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German specialty chemicals group LANXESS has founded a dedicated company for the Middle East, LANXESS Middle East GmbH, headquartered in Dubai.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will fund key lab research as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Dow and DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to accelerate the adoption of cool roof technologies in the United States.

Hockmeyer has been awarded patent rights to an extension of the technology approved in its sixth patent.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.’s Nicolet iS5 FT-IR spectrometer received a 2011 Scientists’ Choice Award for Best New Spectroscopy Product of 2010.

Thomas Edward Ballway passed away April 14, 2011.

Dr. Pillai T. Perumal, former employee of Steudel and employee of BTC Polymer Lab, passed away on March 30, 2011.

Jess Walton Lobdell passed away March 23, 2011.

The Detroit Society for Coatings Technology hosted the 36th annual FOCUS Conference May 5, 2011.

According to the latest research data from China Chemicals Market, a Chinese consulting company based in Guangzhou, China, the total capacity of China’s titanium dioxide (TiO2) represents approximately 30 percent of world capacity.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency now requires electronic submissions for new chemical notices under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).