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Rockwood Color Pigments & Services Division has announced the appointment of Brenntag Canada Specialties Group (formerly St. Lawrence Chemical) as a distributor for the Canadian market for the full line of Rockwood Pigments products, including Elementis’ pigments products, which Rockwood acquired in 2007.

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Co. LLC has named Archway Sales Inc. a distributor for renewably resourced Susterra™ 1,3-propanediol.

Gelest Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of specialty organosilicon and other group IV organometalics, has recently completed the final phase of a multi-year project to double the capacity of its Morrisville, PA, headquarters and production plant.

Wacker Chemie AG will discontinue the production of its PIOLOFORM® polymer binders effective Sept. 30, 2008.

Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex has permanently closed the company’s manufacturing plant located in Chickamauga, GA.

Spraylat Corp., The MÄDER Group and Ohashi Chemical Industries Ltd. have signed a mutual cooperation agreement that forms Automotive Coatings World Alliance (ACWA), an association focusing on automotive interior coatings.

Wacker Chemie AG has honored Volker Stanjek, Wolfram Schindler and Thomas Kammel with this year’s Alexander Wacker Innovation Award for their pioneering work in organofunctional silanes and the development of silane-curing polymers.

Plasticolors Inc. has recently completed the realignment of its North American sales agency network.

Atlas Material Testing Technology has announced the formation of a weathering Center of Excellence at Atlas’ world headquarters in Chicago.

DuPont Russian Coatings LLC has opened a technical center in Russia dedicated to the development of high-performance automotive coatings.