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Nelson Augé has joined Kelley Technical Coatings, Louisville, Ky., as executive vice president.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals' Coating Effects Segment has re-launched its Imaging & Inks industry website, www.cibasc.com/imagingandinks.

Northwest Coatings, Oak Creek, Wis., has launched its new website, www.northwestcoatings.com.

Charles Ross & Son Company, Hauppauge, N.Y., has completed its manufacturing plant expansion in Wuxi, China. The expansion adds approx. 20,000 sq. ft. to the existing building.

Bruce Larry Bridges, a longtime paint and coatings executive in Georgia, died on October 22, 2006.

Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, reported third-quarter 2006 sales of $2,065 million, a 7 percent increase over the same period in 2005, reflecting broad-based growth across all businesses.

NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology, LLC, Exton, Pa., has named Stephen M. Grzelak Midwest region sales manager.

Tim Zech has been promoted to chief operating officer of the Sostram Corporation, Roswell, Ga.

Akzo Nobel, Arnhem, the Netherlands, has announced strategic plans designed to accelerate profitable growth and drive the company's ongoing commitment to establishing leadership positions in key coatings and chemicals markets around the world.

It was some 20 years ago that BASF Coatings at Muenster-Hiltrup, Germany, started manufacturing a chromate-free primer for customers in the white goods industry and, a short time later, also for construction applications.