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Consumer confidence improved slightly in August due to consumers’ more favorable evaluations of their present financial situations, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, Director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

AkzoNobel has been ranked in first place in the Chemicals supersector on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes (DJSI).

BASF has opened its first production plant for dispersions in South Africa located at Umbogintwini Industrial Complex in Durban.

Testing company Exova will invest £3 million in creating a new corrosion center to serve increasing global demand.

Specialty chemicals company Vertellus Specialties Inc., Indianapolis, has selected two new distribution partners.

Chromaflo Technologies, a global supplier of advanced colorants and chemical dispersions for the coatings and thermoset plastics industries, has chosen distributors to represent its colorants for coatings. 

Hoover Container Solutions, a provider of liquid and bulk container systems headquartered in Houston, has earned a place on the Houston Business Journal's list of top-100 fastest-growing companies in Houston.

AkzoNobel and Carbon Group have combined forces to open the first Cromadex Center in Cork, Ireland.

An invisible quick response (QR) code has been created by researchers in an attempt to increase security on printed documents and reduce the possibility of counterfeiting, a costly problem for governments and private industry.

In response to growing demand, PPG Industries is increasing its precipitated silica production capacity at the Lake Charles, LA, manufacturing location by more than 22,000 tons per year.