October 10th, 2018 New York and Raleigh, NC, October 11, 2018 – Palladium Equity Partners, LLC (along with its affiliates, “Palladium”), a private investment firm with over $2.5 billion in assets under management, today announced that one of its affiliated private equity funds has acquired Kymera International (ACuPowder International, ECKA Granules and SCM Metal Products, collectively, “Kymera” or the “Company”), a leading global specialty materials company, from Los Angeles-based private investment firm Platinum Equity. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in the late 1800’s, the Kymera group of companies produces a variety of specialty materials, powders, pastes and granules used in a wide range of metallurgical, chemical and industrial processes. Many of the Company’s products are custom developed for specific customer applications in a variety of end-markets, including chemical, specialty auto, additive manufacturing, general industrial, mining, and aerospace, among others. The Company is headquartered in Research Triangle Park,