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Dow Biocides, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co., has announced it will increase its U.S. production capacity for glutaraldehyde by approximately 60 percent.

Micro Powders Inc. has appointed Cincinnati-based Archway Sales (formerly Deeks & Co.) as its exclusive agent in the Ohio territory to represent its product line of high-performance wax additives.

Dow, Midland, MI, has inaugurated a new formulation and prototyping development laboratory in Ribaforada, Spain.

Dyneon LLC, a 3M company headquartered in Oakdale, MN, has acquired the business of Hitech Polymers Inc., a manufacturer of specialty thermoplastic polymers and provider of toll thermoplastic compounding services based in Hebron, KY.

Cloverdale Paint Inc. of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, has purchased Guertin Coatings, Sealants and Polymers Ltd.

Eliokem, a global specialty chemical company that is majority-owned by AXA Private Equity, has completed the acquisition of the Polymer division from Apar Industries Ltd., India, for $28 million.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has acquired Becker Powder Coatings Inc. in North America, a subsidiary of AB Wilh. Becker based in Sweden. Simultaneously, AB Wilh. Becker has acquired the North American coil coatings business of Sherwin-Williams and related assets.

Sika Corp. has acquired the commercial and industrial polymer flooring business of the Valspar Corp.

Clariant International Ltd. and Zhejiang Baihe Chemical Holding Group have announced the expansion of the Hangzhou Baihe Clariant Pigments Co., Ltd. joint venture.

BASF Corp. has extended Canadian distributorship of its full line of resins to Dempsey Corp.