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PPG Industries and Kansai Paint have expanded their alliance, known as PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF), to include the sale of automotive coatings to Japanese-owned or operated original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Hungary.

Malvern Instruments has acquired Viscotek Corp., a provider of chromatography solutions for the characterization of natural and synthetic polymers and proteins.

Royal DSM N.V. has announced the acquisition of the U.S.-based company Soluol, a developer, producer and marketer of high-performance urethane resins.

In line with its growth strategy, MÜNZING has acquired the liquid defoamer business from Hexion Speciality Chemicals B.V.

R.T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc. has announced it will discontinue its NYTAL® and CERAMITALC® industrial talc product lines and cease talc production at its Gouverneur Talc Division in Gouverneur, NY, by the end of 2008.

INTERPOLYMER has opened sales offices and laboratories in Shanghai, China, which will provide improved customer service in the Asia-Pacific region.

BYK USA has appointed the P.T. Hutchins Co. as its distributor in the western and southwestern United States.

The D.B. Becker Co. Inc., specialty chemical distributor, has been recognized as Distributor of the Year for 2007 by EPS/CCA Corp.

The Basic Chemicals Business Unit of LANXESS Corp, located in Baytown, TX, has received a Gold Performance Improvement award for accomplishments in maintaining strong environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) efforts.

Bayer MaterialScience has sold a part of its unsaturated polyester resins business to the Italian company Veneziani S.p.A. The products involved in the transaction are used primarily for the formulation of wood finishes, thus divesting Bayer MaterialScience of selected product grades that no longer fit in with its overall long-term portfolio.