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The Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) has announced that Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow, has shut down production at its polypropylene manufacturing facility at St. Charles Operations in Hahnville, LA.

Nuplex Resins is launching a new global brand of waterborne products, Setaqua^™, effective January 1, 2008.

Sun Chemical has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Nantong Shanjing Metallic Pigments Co., Ltd., an aluminum pigment manufacturer in China.

DSM has announced it is opening new R&D facilities for powder coating resins in Shanghai, China.

SEI Chemical has unveiled a new 10,000-square-foot laboratory and administrative facility.

Elementis Specialties has announced that Chemroy Canada will be its Canadian distributor.

Rohm and Haas Co. and Basin Water Inc. have announced the formation of an alliance that will address the need for quality water across a broad range of market segments in the United States and Canada.

Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (AMT) has become a member of the Save Your Factory Initiative. The collaborative industry initiative is a growing consortium of leading automation industry companies committed to providing North American manufacturers with guidance on cost-effective and profitable alternatives to moving manufacturing facilities off shore.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) has formed an industrial chemicals group with a focus on increasing the company’s presence in industrial markets.

Atlas Weathering Services Group, a division of the U.S.-based Atlas Material Testing Technology, has opened its new facility at Uttermerur, 70 km (44 miles) from Chennai.