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The Western European market for construction adhesives will grow by 1.8 percent in terms of value in 2011.

NSF International (NSF) and the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute® (ACS GCI) have developed an American national standard that provides a standardized way to define and report the environmental and human health hazards associated with a chemical product and its manufacturing-process impacts.

Maroon Inc., a U.S.-based specialty chemical and packaging supplier, has unveiled a new Web site, www.marooninc.com.

Trelleborg’s (TREL-B) iPhone app “Unit and Hardness Converter” has surpassed 100,000 downloads in the five months since its release.

DeVilbiss, Binks and Owens Community College have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology workshop.

The Pacific Northwest Society for Coatings Technology (PNWSCT) has issued a call for papers for its 2012 Coatings Fest to be held in Semiahmoo, Washington, October 10-12, 2012.

Victor Stolbchenko has been appointed the General Manager of Empils.

AkzoNobel is planning to invest around EUR 60 million to increase the production capacity of its automotive and aerospace coatings business in China.

Plasticolors Inc., a custom colorant and chemical dispersions manufacturer for the thermoset plastics, paint and coatings industries, recently appointed Andrew Bartlett as Chemical Engineer within the Coatings Technical Group.

Bayer MaterialScience AG has signed a contract for the sale of its Viverso GmbH subsidiary to Nuplex Industries Ltd. for EUR 75 million.