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Ciba Inc. has entered into an agreement with Lamberti Group to purchase the Italy-based specialty chemical maker’s photoinitiator business.

Arizona Chemical, Jacksonville, FL, has reached an agreement to purchase Abieta Chemie, a European rosin upgrading company, from private funds managed by AUCTUS Management GmbH & Co. KG equity firm.

AkzoNobel will invest almost €50 million in its performance coatings activities with two acquisitions that will boost the company’s Car Refinishes and Industrial Finishes businesses.

Eastman Chemical B.V. has opened a Representative Office in Moscow.

Mayan Pigments Inc., El Paso, TX, has been awarded funds from the Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) of the State of Texas.

Accugenix, a genetic microbial identification and characterization service, has announced the addition of 283 new species to its extensive bacterial library, bringing the total number of unique bacterial DNA sequences on file to over 2,400.

Dunn-Edwards Corp. plans to build a 40,000-square-foot coatings technology center on its Los Angeles campus.

PPG Industries has announced plans to restructure two of its business units, closing facilities in the Netherlands and Canada.

Dow Izolan, the joint-venture company between the Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) and Izolan, has broken ground on a polyurethane-systems manufacturing facility in Vladimir, Russia.

Eastman Chemical Co. has appointed Univar Canada Ltd. as its exclusive distributor for its domestic and imported LTL hydrocarbon resin business.