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The Lubrizol Corp. has signed an agreement to purchase Merquinsa, a leader in specialty thermoplastic polyurethanes.

Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical announced plans to launch a joint venture dedicated to the manufacture and sale of aromatic (TDI) and aliphatic (IPDI, HDI and derivates) isocyanates serving the polyurethane industry.

Arch Chemicals Inc. has reached an agreement in which Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. Ltd. of Japan has licensed Arch under certain patents in the United States, Europe, Japan and China covering an advanced method of manufacturing 1, 2 benzisothiazolin 3-one.

Coatex received the Best Coating Raw Materials Environmental Friendly Award at the Green Industrial Coating Asia (GICA) 2011.

CAS-MI has been renamed EAG Coatings Solutions.

BASF has established the global headquarters of its Dispersions & Pigments division in Hong Kong.

Eiger Machinery's name has changed to Engineered Mills, Inc. (EMI), as it expands its line of equipment for wet milling, fine grinding and dispersing of liquid and paste products.

Evonik will open its first research and development center for additives for coatings in Asia.

Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) announced the expansion of its Parylene coating service operations into the southern United States.

Performance Monomers business of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) announced that an incremental expansion strategy has unlocked an additional 15 percent of crude acrylic acid (CAA) capacity at its Deer Park, TX, facility.