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Air Products has sold its non-pressure emulsions businesses and related production facilities in Elkton, MD, and Piedmont, SC, to Ashland Inc.

With its first acquisition in China, specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is expanding the Asian business of its Inorganic Pigments business unit.

Michelman has announced the acquisition of Hydrosize(r) Technologies Inc., Raleigh, NC.

AkzoNobel has agreed to sell its Para(r) and Crown Diamond(r) decorative paint brands in Canada to General Paint Corp.

Dr. Barry Asmus, Senior Economist for the National Center for Policy Analysis, will be the keynote speaker for the opening session of the CPI Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC, part of the global Bayer MaterialScience business, has purchased the pour-in-place, spray and molded polyurethane foam systems business of the Stepan Co. in the United States, Canada, South America and Mexico.

Pump Systems Matter™ and the Hydraulic Institute are releasing a new reference, “Optimizing Pumping Systems: A Guide to Improved Efficiency, Reliability, and Profitability.”

DSM Powder Coating Resins has opened a new R&D synthesis laboratory at the DSM Powder Coating Resins site in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China.

Wheelabrator Group has opened a new manufacturing facility in Poland.

The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is offering two courses this fall. “Basic Composition of Coatings" will be held Sept. 15-19, 2008, and “Introduction to Paint Formulation" will be held Nov. 3-7, 2008.