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Watson Standard has appointed David G. Grant.

J. Rich Alexander, PPG Executive Vice President, has been assigned to lead all of PPG’s architectural coatings businesses.

Arkema’s acquisition from Total of coatings resins from both Cray Valley and Cook Composites and Polymers and the photocure resins of Sartomer is now final.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has purchased U.K.-based Leighs Paints.

Royal DSM N.V. has successfully acquired a 51-percent stake in AGI Corp. of Taiwan (AGI).

Quest Construction Products, a division of Quest Specialty Chemicals, has acquired the coatings business of Integrated Paving Concepts (IPC) of Vancouver, Canada.

Tyco International Ltd. is acquiring Chemguard Inc.

Cabot Corp. will expand production capacity by 25 percent at its fumed silica facility in Barry, Wales.

Dow Corning has accepted an invitation to join the Regenerative Network, a private consortium of leading green building product and service providers.

The Performance Monomers business of The Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) announced a 10-percent increase in capacity for the production of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) at its Freeport, TX, facility.