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PPG Industries has finalized the acquisition of Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V. (Comex), an architectural coatings company with headquarters in Mexico City, in a transaction valued at $2.3 billion.

Stahl, headquartered in the Netherlands, has acquired Clariant’s Leather Services Business in Brazil.

AkzoNobel has started operations at its new powder coatings plant in Dubai.

Special Materials Co. (SMC) and Dalian Bio Chem have agreed to form a new joint venture in the isothiazolone-based biocide and preservative markets.

CINIC Chemicals America LLC announced an expanded distributor territory with Van Horn, Metz & Co. Inc., Conshohocken, PA.

Researchers from the Institute for Color Science and Technology (ICST) in Iran are working to improve the quality of anti-corrosive coatings by using modified nanoparticles.

The Cefic European Chemical Industry Council awarded Emerald Kalama Chemical BV, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, the 2014 European Responsible Care Energy Efficiency award, citing the group’s use of waste-to-steam energy as an outstanding example of a reduced carbon footprint in the European chemical industry.

As a new exclusive distributor for KRÜSS GmbH, DKSH Holding AG is taking over the sales responsibility in Vietnam for the manufacturer of surface chemical measuring instruments.

Application laboratory Nordmann, Rassmann has expanded the pigment portfolio of its coatings division to include the color black.

AkzoNobel has started operations at its vehicle refinishes plant in Changzhou, China - the company's 30^th manufacturing facility in the country.