Article: News Digest.(Forbo Holding AG buys shares in Balco Chemie Benelux B.V.B.A.)(Brief Article)

Forbo buys distributor

Forbo Holding A.G. has acquired 100 percent of the shares of distributor Balco Chemie Benelux B.V.B.A. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

Balco has been Forbo's distributor of industrial adhesives in Belgium. Forbo became a major player in the adhesives field when it bought Swift adhesives from Reichhold Inc. last April.

The two-person operation, which has annual sales of about $1 million, has been Forbo's distributor of industrial adhesives in Belgium for a long time, according to Zurich, Switzerland-based Forbo.

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