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Tennant Co., a manufacturer of surface maintenance equipment and coatings, has partnered with ChemMasters to become the exclusive distributor of its methyl methacrylate coating system. The system will be sold under the Tennant MMA™ name.

Clariant has announced sales of CHF 1.691 billion in the third quarter, compared to CHF 2.094 billion during the same period in the previous year.

The Lubrizol Corp. announced that consolidated earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009, were $170.5 million, or $2.46 per diluted share, including after-tax restructuring and impairment charges of $3.9 million, or $.06 per diluted share.

Plasticolors Inc., a colorant and chemical dispersion manufacturer for the thermoset plastics and paint and coatings industries, has appointed Doug Loudin as a Territory Sales Manager in the southern region of the United States.

After 121 years of operation in Louisville, KY, FetterGroup, a marketing distribution and packaging provider, is expanding its operations to the western United States with the opening of a 12,000-square-foot- facility in Reno, NV.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC, a supplier of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, will collaborate with Nanoledge Inc., an epoxy resin formulator, to provide a full range of high-performance epoxy-based materials to the composite market in North America.

Protex International, a specialty chemical manufacturing company, has acquired Mace Adhesives & Coatings Corp., Dudley MA.

U.S. demand for specialty adhesives is projected to expand 4.4 percent annually to $3.0 billion in 2013, with volume reaching 705 million pounds.

DeVilbiss, Binks and Owens Community College have teamed up to present a spray finishing technology workshop.

B.L. Downey Co. has unveiled its new website at www.bldowney.com.