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BASF Performance Materials, formerly BASF EVP & Engelhard, and Archway Sales Inc., St. Louis, have entered into an agreement to distribute organic and inorganic pigments, MEARLIN® effect pigments, dyes, pigment dispersions, UV absorbers, and HALS and Attagel® attapulgite clays (formerly Engelhard) in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

The Dow Chemical Company and Solvay S.A. are creating a joint venture to construct a hydrogen peroxide (HP) plant in Thailand.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals announced a second-quarter profit with sales up 2% in Swiss francs and operating income up 5%, despite an increase in raw material costs.

Atlas Weathering Services Group, a division of Atlas Material Testing Technology, has opened a new Worldwide Exposure Network site in the southeast region of India.

International Protective Coatings, part of the Akzo Nobel coatings group, has acquired the worldwide Ceilcote® business from the German-based KCH Group for close to €12 million.

PRA (Paint Research Association) has reached an agreement to buy Irfab Chemical Consultants, based in Brussels, for an undisclosed sum.

Resource Capital Funds (RCF) IV LP, a private equity fund, has purchased NYCO, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies.

ICI has reached an agreement to buy the Dulux business from South African corporation AECI for €52 million in cash.

Plasticolors Inc. has completed an asset purchase of the UCD™ Colorants products previously owned by Rohm and Haas.

The Dow Chemical Co. and the Bayer Group have announced Dow’s acquisition of Wolff Walsrode.