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Perstorp’s investment in new capacity for production of valeraldehyde and its derivatives 2-PH alcohol and a new plasticizer, DPHP, is increasing.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. announced the successful startup of its bio-based propylene glycol facility in Decatur, IL.

Huntsman Polyurethanes has appointed Lintech International LLC, a specialty supplier of industrial chemicals and minerals, as a new southwest U.S. distribution partner for the adhesives, coatings and elastomers market.

ACCESSA Coatings Solutions has announced an agreement with Sayerlack, Pianoro, Italy, in which the company will distribute the Sayerlack line of premium polyester and polyurethane wood finishes.

German specialty chemicals group LANXESS has founded a dedicated company for the Middle East, LANXESS Middle East GmbH, headquartered in Dubai.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will fund key lab research as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Dow and DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to accelerate the adoption of cool roof technologies in the United States.

Hockmeyer has been awarded patent rights to an extension of the technology approved in its sixth patent.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.’s Nicolet iS5 FT-IR spectrometer received a 2011 Scientists’ Choice Award for Best New Spectroscopy Product of 2010.

Cytec Industries Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of its Building Block Chemicals business to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital LLC.

Specialty chemical producer Rhodia, Paris, France, has completed the acquisition of the new guar derivatives production unit belonging to Suzhou HiPro Polymers, based at Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China.