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Eckart America Corp. is consolidating its sales agency and distribution network within the United States.

Royal DSM N.V. announced that it intends to acquire a 51 percent stake in AGI Corp. of Taiwan (AGI) through a subscription for newly to-be-issued shares combined with a public tender offer, subject to AGI corporate approvals and to regulatory and other customary conditions, approvals and notifications.

Celanese Corp. is planning to construct manufacturing facilities in China and the United States to utilize recently developed advanced technology for the production of ethanol for chemical applications and other industrial uses.

BWAY Holding Co., a North American supplier of rigid containers, has acquired Plastican Inc.

Univar Inc., a global chemical distributor, and Basic Chemical Solutions L.L.C. (BCS), a global distributor and trader of commodity chemicals, have signed a definitive agreement.

PPG Industries has reached an agreement to acquire Bairun, a privately held packaging coatings company in Foshan, China.

Taminco and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC) have reached an agreement for Taminco to acquire a 50-percent share of Ling Tian, MGC’s methylamines- and derivatives-producing facility in Nanjing, China.

Reichhold Inc. has reorganized its distribution network.

Taminco has signif­icantly increased its North American specialty amine derivatives capacity in order to address growing market demand.

U. S. Representative Tim Holden and Pennsylvania House Speaker Keith McCall joined a slate of elected officials, 30-year employees and other honored guests at the headquarters of global effect pigment manufacturer Silberline to celebrate the family owned company’s 65th anniversary.