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Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) reported positive volume development in all three of the company’s business areas. The company reported second-quarter revenue of €3,710 million, 4% lower compared with the same quarter last year. The decrease was mainly due to 5% adverse currency effects.

Matrix Automotive Finishes announced that Ryan Evans, head painter of the History Channel’s TV show “Counting Cars,” will be featured in the Matrix booth (#26003) at the NACE Expo.

Powder coatings manufacturer IGP Pulvertechnik AG, Wil, Switzerland, has created a new division, IGP North America.

Charles Divine, President and CEO of Munson Machinery, announced that the company is expanding the size of its Utica, NY, headquarters by approximately one-third.

The RAHN Group is developing its international presence, moving to a new site in Shanghai, China, on July 10 and bolstering the local sales team.

Oxford Instruments’ Asylum Research has opened its first Nanotechnology Lab for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in India.

ANGUS Chemical Co. announced that AMP, a multifunctional specialty chemical that’s widely used in latex paint formulations, is no longer classified as a VOC under a final rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Evonik Industries and Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (GCL-Poly), have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture for the production of fumed silica and ultra-pure silicon tetrachloride in China.

Gulf Coast Chemical Corp., Tampa, FL, has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with FCC Inc.

Novomer Inc. has named Barcelona-based Quimidroga s.a. as an authorized distributor of Converge^® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols in Spain, Portugal and Turkey.