By Damir Gagro. The takeover carousel might not have whirled around as dizzily in the first half of 2018 as in the previous year, but plenty of transactions were reported nonetheless. Late 2016 and especially early 2017 produced a series of deals in quick succession. Nearly every week, there were reports of a completed or imminent transaction. Particularly active in the market was notably Axalting Coating Systems, a company which itself had been mooted as a takeover target within industry circles for several years. It acquired Century, Spencer ...