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Columbian Chemicals, Marietta, GA, has expanded TCR Industries’ territory to represent Columbian’s Raven® industrial carbon blacks.

A series of concrete bridges that support a new high-speed rail line connecting Beijing and Shanghai is set to benefit from the protective properties of specialty polyetheramines from the Performance Products division of Huntsman Corp.

AkzoNobel is investing almost €10 million to enhance its Felling, UK, site. A fire-protection testing laboratory and a polymer lab for powder coatings are being added to the existing R&D infrastructure at the site.

Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc., San Carlos, CA, has received the Green Large Business of the Year award.

RPM International Inc. has acquired the Universal Sealants Limited group of companies, a United Kingdom-based supplier of coatings and construction products and services for bridges and large infrastructure projects.

BASF has sold its special-effects films business, marketed by BASF under the trade name Aurora®, to RMS Packaging Inc., Peekskill, NY.

Miller Paint has entered into a definitive agreement with Akzo Nobel to acquire the business operations and related assets of two ICI paints stores located in Portland, OR, and Salem, OR.

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., has made an equity investment in U.S.-based green chemistry company Segetis Inc., Golden Valley, MN.

Clariant has expanded its North American distribution network for biocides and preservatives used in the paint, coatings and construction chemicals markets.

BioBased Technologies® has chosen Archway Sales, St. Louis, MO, to be the authorized distributor for Agrol® in the United States.