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Brookfield Sales Engineer and Rheology Lab Supervisor, David Moonay, has been awarded a U.S. patent for an algorithm he developed that provides “multi-decade viscometric or rheologic measurements of a material undergoing state change.”

Rohm and Haas Co. has signed an agreement to acquire the FINNDISP division of OY Forcit AB, a Finnish paint emulsions operation, for approximately €60 million.

PPG Industries and Kansai Paint have expanded their alliance, known as PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF), to include the sale of automotive coatings to Japanese-owned or operated original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Hungary.

Malvern Instruments has acquired Viscotek Corp., a provider of chromatography solutions for the characterization of natural and synthetic polymers and proteins.

Royal DSM N.V. has announced the acquisition of the U.S.-based company Soluol, a developer, producer and marketer of high-performance urethane resins.

In line with its growth strategy, MÜNZING has acquired the liquid defoamer business from Hexion Speciality Chemicals B.V.

R.T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc. has announced it will discontinue its NYTAL® and CERAMITALC® industrial talc product lines and cease talc production at its Gouverneur Talc Division in Gouverneur, NY, by the end of 2008.

INTERPOLYMER has opened sales offices and laboratories in Shanghai, China, which will provide improved customer service in the Asia-Pacific region.

BYK USA has appointed the P.T. Hutchins Co. as its distributor in the western and southwestern United States.

The D.B. Becker Co. Inc., specialty chemical distributor, has been recognized as Distributor of the Year for 2007 by EPS/CCA Corp.