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Univar has successfully completed the acquisition of the Quaron business in Belgium and the Netherlands.

ALTANA has signed an agreement to acquire Kometra Kunststoff-Modifikatoren und-Additiv GmbH.

Perstorp has, through its subsidiary Perstorp Polyols Inc., signed an agreement with Hercules Inc., a subsidiary of specialty chemicals company Ashland Inc.

The Munich-based chemicals group WACKER can supply significantly greater volumes of VINNOL surface coating resins as of January 2011.

AkzoNobel has announced a strategic investment in a new powder coating manufacturing plant in Apodaca, Mexico, a suburb of Monterrey, Mexico.

H.B. Fuller Co. has strengthened its foothold in Turkey by entering into a joint venture with Burak Özberk, its longstanding agent there.

Clariant is now focusing on Phase Two of REACH legislation following its successful completion of the registration of 152 substances required under Phase One.

PPG Industries announced plans to expand its 14-year relationship with Asian Paints Ltd. (APL), India’s largest coatings company, to accelerate growth of the companies’ non-decorative coatings businesses in India.

A new company, Schepise Chemical Sales LLC, has been formed and has launched its Web site, www.SchepiseChemicalSales.com.

Dixie Chemical Co. has appointed JNS-SmithChem, Paterson, NJ, as product distributor for its line of ­specialty chemical intermediates.