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A presentation given by Dow Corning’s Fluorine Technology Program Sales Development Manager, Steven R. Block, at the 10th Annual International Coatings for Plastics Symposium was awarded The Best Paper of the Symposium.

Dow Wolff Cellulosics, a newly formed specialty business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has announced new capacity and capabilities in its Methylhydroxyethylcellulose (MHEC) production and expansions in production of METHOCEL™.

Rohm and Haas has announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in the Moscow region.

Akzo Nobel’s Powder Coatings business has officially opened its first production plant in Russia.

The Dow Chemical Company and Crystalsev, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture that will design and build a facility in Brazil to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane.

Kemira has initiated a process to evaluate strategic alternatives for its business units Pigments and Chemidet, with the objective of increasing the company’s focus on its core businesses.

Eason Paint Public Company Ltd. and Watson Standard Company have signed contracts for the formation of a joint venture between the two companies.

ALTANA AG, which now concentrates on the specialty chemicals business, signed a contract to acquire the worldwide effect pigments business of the British company Wolstenholme Group Ltd.

 Rohm and Haas Company has finalized the sale of its European Automotive Coatings business, including its manufacturing site in Strullendorf, Germany, to the Mader Group, an independent manufacturer of hi-tech industrial paints and coatings based in Lille, France.

 Hexion Specialty Chemicals, an Apollo Management portfolio company, will acquire Huntsman Corporation, outbidding Basell AF.