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Hempel has opened its first factory for waterborne decorative coatings in the Middle East.

Royce International, Sarasota, FL, announced the addition of its new RoyThane polyurethane product line.

Artek Surfin and Aterian Investment Partners, currently joint owners of Galata Chemicals, Southbury, CT, have reached a definitive agreement whereby Artek Surfin will acquire Aterian’s shares in Galata Chemicals.

The Grinding & Dispersion business unit (Advanced Materials division) of Bühler is merging its existing applications laboratories in Viernheim (Germany) and Uzwil (Switzerland) and creating an advanced Center of Competence in Uzwil.

Propelled by continued business success and a growing global customer base, SAPICI is investing in the company’s plants in Italy and China.

Hamburg-based distributor VELOX GmbH is now representing AXALTA Polymer Powders’ Coathylene^® range for composite applications.

The Celanese Foundation has made its first donations, totaling $573,000, to Dallas-area charitable and community organizations.

Myriant Corp. (Myriant), a renewable chemicals company, has supplied commercial quantities of bio-succinic acid to Oxea.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced 2013 full-year sales from continuing operations of CHF 6.076 billion compared to CHF 6.038 billion in full-year 2012, an increase of 4 percent in local currencies and 1 percent in Swiss francs.

With expected soft demand for 2014, AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner announced that the company will continue to cut costs. Büchner made the announcement as the company reported lower revenue for 2013.