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Perstorp plans to increase its production of aliphatic polyisocyanates in response to growing market demand in Asia, particularly China.

Sherwin-Williams has been awarded the contract to supply marine coatings as part of a three-year overhaul of the supercarrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt.

TH Hilson Co. has become the Midwest distributor for Clariant Industrial & Consumer Care products.

JNS Supply LLC and the Smithchem & Young Division of Lansco Colors LLC have merged to form a new distribution company, JNS SmithChem LLC.

R.M. Ferguson has acquired Industrial Colours and Chemicals Ltd. (ICC).

Phoenix Coaters has announced plans to construct a new 303,000-square-foot building in Beaver Dam, WI, to house a new state-of-the-art e-coat and topcoat paint system.

INEOS has announced a technological breakthrough that will significantly improve the global security of supply for acetonitrile.

WACKER is restructuring its distribution network for the VINNAPAS® and VINNOL® brands of polymer dispersions.

The demands made of downstream users of chemicals and the provisions that they must comply with under the REACH Regulation were the subject of the first BYK Downstream Users’ Day, held in Düsseldorf, Germany.

BASF has outlined its Strategy 2020 for Asia Pacific, with the goal of growing a average of two percentage points faster than the Asia-Pacific chemical market each year. With expected market growth of four to five percent per year, this would double regional sales by 2020 while earning a premium on cost of capital.