Sigma Kalon and Bollig & Kemper GmbH & Co. KG have reached an agreement for the acquisition by SigmaKalon of its coil coatings activities. With this acquisition, Sigma Kalon Business Unit Industrial Coatings intends to enforce its coil coatings activities in general and to enter the aluminium segment of the coil market. The contract includes the sale of products, technology and customer contracts of the Bollig & Kemper coil division. Turnover of that division in 2005 was approximately €18 million. Sigma Kalon will buy the technology of the coil coatings and the related resins.