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The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA has signed an agreement to acquire the Color Chemie Group.

Sherwin-Williams announced that its Chemical Coatings Division has been renamed Product Finishes.

H.B. Fuller Co. celebrated the official opening of its manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China.

DSM Advanced Surfaces has signed license and supply agreements with Interfloat Corp., a solar glass producer.

AkzoNobel’s Automotive and Aerospace Coatings business is growing its automotive repair distribution network in the United States through an expanded relationship with LKQ Corp.

BASF will invest in a dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa.

Evonik Industries has completed the purchase of the hanse chemie Group (comprising hanse chemie AG and nanoresins AG).

PPG Industries has completed the previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Equa-Chlor Inc., a producer of chlorine, caustic soda and muriatic acid, based in Longview, WA.

Worldwide demand for plasticizers is projected to grow to more than 7.6 million metric tons per year until 2018, according to a new study by market research firm Ceresana.

Do-it-yourselfers indicate they are notably more satisfied with interior paint brands in 2011, compared with 2010, according to J.D. Power and Associates.