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Hoover Container Solutions (Hoover), Houston, has acquired Container Co. Ltd. (Container Co.), a leading supplier of cargo carrying units (CCUs) for the offshore oil and gas industry.

Evonik Industries AG has acquired Silbond Corp., Weston, MI, a supplier of silicic acid esters.

Ming-Zu Chemical Ind. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, and United Mineral & Chemical Corp., Lyndhurst, NJ, have signed an agreement whereby United Mineral & Chemical will act as the exclusive North American distributor for Ming-Zu’s Mecofast™ solvent-soluble dyes and MecoSperse™ water-soluble dye preparations for aqueous wood stains.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC has acquired DuPont’s Baytown, TX, aniline production facility.

Bio-based additive manufacturer Reactive Surfaces has filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas.

PPG Industries’ flat glass business has received $312,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a dynamically responsive infrared (IR) window coating that will block heat in the summer to reduce air-conditioning costs and transmit solar heat in the winter to reduce heating costs.

Evonik Industries announced its plan to invest more than $15 million in its new Richmond Business & Innovation Center. The new center will create an estimated 50 jobs over the next five years for the Richmond, VA, area.

Malvern Instruments Ltd., Malvern, UK, has announced an exclusive global distribution agreement with RheoSense Inc., San Ramon, CA, to promote, market, sell and support the VROC product range into industrial applications.

IGM Resins recently commissioned a new development lab at its North American regional center in Charlotte, NC.

For fiscal 2013, Bühler Group recorded very divergent results in the company’s various business units and market regions.