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The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA AG increased sales and operating earnings in the first three quarters of 2008 compared to the same period last year.

The Board of Directors of 3M, St. Paul, MN, has declared a dividend on the company’s common stock.

Nelson Donahoo has joined Lipscomb Chemical as a Technical Sales Representative for the Southwest Region.

Nick Triantafillopoulos, Director of OMNOVA Solutions’ Akron, OH, Technology Center, was presented with the 2008 Distinguished Award of Council by the Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies.

Malvern Instruments has announced the appointment of Samiul Amin to be a member of the company’s Novel Measurement Group.

Ashland Inc. has completed its acquisition of Hercules Inc. Ashland now comprises a core of three specialty chemical businesses.

Information Research (IRL) has recently published a fourth edition of its report, The Market for Powder Coatings in Europe.

AkzoNobel is set to break ground on a new coatings manufacturing plant in India, signaling the company's ambition to become one of the country's leading industrial players.

Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, Germany, and its North American headquarters office, Wacker Chemical Corp., Adrian, MI, have announced construction of a new 67,000-square-foot Wacker Polymers America headquarters facility in the Lehigh Valley, PA, area of Allentown.

DuPont, Wilmington, DE, has announced that a new titanium tetrachloride purification unit has begun operations at the New Johnsonville, TN, titanium dioxide site.