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Hercules Inc. announced a definitive agreement to sell its hydrocarbon resins and parts of its rosins resins businesses to Eastman Chemical Co.

ATOFINA Chemicals Inc.,announced the consolidation of the company’s Specialty Chemicals and Plastics Additives businesses into a single business unit, the Additives Group.

Degussa Corp.’s Silanes Business Unit has appointed Crozier-Nelson Sales distributor of organosilanes products.

Tikkurila Oy and Eastman Chemical Co. said they finalized negotiations for Tikkurila’s acquisition of Eastman’s resins plant in Vantaa, Finland.

Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings and MacDermid Inc. announced an agreement.

Japan Fine Coatings Co., a 50-50 joint-venture business of DSM Desotech and JSR have finished construction of a production plant in Tsukuba, Japan.

A group of 18 professional painters in Mississippi recently filed suit against several former manufacturers of lead pigments and paint, and a number of retail stores.

CREANOVA has appointed Dunleary sales representative for colorants and preservatives in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced an agreement to acquire Rohm and Haas Co.’s agricultural-chemicals business for approximately $1 billion.

Bayer formally announced the launch of a new business unit focusing on raw materials for powder coatings.