzhou Taizhu Technology Development Co. (Taizhu; Taicang, China), a leading supplier of effect pigments. With total revenues of more than €14 million in 2008 and 300 employees, Taizhu is…