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BatchMaster Software has appointed two new sales and implementation offices for its software products line: Mann & Associates and JAAS Systems Ltd.

Ruco Polymers is launching a new business group, Solid Resins, by merging its powder resin and curative business with the toner resin division operated by Sybron Chemicals.

M.F. Cachat has been appointed sales representative for Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC’s rutile and anatase titanium dioxide product lines.

National Starch and Chemical has formed a Construction Products Business Unit within its Specialty Synthetic Polymers Division.

Lawyers involved in last year’s $246-billion tobacco settlement are reported to be setting their sights on a new target: a lawsuit against the manufacturers of lead pigments formerly used in house paint.

Eastman Chemical and Lawter International announced an agreement under which Eastman will acquire Lawter for approximately $500 million in cash and debt.

The French industrial-minerals company IMETAL has acquired English China Clays for $1.2 billion.

GenCorp has completed the acquisition of Morton International Inc.’s latex floor-care business.

A federal appeals court has set aside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s significantly tightened air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, issued in 1997.

DuPont has named three executive vice presidents to serve as chief operating officers for their respective business units.