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Ruco Polymers is launching a new business group, Solid Resins, by merging its powder resin and curative business with the toner resin division operated by Sybron Chemicals.

M.F. Cachat has been appointed sales representative for Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC’s rutile and anatase titanium dioxide product lines.

Eastman Chemical and Lawter International announced an agreement under which Eastman will acquire Lawter for approximately $500 million in cash and debt.

The French industrial-minerals company IMETAL has acquired English China Clays for $1.2 billion.

GenCorp has completed the acquisition of Morton International Inc.’s latex floor-care business.

ADCO Global has acquired all the outstanding stock of Tioga International and the assets of the ADCO Products division of Astor Corp.

Zeneca Specialties business in a $2.1-billion buyout jointly financed by the investment firms Cinven and Investcorp.

AlliedSignal announced an agreement to acquire Honeywell in a $13.8-billion stock transaction.

Ashland Specialty Chemical has acquired 50% of the Austrian joint-venture company Donau Drew formerly held by Donau Chemie of Vienna.

EG&G has completed the acquisition of PE Corp.’s Perkin Elmer Analytical Instruments Division.