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BASF inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil.

Argex Titanium Inc. announced the appointment of William White as Director of the corporation.

Dr. Steve Snaith received the British Coatings Federation’s Silver Medal at its Annual Conference, which took place in May.

Dymax Corp. announced the appointment of Mike Acker as Americas Sales Manager.

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a division of J.M. Huber Corp., has acquired the Safire™ nitrogen and phosphorus halogen-free fire retardant technology from Floridienne Group and Catena Additives, a 100 percent subsidiary of Floridienne.

Henan Billions has successfully acquired a 100-percent equity stake in rival Chinese titanium dioxide producer Lomon for $1.47 billion (RMB9 billion).

Solvay has started production at its two new large-scale and “on-pipe” alkoxylation facilities in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and in Singapore.

The Lubrizol Corp.'s Performance Coatings business announced an expansion at one of its European Formulations & Applications Centers of Excellence in Blackley, UK.

AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany.

Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on neopentyl glycol effective July 1, 2015.