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PPG Industries has finalized the purchase agreement to acquire European coatings company Dyrup A/S, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, from its owner, Monberg & Thorsen, a public holding company.

Quest Specialty Coatings, a division of Quest Specialty Chemicals, Menomonee Falls, WI, has acquired the coatings business of Patriot Paint, Portland, IN.

Bayer MaterialScience AG has signed a contract for the sale of its Viverso GmbH subsidiary to Nuplex Industries Ltd.

AkzoNobel is planning to invest around €60 million to increase the production capacity of its automotive and aerospace coatings business in China.

Elcometer, Manchester, UK, has announced the opening of a new office in Japan, Elcometer KK.

Arizona Chemical has entered into exclusive agreements with two chemical distributors.

Ashland Inc. is responding to strong demand for Natrosol™ hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) by expanding production across its global network through capacity additions at its facilities in Nanjing, China, and Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands.

Global chemical company Oxea has successfully increased its manufacturing capabilities for syngas at its Bay City, TX, plant by 10 percent.

ICL Performance Products, a specialty phosphate producer, has acquired Halox, a division of Hammond Group Inc.

Evonik Industries announced plans to build world-scale plants for producing isophorone and isophorone diamine in Shanghai, China.