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Specialty chemicals supplier Cognis announced that it has invited mergers and acquisitions specialist Lincoln International to conduct a review of the strategic options for its Pulcra Chemicals subsidiary.

Huron Capital Partners LLC has announced that through its portfolio company, Quest Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Quest), it has acquired Zolatone Automotive (Zolatone).

LANXESS AG has divested itself of its Lustran Polymers business unit, a move that will position the company as a specialty chemicals group.

Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), announced the signing of definitive agreements to acquire UPPC AG in Germany, and POLY-CARB Inc. and GNS Technologies in the United States.

Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of The Dow Chemical Company, will move forward with the detailed engineering phase of the nameplate capacity expansion of its polyols plant in Terneuzen, the Netherlands.

TA Instruments Inc. announced the acquisition of Calorimetry Sciences Corp. (CSC), Lindon, UT, a manufacturer of microcalorimeters for high-performance heat-flow and heat-capacity measurements primarily used in the life sciences industry.

Solutia Inc. has appointed Northspec Chemicals Corp. as its Canadian Specialty Additives distribution sales representative for Butvar® polyvinyl butyral (PVB) resins and aqueous dispersions and for Solusolv™ 2075, an ultra-low VOC coalescing aid. Northspec will stock Butvar PVB resins and Solusolv 2075 at its warehouse in Toronto.

The Valspar Corp. announced that it has acquired Teknos Nova Coil TNC Oy (TNC), Helsinki, Finland, from Teknos Group Oy.

X-Rite Inc., a provider of color solutions for measuring, formulating, matching and simulating color, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Pantone Inc., for $180 million.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced that it will acquire Danish company Edulan A/S, an independent polyurethane (PU) systems house specializing in rigid foam and elastomer technologies.