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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.

The Basic Chemicals Business Unit of LANXESS Corp, located in Baytown, TX, has received a Gold Performance Improvement award for accomplishments in maintaining strong environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) efforts.

Bayer MaterialScience has sold a part of its unsaturated polyester resins business to the Italian company Veneziani S.p.A. The products involved in the transaction are used primarily for the formulation of wood finishes, thus divesting Bayer MaterialScience of selected product grades that no longer fit in with its overall long-term portfolio.

BYK-Chemie GmbH has a new production location in Germany. BYK will be taking over the company grounds, plant and staff at the Kempen location (Lower Rhine) from the ALTANA subsidiary ELANTAS.

Rohm and Haas Co. has officially launched the initial operations of its new manufacturing plant in Sanshui, Guangdong Province, China.

Air Products has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its interest in its vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) polymers joint ventures to Wacker Chemie AG, its long-time joint venture partner.

With an eye to expanding its share of the North American coatings market, Benjamin Moore & Co. has announced its intent to purchase select assets and brands of Insl-x Products Corp., a coatings manufacturer based in Stony Point, NY.