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The Dow Chemical Co. said its UCAR Emulsion Systems business unit will idle the latex production facility at Bayamon, Puerto Rico, by Jan. 31.

In the December 2002 issue, a product name was inadvertently misspelled. EMD Chemicals Inc., formerly EM Industries Inc., is a producer of Iriodin, for use in plastics, ink and coatings. PCI regrets the error.

Degussa announced the start-up of operations at a new aminosilanes production facility at the company's Mobile, AL, manufacturing site.

Behr Process Corp. has been named a "Partner of the Year" by Home Depot for the home-center chain's paint department.

Akzo Nobel said it may cut more jobs in its coatings and pharmaceutical businesses in addition to previously announced reductions, according to news reports in Europe.

A Maryland judge has effectively dismissed the remaining case in a lawsuit filed by the state of Maryland and initiated by prominent Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos against former manufacturers of lead-based paint and pigments, the National Paint & Coatings Association reported.

A recently enacted VOC rule on architectural and industrial maintenance (AIM) coatings in Delaware will "effectively ban" numerous coatings products manufactured for sale in the state.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals announced that the company's quinacridone pigments currently sold in the United States under the MONASTRAL brand name will be marketed as CINQUASIA pigments.

DuPont Titanium Technologies announced several key management and marketing appointments following the restructuring of the business into two distinct focus areas - the "core" TiO2 business and "business extensions." DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world's largest TiO2 producer.

EM Industries Inc. announced a change in the business's name to EMD Chemicals Inc., effective Jan. 1.