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Huntsman’s Performance Products division has announced the official VOC-exempt status for JEFFSOL® Propylene Carbonate and ULTRAPURE® Propylene Carbonate.

ANGUS Chemical Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., has celebrated the completion of the company’s new $10 million market development facility.

The Lubrizol Corp. has acquired the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) business from The Dow Chemical Co.

The German antitrust authority has approved the acquisition of Dick Peters B.V. by ALTANA AG.

Reactive NanoTechnologies Inc. (RNT) has reached an agreement with GS PMC Korea Co. Ltd., a supplier of technology-based materials headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Hoffer’s Coatings Inc. (hci) has changed the name of its business to hci chemtec, inc.

AkzoNobel has agreed to divest its non-stick coatings business to privately owned, U.S.-based Whitford Worldwide, Elverson, PA.

The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) informed Rohm and Haas Co. that Dow would not close on the proposed acquisition of Rohm and Haas as scheduled on Jan. 27, 2009. In response to Dow’s announcement, Rohm and Haas has filed suit in a Delaware court, asking a judge to order Dow to complete the takeover.

WACKER POLYMERS is changing the name of its Airflex®, Flexbond®, Flexcryl® and Vinac® products.

BASF and Vorbeck Materials Corp. have established a joint research program to develop graphene-based formulations and composite materials.