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DES MOINES, Iowa - PPG Industries is purchasing the store operations of IPM Group, including the Iowa Paint and Sterling Paint brands.

PERSTORP, Sweden - Industri Kapital and the French private equity company PAI partners have signed an agreement to buy Sydsvenska Kemi, the parent company of the leading specialty chemicals group Perstorp AB.

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. - National Paint Industries has purchased the Wilson Imperial Company of Newark, N.J., a manufacturer of specialty paint products since 1928.

WAYNE, Pa. - Deacom, Inc., will host the 1st Process Manufacturers Roundtable on May 4-5, 2006, in Wayne, Pa., for all Deacom process-manufacturing customers.

WAALWIJK, the Netherlands - On November 18, 2005, Monika Riese-Martin, business unit director of DSM NeoResins, officially opened the new regional center in Shanghai.

BASEL, Switzerland - Ciba Specialty Chemicals has formed a worldwide marketing cooperation with Bio-Gate Bioinnovative Materials GmbH, Germany.

MENTOR, Ohio - For the 13th consecutive year, Chemsultants International has earned recognition as one of Ohio's fastest-growing companies.

BETHESDA, Md. - The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) is holding its Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA) Short Course to be co-located with the 2006 Spring Convention in Norfolk, Va., from April 2-3, 2006, at the Norfolk Marriott Waterside.

PITTSBURGH - Pittcon (The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy) announced the recipients of 11 special awards given annually to scientific leaders who have made significant contributions in their fields.

Here are this month's industry newsmakers.