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WACKER has received Frost & Sullivan’s New Product Innovation Award for its GENIOSIL® product class.

Celanese Corp., a global technology and specialty materials company, announced an agreement to acquire certain assets from Ashland Inc.

DSM Coating Resins, a business unit of Royal DSM N.V., has outlined plans to align the organization to focus on its core coating and graphic arts resins markets.

The specialty chemical company Rhodia announced three new production units at its Zhenjiang, China, site.

Chemical distributor Univar Inc. has acquired Arinos Química Ltda. (Arinos).

BASF Coatings has been honored with a design award for XFine®, its unique automotive color innovation.

Ecology Coatings Inc. has been nominated for the U.S. Green Chemistry Challenge 2012.

Technology innovation, differentiated services and strong customer relationships have secured Clariant a hat trick of awards in the Brazilian paint and varnish industry’s Paint & Pintura awards for 2011.

Cray Valley Resins, a business that is now part of Arkema Coating Resins, was awarded the Ringier Technology Innovation prize for its Synaqua® 4804 alkyd emulsion.

The Performance Monomers business of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) announced a 15-percent increase in capacity for the production of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate at its Hahnville, LA, facility.