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The HCS Group (Haltermann Carless Solutions), a leading global manufacturer of hydrocarbon and chemical specialty products, and Neste, a leading producer of renewable fuels, are establishing a preferred partnership for renewable distillate products.

Stepan Co. has appointed Dowd and Guild Inc. as its exclusive distributor for liquid polyester polyol products sold into the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomer (CASE) industries for the western and southwestern United States.

BASF inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil.

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a division of J.M. Huber Corp., has acquired the Safire™ nitrogen and phosphorus halogen-free fire retardant technology from Floridienne Group and Catena Additives, a 100 percent subsidiary of Floridienne.

Henan Billions has successfully acquired a 100-percent equity stake in rival Chinese titanium dioxide producer Lomon for $1.47 billion (RMB9 billion).

Solvay has started production at its two new large-scale and “on-pipe” alkoxylation facilities in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and in Singapore.

The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business announced an expansion at one of its European Formulations & Applications Centers of Excellence in Blackley, UK.

AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany.

Chemical distributor Univar Inc. has commenced an initial public offering of 20,000,000 shares of common stock.

BatchMaster Software, a provider of ERP solutions developed for the process manufacturing industry, announced that Share Corporation & Athea Laboratories|Packaging, Milwaukee, has invested in BatchMaster ERP with SAP Business One to address the company's growing requirements.