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Dow Coating Materials has launched eXposure Vision™ Viewer, an on-line system that puts exposure station test panels within easy view.

Ashland Inc. has agreed to acquire privately owned International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP), a global specialty chemical manufacturer of functional ingredients and technologies.

Troy Corp. announced that The Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada, in accordance with the Pest Control Products Act, has approved the usage of Mergal 753 wet-state preservative for the in-package protection of paints, coatings and allied products.

Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) is seeking approval from the board and shareholders of ICI Pakistan Limited (ICI Pakistan) to separate the organization’s paints and chemicals businesses.

PPG Industries has signed an agreement to acquire Dyrup A/S, a European coatings company based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Perstorp is investing in extended capacity for polyalcohol neopentyl glycol by establishing production at the group’s manufacturing site in Zibo, China.

DSM Advanced Surfaces has signed license and supply agreements with Interfloat Corp., a solar glass producer, opening the way for Interfloat to start producing cover glass for solar modules coated with KhepriCoat™, a high-transmission/anti-reflective coating from DSM Advanced Surfaces.

Dow Epoxy, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co., has announced plans to expand liquid epoxy resin (LER) capacity at its plant in Stade, Germany.

BASF is planning to invest in a dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industries.

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group, a provider of agricultural chemicals and organic silicon products, announced the planned expansion of manufacturing capacity by their joint-venture company, Zhejiang Xinan Momentive Performance Materials Co. Ltd.