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BASF and SINOPEC will expand the production capacity of neopentylglycol at the Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China.

The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal, Canada, has purchased Trimite Powders Inc. of Spartanburg. South Carolina.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has signed an agreement that will see its Deventer site in the Netherlands transformed into a chemistry and technology innovation hub.

Eastman Chemical Co. has completed phase one of a two-phase expansion of its ketone manufacturing capacity at its Kingsport, Tennessee, operations.

Specialty Polymers Inc. has signed an agreement with Jose Olivieri of Olivieri & Associates to be the company's new sales agent in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the Caribbean.

ATRP Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Pilot Chemical Co., is now Pilot Polymer Technologies Inc. (PPT).

European nanodiamond producer Carbodeon has been granted a Chinese patent for its technology that enables detonation-synthesized diamond particles (nanodiamonds) to be combined with polymers for use in fields such as personal electronics, LED lighting, automotive components and machine tools.

Cathay Industries USA Inc., Valparaiso, Indiana, announced that effective Jan. 1, 2018, The Chidley & Peto Co. will have additional territory as a regional distributor.

The Metropolitan New York Coatings Association (MNYCA) and its board of directors awarded Pan Technology Inc. its Company of the Year award.

German business newspaper Handelsblatt Global is reporting that specialty chemical company LANXESS is considering a bid for AkzoNobel's specialty chemicals division.