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Baril BV, a liquid coatings manufacturer in the Netherlands, has announced the opening of its U.S. operation, Baril US.

AkzoNobel has opened a new site for the manufacture and sale of protective coatings in Suzhou, China, about 80 kilometers west of Shanghai.

MetoKote Corp. has opened its newest facility in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. This is the eighth facility in Mexico for MetoKote, which has a total of 38 facilities across North America, South America and Europe.

BASF has named two new distributors for a number of its latex dispersions products in the United States.

Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd. has appointed Majemac Southeast LLC. to be its distributor for the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Hexion Quimica Industria e Comercio Ltda., has begun construction of a formaldehyde and resins manufacturing complex to serve the rapidly growing engineered wood products market in southern Brazil.

Tikkurila, which is responsible for Kemira’s paint and coatings business, will establish a sales company in Eastern Europe called IP Tikkurila in Minsk, Belarus.

Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex, a 50/50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Co. and Reichhold Inc., has announced the planned sale of certain business assets, the permanent closure of all facilities and the intention to cease all business activities before the end of 2008.

PPG Industries has celebrated the opening of its new automotive coatings plant in Wuhu, China.

Troy Corp. has announced that the European Parliament has included IPBC as an active substance in Annex 1.