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Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released its latest report on the transparent conductor market.

The Dow Chemical Co. and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have approved the formation of a joint venture (JV) to build and operate a world-scale, fully integrated chemicals complex in Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Courtney Longacre has joined Gulf Coast Chemical Corp. in the position of Inside Sales and New Product Development.

Dowd and Guild Inc. will be representing Kimes Technologies in the Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas region.

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

Winona PVD Coatings LLC, a provider of bright finish coatings to the automotive wheel industry, plans to expand its operations in Warsaw, IN, creating up to 70 new jobs by 2012.

PPG Industries announced four executive appointments effective Sept. 1, 2011.

Crosslink™, a developer of electrochemistry- and polymer science-based technologies, announced a joint venture (JV) with Wayne Pigment Corp. to commercialize hexavalent chromium-free (non-chromate) corrosion inhibitor pigments for military and industrial applications.

Cytec Industries Inc. announced net earnings for the second quarter 2011 of $35.1 million or $0.70 per diluted share on net sales of $798 million.

PPG Industries reported sales for the second quarter 2011 of $4.0 billion, an increase of 15 percent versus the prior year’s second quarter. Each major region and reporting segment achieved volume and price gains.