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Heubach GmbH & Co. announced plans to build a second phthalocyanine green pigment production facility in India.

The Aqualon Division of Hercules has appointed E.T. Horn exclusive distributor of Aqualon’s ethylcellulose and Klucel hydroxypropylcellulose to the coatings industry.

International Specialty Products announced the sale of its filtration business to Hayward Industrial Products.

ICI plc announced agreements to sell its Acrylics and International Fluoropolymers businesses in separate transactions that continue the company’s program of divesting industrial-chemicals operations as part of a plan to focus on specialty products and coatings.

Solutia announced the start of production at a polyester powder-coatings resin manufacturing unit in Suzano, Brazil.

BASF Coatings Raw Materials has appointed Ribelin Sales distributor in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Sinnett-Elpaco Coatings has acquired certain assets of Tioga Coatings.

Eastman Chemical said it has completed the $355-million acquisition of McWhorter Technologies.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. completed the acquisition of Norfolk Paint.

Albemarle, Cytec Industries and GE Specialty Chemicals announced plans to form a business-to-business Internet joint venture, PolymerAdditives.com.