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Evonik’s Colorants Product Line is responding to customer demands for a shorter time to market with a million-euro investment in high-throughput experimentation (HTE) technology.

AkzoNobel’s International Paint is the sole supplier of protective coatings for the overhaul of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Industrial Wood Coatings business of Arch Chemicals Inc., Norwalk, CT.

The Flint Group has signed an agreement to acquire Torda, a manufacturer of printing inks for the packaging markets in northern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East, with a substantial presence in Eastern Europe.

BASF Venture Capital GmbH, Ludwigshafen, Germany, is investing in Quantiam Technologies Inc., Edmonton, Canada.

Arkema has formally completed its acquisition of Dow’s Acrylic Monomers and Acrylic Latex Polymers (UCAR Emulsion Systems) business in North America.

Eastman Chemical Co. has completed the acquisition of Tongxiang Xinglong Fine Chemical Co. Ltd., a cellulose-based specialty polymers manufacturing facility located near Shanghai, China.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Italian solventborne alkyd and polyester coating resins business to an affiliate of Tenax Group, an Italian-based company that produces similar products.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. has approved construction of a manufacturing plant in Onsan, Korea, to produce Cardura™ monomer, a glycidyl ester derivative of Versatic Acid 10.

Siltech Corp. has acquired Rhodia’s manufacturing facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.