Glassflake Ltd., a developer of glass flake products, announced that Sibelco UK Ltd., an international supplier of advanced industrial minerals, has taken a 25.1% shareholding in Glassflake.

3E Company, a provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, and Locus Technologies, a provider of cloud-based environmental compliance and EH&S management software, announced a strategic collaboration.

PPG Industries’ North American architectural coatings business has taken a minority equity position in The Coatings Alliance LLC (TCA), a cooperative of 42 paint dealers in the United States and Canada. TCA is based in Buffalo, NY.

BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using the patented process of Genomatica, San Diego, CA.

Evonik Industries’ Catalysts Business Line has recently agreed with U.S.-based BioAmber Inc. on a long-term cooperation for the development and manufacturing of catalysts for making BDO (1,4- butanediol), THF (tetrahydrofurane) and GBL (gamma – butyrolactone) from bio-based succinic acid.

RadTech, The Association for UV and EB Technologies and the U.S. Commercial Service in the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to participate in the New Market Exporter Initiative (NMEI) program.

Flint Group Flexographic Products and the Shanghai Publishing and Printing College signed a general cooperation agreement that will promote education, consulting, research, development, technology and career guidance in the Chinese printing and packaging industry.