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Clariant has announced sales of CHF 8.1 billion for the full year 2008 compared to CHF 8.5 billion in 2007. This translates into a 1 percent growth in local currency and a 5 percent decline in CHF.

In compliance with the new EU REACH chemicals regulation, Evonik Industries has successfully registered synthetic amorphous silica with the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki, Finland.

DKSH, Zurich, Switzerland, has acquired Dasico A/S, based in Birkerod, Denmark, a specialty chemicals distributor to the Scandinavian countries.

Elementis Specialties is terminating its distributor relationship with Connell Bros. Co. as of Feb. 28, 2009.

LyondellBasell Industries has taken steps to temporarily idle its low-density polyethylene units at Carrington, UK, and Fos-sur-Mer, France, into the second quarter of 2009. The Carrington unit has a nameplate capacity of 185 KT per year, and the Fos plant has a nameplate capacity of 110 KT per year.

The Dow Chemical Co. has declared a dividend of 15 cents per share, payable April 30, 2009, to shareholders of record on March 31, 2009.

RPM International Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Carboline Co., acquired a 49-percent interest in its Chinese licensee, Carboline Dalian Paint Production Co., Ltd. (Carboline Dalian).

H.B. Fuller Co. has announced the opening of its regional technical center in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, China.

Philadelphia Mixing Solutions has added two new Regional Sales Managers to its Service All Mixers (SAM) program.

Driven by current economic conditions and overcapacity for low-density polyethylene (LDPE) in the North American marketplace, The Dow Chemical Co. has announced the shutdown of its Poly 2 LDPE plant in Freeport, TX.