Dexter.Dexter dexter /dex·ter/ (deks´ter) [L.] right; on the right side. dex·ter adj. Of or located on the right side. , Windsor Locks Windsor Locks, town (1990 pop. 12,358), Hartford co., N Conn., on the Connecticut River; settled 1663, set off from Windsor and inc. 1854. Once a tobacco-farming center, it has aircraft, aerospace, and paper industries. , CT, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its coatings business, based in Waukegan, IL, to Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. , the Netherlands-based multinational healthcare, coatings and chemicals company. On July 9, Dexter announced that it had signed a definitive agreement with Invitrogen in which all Dexter outstanding shares will be converted into cash and Invitrogen stock. Invitrogen also agreed to acquire all remaining shares of Dexter's 75% owned subsidiary, Life Technologies. Dexter also has reached agreements to sell its electronic materials, adhesives and polymer systems businesses to Loctite for $400 million in cash and its nonwoven non·wo·ven adj. Made by a process not involving weaving. Used of textiles. n. Material or a fabric made by a process not involving weaving. materials business to Ahlstrom Paper Group Oy for $275 million in cash. |
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