Continuing to expand its worldwide reach, Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has appointed Navkratis Ltd. as its new sales agent covering the Cyprus market.

Nouryon is expanding its partnership with Sumitomo Chemical to include a new plant Sumitomo is building at its site in Oita, Japan.

Coatings provider Stahl, Waalwijk, the Netherlands, and Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc., a producer of specialty chemicals from renewable feedstocks, have signed a supply agreement.

HGH Hardware Supply Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, is now a distributor of the complete line of Milesi high-performance Italian wood coatings, according to a joint announcement released by the companies.

Benelux Overseas, a leading owner and operator of advanced LPG carriers, has signed a two-year agreement with Jotun for its SeaStock maintenance solution.

Safic-Alcan announced a partnership with Ashland for the resale of its specialty solvents products in France.

Due to the October 17 fire, which took place at the North Harbor at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF announced it has to declare force majeure.

The Sansin Corp. announced that Miller Paint Co. Inc., a manufacturer-retailer of paint and coatings in the Pacific Northwest, will carry Sansin’s Dec deep penetrating two-coat protection and ENS, a durable finish for exterior wood, in all 51 Miller Paint locations.

Argex Titanium Inc. (Argex), an emerging producer of titanium dioxide (TiO₂), has signed a letter of intent with PVS Chemicals, a chemicals manufacturer, and PVS's wholly owned subsidiary, Fanchem Ltd., to distribute 100% of the iron byproducts produced at Argex's first industrial-scale TiO₂ plant, which will be located in Valleyfield, Quebec.

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., has signed an exclusive manufacturing agreement with Dairen Chemical Corp. (DCC) to produce AQUAPAS™ redispersible powder (RDP) products.