Grace Davison, Baltimore, announced the opening of Technical Customer Service centers in Atsugi, Japan, and Sunde, China, to serve customers in the coatings and digital-printing industries.
Reichhold Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, has appointed McCullough & Benton, Atlanta, distributor for Reichhold's Global Coating and Performance Resins business in the southeastern United States.
Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, has acquired Eliokem, the former North American and European specialty chemicals businesses of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
ExxonMobil Chemical announced an agreement to acquire Solutia Inc.'s 50% stake in Advanced Elastomer Systems, a partnership business of ExxonMobil Chemical and Solutia.