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Wilden^®, a leader in air-operated double-diaphragm pump technology, has launched a new website designed specifically for the coatings market.

Domtar Corp. has successfully installed a commercial-scale lignin separation plant at its Plymouth, NC, mill.

BASF has set up a new Coatings Technical Competence Center ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (MSC), Columbus, OH, a leading manufacturer and supplier of epoxy resins and curing agents, has opened new curing agent manufacturing capabilities at a facility in China.

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA increased sales by 5 percent to EUR 1.7 billion in the 2012 business year, achieving the company’s target level for the year.

H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, MN, has reported its financial results for the first quarter that ended March 2, 2013.

R.E. Carroll Inc. has announced a renewed focus to increase market share in the paint and coatings industry.

Specialty chemicals company Perstorp Holding AB (Perstorp) has sold its formaldehyde technology and catalyst business, Formox AB, to Johnson Matthey Plc, a global specialty chemicals company and a leader in sustainable technologies.

Dr. Gordon P. Bierwagen of North Dakota State University’s Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2013.

DKSH’s Performance Materials business unit, a specialty chemicals distributor, and Synthomer, a supplier of emulsion polymers for coatings, construction chemicals, adhesives and technical textiles, have entered into a regional distribution partnership.