RPM International Buys Industrial Flooring Firm

Bergen, Norway, June 11, 2010--Specialty chemical products company RPM International Inc. said Thursday that its Performance Coatings Group acquired Hummervoll Industribelegg AS, a Norwegian supplier and installer of industrial flooring systems. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Hummervoll, based in Bergen, Norway, has annual sales of about $11 million. Founded in 1980 by Per Hummervoll, the company serves both onshore and offshore markets with its concrete- and epoxy-based flooring systems. Its offshore division provides flooring solutions for oil platforms, barricade desks and emergency escape routes.

RPM said the acquisition would be accretive to earnings within a year.