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Ciba Specialty Chemicals announced a second-quarter profit with sales up 2% in Swiss francs and operating income up 5%, despite an increase in raw material costs.

Atlas Weathering Services Group, a division of Atlas Material Testing Technology, has opened a new Worldwide Exposure Network site in the southeast region of India.

International Protective Coatings, part of the Akzo Nobel coatings group, has acquired the worldwide Ceilcote® business from the German-based KCH Group for close to €12 million.

PRA (Paint Research Association) has reached an agreement to buy Irfab Chemical Consultants, based in Brussels, for an undisclosed sum.

Resource Capital Funds (RCF) IV LP, a private equity fund, has purchased NYCO, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies.

ICI has reached an agreement to buy the Dulux business from South African corporation AECI for €52 million in cash.

Plasticolors Inc. has completed an asset purchase of the UCD™ Colorants products previously owned by Rohm and Haas.

The Dow Chemical Co. and the Bayer Group have announced Dow’s acquisition of Wolff Walsrode.

International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) has, through one of its subsidiaries, acquired the Biocides business of Bode Chemie.

Basell and Lyondell Chemical Co. of Houston have signed a definitive agreement in which Basell will acquire Lyondell’s outstanding common shares for $48 per share.