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Arkema has announced plans to acquire the Coatings Resins (Cray Valley and Cook Composite Polymers) and Photocure Resins (Sartomer) businesses of Total’s Specialty Chemicals activities for a EUR 550 million enterprise value.

Eckart America Corp. is consolidating its sales agency and distribution network within the United States.

Royal DSM N.V. announced that it intends to acquire a 51 percent stake in AGI Corp. of Taiwan (AGI) through a subscription for newly to-be-issued shares combined with a public tender offer, subject to AGI corporate approvals and to regulatory and other customary conditions, approvals and notifications.

Celanese Corp. is planning to construct manufacturing facilities in China and the United States to utilize recently developed advanced technology for the production of ethanol for chemical applications and other industrial uses.

R. Emmett Carroll Jr., CEO of R.E. Carroll Inc., passed away on Monday, November 15, 2010, at the age of 81.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is partnering with aerospace and defense OEMs to sponsor the AeroDef Manufacturing Exposition and Conference, to be held April 5-7, 2011, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.

EuroNanoForum will take place at the Budapest Congress and World Trade Center in Budapest, Hungary, from May 30 to June 1, 2011.

Coatings Trends & Technologies (CTT) is scheduled for September 13-14, 2011, at the Doubletree Chicago in Oak Brook, IL.

The Government of Canada is proposing a new regulatory instrument to address releases of bisphenol A (BPA) through industrial effluent.

The Powder Coating Forum is scheduled for June 7-8, 2011, at the The Westin, Columbus, OH.