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Univar, a chemical distribution company, has announced the appointment of David Strizzi as President of Univar USA, effective April 6, 2009.

Hempel had a decent year in 2008, despite the downturn in the global economy that affected much of the coatings industry.

Allied PhotoChemical, a manufacturer of UV paint and coatings solutions, has announced a major update to its website.

ChemInstruments has acquired the manufacturing and distribution rights to the CAM-Plus contact angle meters formerly produced by the Tantec Group.

Clive Willis, President of CWIC Inc., will make a keynote presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry.

The annual conference for NACE International, CORROSION 2009, welcomed more than 4,500 attendees to the world’s largest conference and exposition focused on battling the effects of corrosion on the world’s infrastructure.

PRA is offering a new conference, Architectural Coatings for the Green Age, on October 27-28, 2009, in Nice, France.

Plastican will invest significant capital this year and next to increase production of its patented line of Twist & Lock easy-open rigid plastic containers for swimming pool chemicals, building products, and a wide range of other industrial and consumer products.

Bayer MaterialScience is investing EUR 20 million in a new aromatic and aliphatic polyisocyanate manufacturing facility in India as part of its strategy to grow its business in the country and strengthen its position as a market leader in the supply of polyurethane raw materials.

In 2008, global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis increased its net external sales by 5.5 percent to EUR 3.001 billion. On an organic basis, excluding foreign currency effects and the effects of acquisitions and divestments, sales grew by 9.2 percent.