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The Sherwin-Williams Co. has acquired Becker Powder Coatings Inc. in North America, a subsidiary of AB Wilh. Becker based in Sweden. Simultaneously, AB Wilh. Becker has acquired the North American coil coatings business of Sherwin-Williams and related assets.

Sika Corp. has acquired the commercial and industrial polymer flooring business of the Valspar Corp.

Clariant International Ltd. and Zhejiang Baihe Chemical Holding Group have announced the expansion of the Hangzhou Baihe Clariant Pigments Co., Ltd. joint venture.

BASF Corp. has extended Canadian distributorship of its full line of resins to Dempsey Corp.

Ravin Gandhi and Kanti Gandhi, former owners of Coatings and Chemicals Corp. (CCC), have returned to the non-stick coatings industry with a joint venture coatings company called GMM Development Limited.

Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) and its subsidiaries, is conducting a feasibility study to expand toluene diisocyanate (TDI) production at its manufacturing facility in Camaçari, Brazil.

Allied PhotoChemical, Kimball, MI, recently received its 17th U.S. patent based on a key UV technology.

HALOX®, a manufacturer and distributor of corrosion inhibitors, has announced its partnership with Ormeca Industrial Supplies Ltd., a company representing foreign chemical manufacturers in Israel.

Sartomer Co. has announced the opening of a new manufacturing plant in Nansha, Guangzhou Province, China.

Delta Foremost Chemical Corp., Memphis, TN, has entered into an agreement with ACCESSA Coatings Solutions for its dust control products.