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According to a study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, the global consumption of formulated adhesives was 16.6 billion pounds in 2009, worth $20.6 billion.

The Southern Society for Coatings Technology (SSCT) held its 74th Annual Meeting and Technology Conference at the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort on September 26-29, 2010.

BWAY Holding Co., a North American supplier of rigid containers, has acquired Plastican Inc.

Univar Inc., a global chemical distributor, and Basic Chemical Solutions L.L.C. (BCS), a global distributor and trader of commodity chemicals, have signed a definitive agreement.

PPG Industries has reached an agreement to acquire Bairun, a privately held packaging coatings company in Foshan, China.

Taminco and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC) have reached an agreement for Taminco to acquire a 50-percent share of Ling Tian, MGC’s methylamines- and derivatives-producing facility in Nanjing, China.

Reichhold Inc. has reorganized its distribution network.

Taminco has signif­icantly increased its North American specialty amine derivatives capacity in order to address growing market demand.

U. S. Representative Tim Holden and Pennsylvania House Speaker Keith McCall joined a slate of elected officials, 30-year employees and other honored guests at the headquarters of global effect pigment manufacturer Silberline to celebrate the family owned company’s 65th anniversary.

U.S. Zinc, Houston, TX, has named E.W. Kaufmann Co., Bristol, PA, as a distributor for its zinc oxide.