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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.

AkzoNobel Performance Additives has appointed Archway Sales Inc. as its distributor for the Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico markets effective September 1, 2011.

BYK-Gardner, worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties, has increased its staff by nine.

Market research firm Frost & Sullivan has released a new report, Strategic Analysis of the Paint and Coatings Market, to its offering.

The Valspar Corp. reported its results for the third quarter ended July 29, 2011.

To meet rising demand, Evonik Industries is increasing the production capabilities of its methyl methacrylate plants throughout the world.