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Paint and coatings manufacturer Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a second quarter with positive developments in profitability of all three business areas despite a challenging market environment.

BASF will form a global business unit (GBU) combining all of its pigments activities effective January 2016.

Exova Group plc, a testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has opened a new laboratory in Johor, Malaysia.

The Lubrizol Corp., Wickliffe, OH, has launched a new hyperdispersant reactor at its Avon Lake, OH, facility.

AkzoNobel's Performance Coatings business is working with global technology company Siemens to provide coatings and corrosion protection for the expansion of a major power plant in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, announced that the company’s board of directors has approved the plan to add a second benzoic acid purification and finishing process at its facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Coatings manufacturer Axalta Coating Systems has provided the coating for an impressive monument erected by the town of Pau, France, to honor the Tour de France and its history.

Biobased chemical company GFBiochemicals has started commercial production at its levulinic acid plant in Caserta, Italy.

Axalta Coating Systems is hosting a kick-off event to welcome two interns from University of Superior Technology Studies of Chimalhuacan in Mexico to its Research and Development Center at its Mt. Clemens, MI, coating manufacturing plant.

Evonik has completed the construction and commissioning of a new pilot plant for precious metal powder catalysts (PMPC) at its production site in Shanghai.