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AkzoNobel plans to phase out the production of organic peroxides at its site in Deventer, the Netherlands, by the end of 2016.

The new Sherwin-Williams MIL-PRF-14105 High Heat finish is one of only four approved products available globally to meet this rigorous military standard, having received Army Research Lab (ARL) approval at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD.

The Supervisory Board of BASF Coatings GmbH has appointed Thomas Hartmann Managing Director and Industrial Relations Director of BASF Coatings GmbH.

AkzoNobel has appointed David Allen the company's new Head of Integrated Supply Chain.

The Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, reported third quarter 2013 net sales of $1.1 billion, up one percent versus the prior year.

BASF is going to expand its production capacity for waterborne coatings in the Demarchi Coatings site, located in São Paulo state, Brazil.

AkzoNobel is selling its Building Adhesives business to Sika AG for €260 million.

The Valspar Corp., a leading manufacturer of paints and coatings, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Inver Holding S.r.l. (Inver Group), an industrial coatings manufacturer in Europe.

PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group announced that its line of fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE)-based powder coatings will again be marketed under the CORAFLON^® brand name, reversing a previous decision to sell them under the NEWLAR™ brand name that PPG acquired with the purchase of Spraylat Corp. last December.

PPG Industries recently reported record second quarter net sales in 2013 of $4.1 billion, up 16 percent versus the prior year. Second-quarter 2013 reported net income from continuing operations was $341 million, or $2.35 per diluted share.