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National Coatings Corp. has hired a new R&D Chemist to focus on new product development, existing product modification and comparative analysis studies.

OMNOVA Solutions Inc. announced that it has acquired Resiquímica S.A., a Portugal-based producer of resins and binders for the coatings and building and construction industries.

Meridian Adhesives Group announced the acquisition of W.F. Taylor LLC from Dominus Capital L.P.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has completed its acquisition of Brazil's Polinox, South America's leading producer of ketone peroxides.

ALTANA announced that the head of the Business Line Plastics Additives at the BYK Division will assume the leadership of the ACTEGA Division in March of 2019.

Specialty chemical distributor Palmer Holland has appointed a new Midwest Region Sales Manager.

TCI Powder Coatings (TCI), an RPM International company, has named a new Vice President and General Manager.

Coatings resins supplier allnex has signed a strategic cooperation agreement focusing on waterborne UV coatings with Guangdong Bardese Chemical Group to jointly promote the centralized development of green coatings in China.

Birla Carbon Spain, the carbon black manufacturer in the Iberian Peninsula, announced an investment of €5 million towards sustainability and energy efficiency projects, to increase its production from 80,000 to 95,000 tons per year.

The Chemours Co. recently signed a three-year extension of a trademark license agreement for the Teflon brand with Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing Co., the largest producer of decorative paints in Taiwan.