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Elcometer has changed its name to Elcometer Limited. The name change reflects the company’s global position and reinforces the Elcometer brand.

3M has announced that Palmer Holland Co., North Olmsted, OH, has been given an expanded role throughout the central United States for distribution of 3M’s Energy and Advanced Materials Division (EAMD) line of specialty chemicals and additives products.

Malvern Instruments and Aimil, Malvern’s long-term distribution partner in India, have formed a joint venture, Malvern Aimil Instruments Pvt Ltd.

Fitz Chem Corp. has been recognized for its performance by earning Rio Tinto Minerals/Luzenac America Inc. 2007 Distributor of the Year Award.

LANXESS Corp.’s Inorganic Pigments Group (IPG) has reached an agreement with Dowd and Guild Inc. and J.F. Shelton Co. to sell the chemical company’s BAYFERROX® inorganic pigments.

Reactive Nano­Technologies, Inc. (RNT), developer and manufacturer of NanoFoil®, has reached an agreement with Ito Corp., a distributor of electronic materials and components headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, to distribute RNT’s NanoFoil products.

RBP Chemical Technology has named UltechGraph as distributor for its line of printing-industry chemicals in Central America.

Baril BV, a liquid coatings manufacturer in the Netherlands, has announced the opening of its U.S. operation, Baril US.

AkzoNobel has opened a new site for the manufacture and sale of protective coatings in Suzhou, China, about 80 kilometers west of Shanghai.

MetoKote Corp. has opened its newest facility in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. This is the eighth facility in Mexico for MetoKote, which has a total of 38 facilities across North America, South America and Europe.