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The HallStar Co., a specialty chemical company headquartered in Chicago, has appointed James R. Conaty, Robert B. Covalt and James N. Hallene to its Board of Directors.

Pamela R. Butcher has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Pilot Chemical Co.

JNS Smithchem LLC has appointed Doug Bennett to the newly created position of Regional Sales Manager, New England.

RPM International Inc. has acquired the Universal Sealants Limited group of companies, a United Kingdom-based supplier of coatings and construction products and services for bridges and large infrastructure projects.

BASF has sold its special-effects films business, marketed by BASF under the trade name Aurora®, to RMS Packaging Inc., Peekskill, NY.

Miller Paint has entered into a definitive agreement with Akzo Nobel to acquire the business operations and related assets of two ICI paints stores located in Portland, OR, and Salem, OR.

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., has made an equity investment in U.S.-based green chemistry company Segetis Inc., Golden Valley, MN.

Clariant has expanded its North American distribution network for biocides and preservatives used in the paint, coatings and construction chemicals markets.

BioBased Technologies® has chosen Archway Sales, St. Louis, MO, to be the authorized distributor for Agrol® in the United States.

AkzoNobel Automotive Plastic Coatings (APC) has garnered a win for its primerless waterborne basecoat system.