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Taminco Corp., a leading producer of alkylamines and alkylamine derivatives, announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by Eastman Chemical Co. in a transaction valued at approximately $2.8 billion in cash.

Bayer announced on September 18 that it plans to focus entirely on the Life Science businesses - HealthCare and CropScience - and float MaterialScience on the stock market as a separate company.

Effective July 1, 2014, Cleveland-based Specialty Chemical Sales Inc. (SCS) has expanded its distribution of Momentive's Versatic acids.

SE Tylose has appointed GMZ and EW Kaufmann as regional distributor partners for the Tylose^® product line of cellulose ethers effective September 1, 2014.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has once again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).

National Paint Industries has purchased the Sampson Coatings company of Richmond, VA.

AkzoNobel has been ranked number one on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the third consecutive year.

Ernie Green Industries (EGI) has partnered with The Powder Coating Research Group (PCR) to form a new joint venture, Matrix Powder Coatings.

Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo, China.

Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corp., has increased capacity at its precipitated alumina trihydrate (ATH) plant in Bauxite, AR, by 30%.