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Sun Chemical Corp. has acquired a 50% stake in Assemblage Intermoleculaire en Chimie Organique (AIC), a special-effect pigments, additives and ink company based in Libourne, France.

BASF Corp. announced the sale of the company's general industrial coatings manufacturing plant in Chicopee to C&C Ventures L.L.C.

Environmental Coatings Inc. said it has acquired industrial-coatings product technology and rights to customer bases in New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin from Akzo Nobel Coatings.

Lubrizol Corp. has acquired Dock Resins Corp. from Landec Corp. for approximately $14 million.

Akzo Nobel said it plans to sell its Nordic general industrial coatings operations to Finland-based Kemira, with completion of the sale expected by the end of the year, pending regulatory approvals.

TA Instruments Inc. announced plans to acquire the assets of the Rheology Division of Rheometric Scientific Inc., Piscataway, NJ.

TotalFinaElf announced an agreement to sell its SigmaKalon coatings business, one of the 10 biggest coatings manufacturers in the world, to the private investment firm Bain Capital.

DuPont Titanium Technologies, Wilmington, DE, announced the launch of a "collaboration and knowledge" Internet portal designed to provide users with personalized information and tools designed to enhance business functions

Rust-Oleum Corp., a unit of RPM Inc., has acquired Sierra Performance Coatings, a manufacturer of zero-VOC industrial and architectural coatings.

The parent company of Vopak USA, Bellevue, WA, has changed the name of the business to Univar USA in a move that reflects Royal Vopak's creation of Univar NV